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Chapter 6 Menu Displays and Detailed Settings
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn
the MENU knob to move b to the desired item.)
1 Display the LENS FILE page of the
USER menu, and press the MENU
knob.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic
menu operations” on page 163.
The LENS FILE page shows the name (F.ID)
of the currently selected lens file.
The lens name (L.ID) and manufacturer
(L.MF) appear when a lens that supports
serial communications is mounted.
2 Select LENS FILE SELECT, and press
the MENU knob.
3 Turn the MENU knob to change the
setting, and press the MENU knob.
What is a UMID?
The UMID (Unique Material Identifier) is a
unique identifier for audio-visual material
defined by the SMPTE330M-2003 standard.
The UMID may be used either as the 32-byte
Basic UMID or as the Extended UMID, which
includes an additional 32 bytes of Source Pack to
make a total 64 bytes.
For details, refer to SMPTE 330M.
Globally unique ID is automatically recorded in
clip units.
The Extended UMID is metadata that provides
additional information such as location, time/
date, company and so on.
Using the Extended UMID
You have to enter a country code, organization
code and user code. Set the country code referring
to the ISO 3166 table, and set the organization
code and user code independently.
For details, see “About UMID ownership
information” (page 184).
Functions of UMID data
The UMID data enables the followings:
• Add a globally unique ID to every clip of audio-
visual material. The unique ID is used to detect
the material source and to link it with the
original source material.
• Distinguishing between original material and
copied material. 00 is added to the Instance
Number for original material.
• Recording based on the UTC. The UTC is used
when recording the UMID. This enables
uniform control of source material recorded all
over the world based on the universal timecode.
• Calculating the date difference among source
materials. The source material is recorded based
on the MJD (Modified Julian Date), which
enables easy calculation of date difference
among source materials.
To set UMID ownership information
(How to select an item in the menu screen: Turn
the MENU knob to move b to the desired item.)
1 Display the UMID SET page of the
OPERATION menu, and press the
MENU knob.
For details on menu operations, see “Basic
menu operations” on page 163.
2 Set the following item.
For details on how to enter characters, see
“Setting the shot ID” (page 175).
3 Press the MENU knob.
Setting the UMID data
TOP U17 LENS FILE
LENS FILE SELECT: 1
F.ID:No Offset
<LENS INFORMATION>
L.ID: J16ax8B4 IRSD
L.MF: Canon
Item Contents
COUNTRY CODE Country code
ORGANIZATION Organization code
USER CODE User code
TIME ZONE Time difference from
UTC