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johnmeyer wrote on 4/18/2006, 8:26 AM
I have asked for this for years. There is tons of information, beyond just the date/time, that would be useful to read, display, and output (like line 21 CC info). I don't think Sony is likely to do anything like this. There are several external applications that can read this. I'll try to remember to post the information when I'm at my main computer (don't have the info here).
riredale wrote on 4/18/2006, 8:45 AM
Do a search for "DV Time Stamp" on Google. It will pull up the time/date metadata and put it on the video. I'm not sure this is exactly what you want, though.
johnmeyer wrote on 4/18/2006, 8:56 AM
This may be the link:

Burnt-in Datacode
plasmavideo wrote on 4/19/2006, 8:09 AM
Thanks. I'll do a little more investigating at the apps mentioned. I'm surprised that feature isn't included in Vegas or some of the other major editing apps - it seems so logical a need and since the data is already embedded it shouldn't be too hard to get.

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johnmeyer wrote on 4/19/2006, 8:49 AM
I'm surprised that feature isn't included in Vegas or some of the other major editing apps - it seems so logical a need and since the data is already embedded it shouldn't be too hard to get.

I am BEYOND surprised. How could any engineer take a look at ALL the data on a DV tape and say, aw heck, just throw it all away? I could go on for fifteen paragraph about all the features a talented and motivated design team could create if this data were used. I'm talking about features that would make seasoned video editors switch.

If I could even for one instant understand what Sony's product team was trying to do with this product, I'd send them letters on how to achieve that goal, but the last two releases -- other than HD support -- have been a mish mash of unrelated features that don't seem to have any coherent story and no strategic throught behind them whatsoever.

plasmavideo wrote on 4/19/2006, 9:13 AM
John, I'm with you. What other info is in the metadata? Aren't things like some camera settings (exposure, etc) also included? I can't remember all that I can get to when I read them on my Sony, but it sure sounds like the info could potentially be very useful for not only time/date, but color correction, etc. I really hadn't thought about it at all until I needed to find the original time/date on these clips and thought that it had to be included in the data stream, not on a "control" track on the tape.

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johnmeyer wrote on 4/19/2006, 9:57 AM
Haven't posted this link for a long time:

DV Faq Site

ForumAdmin wrote on 4/19/2006, 1:35 PM
"Is there any way in Vegas... to see the original time/date metadata of a captured clip without putting the original tape back in the camera or deck and reading it there?"

Yes- date/time stamp info for DV files is a Project Media field.
plasmavideo wrote on 4/19/2006, 7:38 PM
Interestingly the time/date stamp column is blank for my clips.

Question - does this only work if the clips were captured in Vegas? I believe I used my Canopus Storm card and Edius to capture these 2 clips, not Vegas with OHCI. The Storm card uses the Canopus proprietary 1394 port.

If it does work in Vegas (going to try capturing something in awhile to test) that would be huge!

Thanks for the tip.



OK, just tried it. A clip I captured with Vegas shows the time/date stamp - the others do not. I opened Edius, and it has a similar information area that wasn't obvious to me and I missed it. It does indeed show the record time on the clips I thought I had captured in Edius with Storm. So - it was there all the time, I just missed it in both apps, although it looks like if a clip is captured in Edius with the Storm card the metadata doesn't transfer politely to Vegas. I'll have to play around and see if it's the Canopus DV CODEC that's doing it or if there's something else I'm missing. Great fun!

Also just checked. Clips I know I've captured in Vegas show the proper time/date stamp in Edius, so the reverse is true. More fun!