Import Scope
The XDCHANGE function allows importing from an XML file all contained data intended to enrich video files imported through Etere Active Sync. It's worth mentioning that fields imported into Etere by this function includes the following ones:
Prerequisites
Data is imported according to the following mapping between XDChange and Etere:
XDCHANGE
ETERE
Metadata tags - Inpoint
Description : Asset mark-in
Metadata fields : Filmati.Inf_digit
Metadata tags - Duration
Description : Asset length
Metadata fields : Filmati.durata
Metadata tags - Name
Description : Asset name
Metadata fields : Filmati.descrizio
Metadata tags - AspectRatio
Description : Aspect ratio
Metadata fields : Filmati.aspect
Metadata tags - Definition
Description : Media codec
Metadata fields : Codecs.Type
Metadata tags - Umid
Description : Unique Material Identifier
Metadata fields : Fleximetadata.UmidVideo¹
¹ : Must be created in the Etere's Flexi-metadata dictionary, under the "SONYXDCAM" table with the name "UmidVideo".
Import with ActiveSync
In order to be imported, XML descriptive files must be valid, that it's, they must meet the following requirements:
✓The <Asset> tag must be the first one
✓The <Clip> tag must exist within the <Asset> tag
If a descriptive file is found to be Invalid, it won't be imported.
Sample file to import
In order to be imported into Etere, the file must meet the following structure:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<Asset>
<Umid>060A2B34010101010101041213000000209166C9775205806BB1000000000000</Umid>
<OriginalClipUmid>060A2B340101010501010D43130000006D7D0600775205800800460201182C09</OriginalClipUmid>
<CreationTime>2010-03-22T15:43:51</CreationTime>
<Creator>engineer</Creator>
<FileType>MXF</FileType>
<Name>Jenny1</Name>
<Notes></Notes>
<Owner>dvsusers</Owner>
<Status>LIBRARY</Status>
<Clip>
<Scene></Scene>
<Take></Take>
<Inpoint>1918</Inpoint>
<Duration>488</Duration>
<KeyFrame>0</KeyFrame>
<Source> <Id>83E10400305205C12C09080046020118</Id>
</Source>
<VideoCharacteristics>
<Definition>IMX</Definition>
<FieldRate interlaced="true">50.0</FieldRate>
<BitRate>30000000</BitRate>
<FieldRectangle width="720" height="288"/>
<AspectRatio>4:3</AspectRatio>
<DropFrame>false</DropFrame>
</VideoCharacteristics>
<AudioChannels>8</AudioChannels>
</Clip>
</Asset>