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Viewing and Editing Metadata
iTX SmartClient allows you to view and edit the metadata for any video clip or event.
Summary
The Metadata and Events Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
The Metadata Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
The Events Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
The Metadata and Events Tabs
Video-clip and event metadata are stored in fields in the iTX System Database. In various
SmartClient workspaces, you can view and edit the contents of some of these fields on two
tabs:
• The Metadata tab, on which you can view and edit metadata for a selected video clip.
• The Events tab, on which you can view and edit metadata for any marked event in a
video clip. (A marked event is a video-clip segment that has its own metadata.)
Usually, a workspace displays the tabs one at a time.
Note:You can add metadata on the Event Logging tab as you mark
events in the Browse or Live Logging workspace. See
About Metadata Types
Video-clip metadata is divided into two types, as shown in the diagram:
All video clips have a set of standard metadata. In addition, they may have a number of
business-metadata records assigned to them.
• Standard metadata is information about basic properties that are common to all assets
depending on their type; for example, the aspect ratio or a media location of a video
clip.
• Business metadata is additional information that is used in the operational practices of
a particular broadcasting facility; it includes annotations for marked events in video
clips. The range of business metadata varies from one facility to another.
Information on the Metadata tab may be either standard or business metadata; that on the
Events tab is usually business metadata.