DPX Metadata Channels

I know I have done this before, but we have a need to drop some arbitrary data into the metadata channels of a dpx sequence output from fusion. The SetMetaData Field should work well for that. But where I am having trouble is the channel names. DPX has a limited number of available channels, and each has its own limitation in number of characters it can contain.

I am looking for 2 channels that are each about 100 characters that we can use. SlateInfo has been very helpful, as we can use that as one of our channels. I am however unable to find a second channel we can use.

The other problem, is that I do not know what fusion requires as the SetMetadata Field Name for many of the dpx available channels. Is there a list somewhere that shows each of the metadata channels names from the DPX Spec sheet, and what string you would use in the fusion setMetaData tool to use that channel?

Obviously we would like to avoid dropping data into any fields that might cause a problem with any other software platforms as well, so we want to be careful which metadata channels to take over.

thoughts?

thanks everyone.

maybe this helps you:

typedef struct _GenericFileHeader
{
DWORD Magic; /* Magic number */
DWORD ImageOffset; /* Offset to start of image data in bytes */
char Version[8]; /* Version stamp of header format */
DWORD FileSize; /* Total DPX file size in bytes */
DWORD DittoKey; /* Image content specifier */
DWORD GenericSize; /* Generic section header length in bytes */
DWORD IndustrySize; /* Industry-specific header length in bytes */
DWORD UserSize; /* User-defined data length in bytes */
char FileName[100]; /* Name of DPX file */
char TimeDate[24]; /* Time and date of file creation */
char Creator[100]; /* Name of file creator */
char Project[200]; /* Name of project */
char Copyright[200]; /* File contents copyright information */
DWORD EncryptKey; /* Encryption key */
char Reserved[104]; /* Reserved field used for padding */
} GENERICFILEHEADER;

Specs:
http://www.simplesystems.org/users/bfri ... evised.pdf
http://www.cineon.com/ff_draft.php

(Fred, check my mail from 5/27/2014.)

Yeah, that's what I couldn't remember, thank you both!

Seems to be working well. We took over the SlateInfo and the InputSerial for our uses, and it seems to be working swimmingly.

Fred