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HawkeyeLonewolf
03-09-2005, 02:22 PM
I know I can flip over to play mode and see the picture ID # on screen, but is there ANY way to see it while taking pictures? If I were taking pictures of a group and wanted to note who was in what picture, it would be quite helpful to know the ID. I could track it sequentially, but then I might forget and one picture off could be hazardous, especially if you're not familiar with the subjects personally.

Ideas?
mtritt
03-10-2005, 01:36 PM
I know I can flip over to play mode and see the picture ID # on screen, but is there ANY way to see it while taking pictures? If I were taking pictures of a group and wanted to note who was in what picture, it would be quite helpful to know the ID. I could track it sequentially, but then I might forget and one picture off could be hazardous, especially if you're not familiar with the subjects personally.

Ideas?

If you're using the FZ-20, you can append audio notes to your pictures, which attaches a .wav file to the pic in some fashion. I haven't done this myself, but it seems like a solution to your problem.
Ronin005
03-10-2005, 09:32 PM
If you're using the FZ-20, you can append audio notes to your pictures, which attaches a .wav file to the pic in some fashion. I haven't done this myself, but it seems like a solution to your problem.

i havent had much time to play with my cam since i got it last week. so how does this sound attachment to a pic work??
and when you download the pic to the pc does it automatically dl the sound as well??
alf_italy
03-11-2005, 01:40 AM
The photo audio comment it's not a WAV file; it's actually a MOV file containing a fake video stream (of only one frame, at "0.25fps", of 640x480, just a black frame and a fake fps speed) and an audio stream (mono, 8000 Hz, not compressed). An audio comment has the same name of the photo, but with .MOV extension.

In a Linux environment, I can play those .MOV comments with MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu) (which also can play .MOV video recordings); to play a comment I just use "-novideo" option:

mplayer -novideo p1000143.mov :rolleyes:
sgoldste01
03-11-2005, 04:26 AM
In a Linux environment, I can play those .MOV comments with MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu) (which also can play .MOV video recordings); to play a comment I just use "-novideo" option:

mplayer -novideo p1000143.mov :rolleyes:
MOV files are Apple QuickTime movies. If you don't already have the free QuickTime player, you can download it from the Apple web site. Also, many other multimedia players can play QuickTime movies.

Even though what you're describing is just an audio steam, it's really a QuickTime "movie", as far as the PC is concerned.