FOCUS Enhancements FS-2E manual Canopus AVI

Using the FS-2/2E

The FireWire disk drive can contain several different files. Clips can appear as

•RawDV (.dv)

•AVI Type 1

(YYYYMMDDHHMMSSa01)

•AVI Type 2 or 24p AVI Type 2 (YYYYMMDDHHMMSSb01)

•Canopus AVI

(YYYYMMDD-HHMMSSb01)

•Matrox AVI

(YYYYMMDD-HHMMSSm01with a separate .wav audio file per track)

•Pinnacle AVI

(YYYYMMDD-HHMMSSp01with two separate .wav audio files per track)

•QuickTime or 24p Quicktime (.mov)

•Avid OMF (.omf with two separate .aif audio files per track).

The FAT32 file system has a limitation such that any particular file cannot exceed 2GB in size. This equates to roughly 9 minutes of recording time.

When clips are being recorded to FS-2/2E that exceed 9 minutes in length, FS-2/2E automatically creates a new file without dropping any frames.

The two clips have the same primary file name, however, the last two digits are different.

The first 2GB part of the clip is labeled with “-01” after the primary file name.

The second 2GB segment is labeled with a “-02”. Additional 2GB segments are labeled with a “-XX” number.

With most NLE systems on a Windows computer, it is possible to utilize clips within the timeline by selecting the clips on the source volume (in this case, the connected FireWire disk drive) and importing them directly into the NLE’s bin.

Clips can then be immediately used in the NLE’s timeline.

With FireWire disk drives such as the Focus Enhancements FSHDD-1, the drive itself is fast enough to directly stream the clips to the NLE eliminating the need to copy or transfer the clips before use.

When utilizing the Avid OMF file format, you must follow the following steps to import clips.

FS-2/2E Studio DTE Disk Recorder User Guide

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