Fostex PD204 owner manual Creating a new ALE file, About an ALE file

Chapter 7: Creating and editing ALE files (EDIT EDL FILE menu)

On a DVD-RAM disk (or hard disk partition), the PD204 creates the "info" folder under the "bwff" folder. The "Info" folder stores ALE (Avid Log Exchange) files and various information files such as a diagnoses file.

About an ALE file

An ALE file is an EDL (Edit Decision List) file for exporting audio data created by the PD204 to an AVID system. Because it is a text file, a personal computer easily reads it.

Note that the start and end time values of the file are referenced to the BWF time reference and data length. The ALE file is also used for the PD204 list play function.

DVD RAM disk

or

Partition

Resume. rsm

BWFF

*****.wav

*****.wav

*****.wav

INFO

*****.ale

*****.ale

Creating a new ALE file

You can create a new ALE file on a recorded DVD-RAM disk or hard disk partition.

In the procedure described below, we assume that more than one audio file (BWF) is created on the DVD-RAM disk (or hard disk partition) set to the PD204.

1)While the unit is stopped, press the [SHIFT] key to light the [SHIFT] indicator, followed by the [ENTER/YES] key.

2)Use the [MENU] dial to select the “EDIT EDL FILE” menu and press the ENTER/YES] key.

The unit enters the "EDIT EDL FILE" menu and the display now shows the ALE screen for selecting an ALE file.

<Note>: If no ALE file exists on the disk (or partition), only "<New file>" is shown as the screen example above. If any ALE file exists on a disk, its current file name is shown.

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