AJA Ki Pro Mini - Manual (Page 6)

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Now that you've made all of the selections related to the audio, video, timecode and the basic
operation of the device, you can use the MEDIA menu to determine what compression you
will record in and how your clips will be named.
80.1Serial Number This parameter displays this Ki Pro Mini’s unique serial number.
80.2 SW Version This parameter displays Ki Pro Mini’s software version level.
99.0 Factory Reset Selecting this parameter and then pressing the ADJUST (up) button for 2 seconds recalls
Ki Pro Mini’s factory default settings.
An overview of the MEDIA menu parameters
14.1 Encode Type This parameter defines the Apple ProRes encoding method; you may choose between Apple
ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), or Apple ProRes 422 (HQ).
15.1 Play Media This parameter determines behavior during playback.
15.2 Loop Play This parameter turns the looped playback of a clip on and off.
16.1 Format Media This parameter is used to format the currently selected CF Card. You may wish to set the Reel
Name parameter to the desired value before performing this operation.
16.2 Delete Clips This parameter can be used to delete all of the clips on the media. Alternately, you can delete
one clip at a time using the dedicated "DELETE CLIP" button on the UI.
17.0 Reel Name This parameter determines the reel name associated with all clips generated while using this
setting. The reel name is a number between 1 and 999. It is historically linked to the naming
conventions used for tape-based media. The REEL NAME is an incrementing three digit value
that works with EDLs. For this reason, the parameter does not have a “NONE” selection—all
clips will be associated with a REEL NAME. The REEL NAME parameter is also the name of the
media as it will appear when the CF Card is mounted on a Mac OSX desktop. This is why,
before formatting Ki Pro Mini media, you may want to make sure that this value is what you
want.
17.2 Clip Name This parameter determines the clip name associated with all clips generated while using this
setting. The clip name is either “Clip” or “SC”. "SC" can be particularly helpful if you are
working with a lined script or a shot list broken down by scene numbers.
17.3 Clip Number This parameter determines the clip number, from 1 to 999, that follows the CLIP NAME, and is
associated with all clips generated while using this setting. In other words, if you set the value
to 1 and you record several takes, they will all be associated with this value until you change it.
17.4 Clip Append This parameter is used with parameter 17.5 ALPHA APPEND to append a text value after the
CLIP NUMBER or have no text appended.
17.5 Alpha Append This parameter is used with parameter 17.4 CLIP APPEND to append a text value after the CLIP
NUMBER.
17.8 Take This parameter determines the TAKE number, from 1 to 999, that follows the CLIP NAME and
CLIP NUMBER, followed by any ALPHA APPEND (if selected), generated for all clips while using
this setting. The take number is an auto-incremeting parameter. This means that if you make
selections for the other parameters and those do not change, you will simply produce a
greater take value with each recording. Example, "SC1BTK1", "SC1BTK2", "SC1BTK3", etc.
To better explain the operation of the naming conventions for clips, let's look at what the
following settings would produce:
REEL NAME 002
CLIP NAME SC
CLIP NUMBER 12
CLIP APPEND ALPHA
ALPHA APPEND B
TAKE 1