Master / slave camera configuration, Digital magazines, Metadata – RED ONE OPERATION GUIDE User Manual

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MASTER / SLAVE CAMERA CONFIGURATION

Master / Slave configuration is used to connect 2 cameras together for shooting 3D footage. For complete

information on connecting and operating cameras in a master / slave configuration, refer to

APPENDIX E:

MASTER / SLAVE CAMERA CONFIGURATION

DIGITAL MAGAZINES

REDCODE RAW compressed video, time code, audio and metadata may be recorded to on-board or at-

tached digital media devices including:
REDFLASH : RED speed verified Compact Flash cards of 8 or 16GB capacity.
REDMAG™: A solid-state flash media based Digital Magazine of 64, 128 or 256GB capacity.
RED-DRIVE: A hard disk media based Digital Magazine of 320 or 640GB capacity.
RED-RAM: A solid-state flash media based Digital Magazine of 64 or 128GB capacity.
Each clip is recorded with a unique clip name and with all the appropriate elements of the clip –

REDCODE RAW files and QuickTime Reference files placed in a clip folder (.RDC)

All clips are in turn placed in a root directory (.RDM) The root directory (folder) contains all the clips rec-

orded on that specific piece of digital media, so copying of clips from the digital magazine to backup me-

dia may be performed by a single drag and drop operation.
For additional information, refer to

APPENDIX B: MANAGING DIGITAL MEDIA

METADATA

RED ONE cameras record Metadata, which is data that describes the precise characteristics of the pic-

ture and sound data, in each frame of footage. This may include camera specific setup information, pro-

ject and clip management information, Edge code, Time code, date and GMT, lens parameters, audio set-

tings and any video image processing information.

CLIP NAMING CONVENTIONS

SINGLE CAMERA CONFIGURATION
When you push record, the camera names the clip being recorded on the digital media. The format of the

clip name is Camera Letter + Reel Number + Month + Day + ** where ** is a two digit alphanumeric ran-

dom number generated by the camera for each file
E.g. A001_C002_0502A6.RDC