We strongly recommend making sure your media is on the approved media list, which can be
found in the ‘storage media’ section later in this manual.
Cache Recording
You can avoid the risk of problems with your media completely by using the optional
cache recording feature. This lets you record the highest resolutions and frame rates
on even the slowest media. For example, with a cache you can record 8K ProRes HQ
files onto a CFast card. The optional cache is also important for when recording to
network storage as it ensures your recordings continue even if there are dropouts on
your network.
The optional cache recording feature records all files to an internal M.2 PCIe NVMe
flash disk before they are transferred to your storage media. Depending on the speed
of your storage media, this transfer can appear almost instantaneous! Abenefit of
M.2 PCIe NVMe flash disks is that they are incredibly fast, completely removing the
risk of problems even with slow recording media!
Another benefit of the cache feature is that recordings will continue even after your
connected storage media is full! When the card has no recording space left, the
recording will continue to the cache. Once a formatted CFast card, external USB disk
or network drive is added, the recording will automatically start transferring to the
card or drive.
For more information about cache recording, including how to install the M.2 PCIe
NVMe SSD, see the ‘using the optional internal cache’ section later in this manual.
Playback
Once you have finished recording, simply press the ‘play’ button, or tap the play icon on the
touchscreen to start playback immediately.
You might have noticed that if you press the play button or tap the play icon more than once,
the play icon on the touchscreen changes. That is because pressing play more than once
enables the ‘loop’ feature. Looping can be helpful if you want the playback to continue looping
the same clip indefinitely, or to loop all clips on the timeline.
You can tell which loop feature is enabled by observing the play icon on the touchscreen. Ifitis
not the loop feature you want, simply keep pressing or tapping play to cycle it to the feature
you do want.
Loops the same clip.
After the final clip has played, playback will return to
the first clip and continue playing all clips.
To disable the loop feature, simply tap or press play until the loop icons are no longer visible.
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