Apple Final Cut Express HD - Manual (Page 953)

Chapter 66 Choosing Settings and Preferences 953
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To open System Settings:
m Choose Final Cut Express HD > System Settings.
The System Settings window is divided into several tabs:
 Scratch Disks Tab (p. 953)
 Search Folders Tab (p. 953)
 Memory & Cache Tab (p. 955)
 Playback Control Tab (p. 956)
 External Editors Tab (p. 957)
Scratch Disks Tab
You use the Scratch Disks tab to choose where you want to capture video and audio
media files, and where to store the render, cache, and Autosave files that
Final Cut Express HD creates. You can also specify other settings related to the size of
captured and exported files and the minimum space allowed on scratch disks. You can
specify a maximum of 12 scratch disks.
For more information about scratch disks, see “ Connecting Your Equipment ” on page 145.
Search Folders Tab
When reconnecting clips to media files, Final Cut Express HD uses the folders assigned
in this tab to search for media. The folders listed here appear in the Search Folders pop-
up menu in the Reconnect Files dialog, allowing you to limit your media search to
specific media drives and folders. This is helpful when you have a large number of disks
that contain footage for multiple projects.
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Tip: Searching subdirectories of an HFS+ volume can be more time-consuming than
searching an entire HFS+ volume, so you can speed up the search processes performed
when reconnecting media by limiting which folders Final Cut Express HD searches
on your disks.