Sound Devices PIX 250i - Manual (Page 68)

PIX 250i User Guide
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tup Menu Op
tions
Setup Menu Options
The Setup Menu controls a wide range of parameters for the PIX 250i. The parameters are organized
into categories, making the Setup Menu easy to navigate. The following tables show the parameter
name, a description, options available, and the factory default setting where applicable.
Default settings can be altered. See Setup Management
File Storage
# Parameter Name Description Options
1 Record Mode
Simultaneous mode records each take to all available
drives. Sequential mode records takes to one drive
until it is full or otherwise unavailable, then records to
the next available drive.
» Simultaneous
• Sequential
2 Drive Record/Network Mode
A sub-menu with 2 items representing each drive slot.
Options presented here are available for each of the
2 drive slots. Read Only: Drive available for playback,
but no files can be written or deleted. Record: Drive
will be written to during recording and is unavailable
for network file transfer. Ethernet File Transfer: Drive
is available for network access via Samba and un-
available for recording and playback. Switch to Net-
work upon Full: Drive is effectively in Record mode
until it becomes full, at which point it is effectively in
Ethernet File Transfer mode.
• Read Only
» Record
• Ethernet File Transfer
• Switch to Network upon Full
3 QuickTime File Split Every
Choose the maximum file recording time. When set
time is exceeded a new .mov file is created automati-
cally. Since ProRes and DNxHD codecs are variable
bit rate, the file size of each file will vary, even though
the running time will be the same. (Maximum file time
is approximately 10 hours for 30fps video and less,
and approximately 6 hours for 50fps video or more).
• 1 min
• 5 min
• 10 min
• 15 min
• 30 min
• 1 hour
• 2 hours
• 3 hours
» 10 hours
4 File Name Format
The format for file names as they are written to the
drive.
» Drive-Reel-Clip
• Reel-Clip
• CamID-Reel-Clip
• Reel-Scene-Take
• Scene-Take
• RED File Format
• Arri File Format
5 File Name Prefix
Text to be placed before all other charac-
ters in each file name. PIX Name is set in
[Network - This PIX’s Name]
• Off
» PIX Name
6 CamID An identifying character for a camera
» A
(single alpha to “Z”).
7 Reel
Current Reel name. When the Reel name is altered,
the Clip number is reset to 1
» “1”
(multi alphanumeric)
8 Clip
Current Clip number. When the Reel number is
altered, the Clip number is reset to 1
» 1
(numeric)
9 Scene/Shot
Current Scene name. When the Scene name is
altered, the Take number is reset to 1.
» “Scene 1”
(multi alphanumeric)