Fat32 - REDmag SSD Cards

[Michael Pyon]

Hey Guys

I just found out that the REDmag Cards are Fat32. I have no idea what that means and I have a doc to shoot for tomorrow. Can anyone please tell me what exactly this means for me? I've heard that this means you can only do files of 32gb or less. This will be problematic as I have an interview to shoot that might last an hour.

Any info would be appreciative. Thank you.

Mike

 

[Peter Majtan]

The format is irrelevant as the R3D will be broken down into segments anyway by the camera as needed. RED Cine X will open the segments as one clip - so don't worry about it.

Happy shooting!

Peter

 

[Nick Pasquariello]

FAT32 means that no single file can be larger than 4GB. Thumb drives are almost always FAT32 and this causes a lot of problems for people that don't know much about technology.

Red cameras break the clip up into multiple files once the shot goes on long enough. This break occurs after about 2GB. So if you shoot a shot that is 10GB of data, in your RDC (your Red Data Clip) folder there will be 5 .R3D files. RedCine-X and any other program that deals with Red footage will see those multiple pieces, and treat them as one continuous clip.

Two things you should know while shooting: 1) You don't have a choice. FAT32 is the only way to format the drives. 2) It doesn't matter, since the only downside (no file can be larger than 4GB) is circumvented since the Red cameras will break the file up into multiple pieces far before the file size reaches that.

 

[Michael Pyon]

Thank you very much guys, I can finally sleep and wake up at 3 in the morning to shoot.

 

[Clint Lealos]

Heat and fan noise is going to be more of a problem during that interview. Be ready to give the camera a break every 5 minutes or so. Good luck with your shoot.

 

[Jonathan Stevenson]

Heat and fan noise is going to be more of a problem during that interview. Be ready to give the camera a break every 5 minutes or so. Good luck with your shoot.

Come on... 5 min? Set your fan to 35% during recording and you'll be fine. I've run 25 min interviews before without overheating.