RED Drive 2GB File Limit?

[Sam Roberts]

I am about to shoot some lengthy interviews recording on the red Drive. Is there a 2GB file limit on this drive?

If so, I take it the R3D files are split up but are recorded to the same folder?

My question has mainly to do with how I work with these split files in post. For instance, in RED Alert do I have to bring each split file in to grade or will RED Alert somehow reconstitute the so it is no longer split? Will any RED post software do this or am I stuck with dozens of piddly little 2GB R3D files for each 15 to 20 minute interview I do?

Do I then have to edit them all together? What about audio if the file is split mid sentence?

 

[Stuart English]

2GB files

2GB files

Sam, don't worry about this.

Yes the .R3D files are individually 2GB max, but the system knows what to do to make it appear that there is a single clip that you are recording / playing / editing.

 

[Sam Roberts]

Hi Stuart.

So in say...Log and Transfer, in order to transcode a file that has been split, I just drop in the first R3D file in the folder and L&T will recognize it as the complete file?

 

[Kenn Michael]

yes it will.

 

[Scott Mason]

Hi Stuart.

So in say...Log and Transfer, in order to transcode a file that has been split, I just drop in the first R3D file in the folder and L&T will recognize it as the complete file?

and in actuality you just navigate to the RDM folder and import that. I am not sure if it works if you navigate to the R3D file, at least I have not been able to make that work

happy editing
scott

 

[Sam Roberts]

When you use Log and Transfer is it ok to mount the Red Drive or the card reader and transcode or should the footage be copied to a hard drive (ie: a Raid Array) first?

 

[Conrad Hunziker]

Technically you can do either. However, most likely you only have a couple of Red Media and plenty of hard drive space. It wold be wise to transfer the footage to another drive first and use the Red Media again for shooting. In fact, you should be copying to several drives to prevent data corruption and loss from drive/human failure. And you should copy files off the Red Media as soon as possible, alternating between Red Media as you download to your other drives while shooting.

All of this is usually done by the DIT or Data Wrangler on your shoot.