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Archiving RED Media Using Disk Images

For additional protection, consider copying the contents of each CF card or RED Drive

into a disk image thatʼs sized appropriately for the contents using Disk Utility. You can

use the Disk Image from Folder command to copy the entire contents of a mounted

volume into a disk image.

Archiving each “reel” of RED media using disk images provides checksum veriﬁcation

when the media is initially copied, as well as every time the disk image is mounted,

which lets you immediately discover data errors should they occur. It also gives you the

option of creating read-only archives, preventing unwanted manipulation of the source

media later on.

To archive a RED media volume using a disk image:

1. Mount the CF card or RED Drive youʼre archiving.

2. Open Disk Utility.

3. Select the CF card or RED Drive from the list of drives at the left of the Disk Utility

window.

4. Choose File > New > Disk Image from [volume name], where volume name is the

name of the CF card or drive you selected.

5. Enter a unique name for the disk image in the New Image from Folder dialog,

choose “read only” from the Image Format pop-up menu, and leave the Encryption

pop-up menu set to “none.”

6. Choose the volume to which you want to save the disk image, and click Save.

After archiving reels of RED media into separate disk images, youʼll need to mount each

disk image you want to log and transfer from.

Note — You can also initiate this process directly from the Log and Transfer window,

although the resulting archives are always the size of the media volume youʼre

archiving, regardless of how full that volume actually is. For more information, see the

“Archiving File-Based Media from Cards” section of the Final Cut Pro User Manual,

available in the Help menu of Final Cut Pro.

The Structure of RED Media Directories

The RED media recorded to a CF card or RED Drive consists of an RDM folder (the

name of which is used as the reel name for all media contained within) that contains a

series of RDC (Red Digital Clip) folders . Thereʼs one RDC folder for each clip that was

recorded. Alongside the RDM folder are two ﬁles with “.log” and “.proﬁle” extensions that

contain camera data that, while not used by the workﬂows described in this document,

should be retained. When archiving any kind of RED media, you should always copy the

entire directory structure of every volume you record to.

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