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5 To make your application aware of the standard filesystem volumes, define the Managed Media Cache
of each volume as a partition in the Stone and Wire configuration file, and set its preferences:
■ Open the file /usr/discreet/sw/cfg/stone+wire.cfg in a text editor.
The settings for each partition are defined in a [Partition<partition_number>] section of
the file, for example [Partition7].
NOTE By default, the stone+wire.cfg file contains only one [Partition] section. If you are using
multiple volumes, create copies of the [Partition] section for each volume, and configure them accordingly.
■ Uncomment the Name keyword and enter a meaningful name for the volume. For example:
Name=XFS_partition
This name identifies your storage volume in the application.
■ Uncomment the Path keyword, and specify the path to the Managed Media Cache directory on
the mounted volume. For example:
Path=/mnt/StorageMedia/smoke1/p7
■ Optional: Flag the partition as shared by uncommenting the Shared keyword and setting it to
True.
NOTE Always set the Shared keyword to True for a SAN volume.
■ Enter the media preferences for the platform by uncommenting the desired bit depth and setting
the file format to one of the supported formats. These are set in the [DefaultFileFormats]
section. The frames for each bit depth will be saved to the media storage using the file formats
specified here (for example DPX or JPG).
NOTE The settings in the [DefaultFileFormats] section apply to all volumes. If you want to
customize file formats settings for certain volumes, copy the file format lines to the [Partition]
section for the respective volumes. Settings defined in a [Partition] section overwrite the settings
in the [DefaultFileFormats] section.
■ Optional: If using the JPG file format, uncomment the JpegCompressionFactor keyword and
set JPEG compression to a value between 0 and 100.
■ Optional: To prevent the use of symbolic links across filesystems, uncomment the
SymlinkAcrossFilesystems=False keyword.
■ Save and close the stone+wire.cfg file.
6 Optional: If this is the first filesystem you are configuring for this workstation, perform the following
steps:
■ Open the /usr/discreet/sw/cfg/sw_framestore_map file in a text editor and locate the framestore ID in
the [FRAMESTORES] section. It contains a line similar to the following:
FRAMESTORE=smoke1 HADDR=192.168.1.152 ID=152
■ Write down the value of the ID field.
■ Open /usr/discreet/sw/cfg/sw_storage.cfg in a text editor (create it if it does not exist) and enter the ID
value you wrote down in the previous step. For example, if the ID value is 152, the sw_storage.cfg
file should now look like this:
[Framestore]
ID=152
■ Save and close sw_storage.cfg.
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