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File Comment Displays any embedded com-
ments associated with the file. File comments
are supported with BWF and SD II files, but are
not supported with AIFF files. File Comments al-
ways remain with the file when copied, con-
verted, or transferred. See “Comments Fields”
on page 286 for more information.
Database Comment Displays user comments
stored with the database, with support for
Finder comments. Available in the Project
browser and Catalogs only. See “Comments
Fields” on page 286 for more information.
Date Modified Displays the last modified date for
the item. This field cannot be edited.
Date Created Displays the creation date of an
item. This field cannot be edited.
Number of Channels Displays the number of
channels in an audio file: mono, stereo, or 3–8
as appropriate for supported multichannel files.
This field cannot be edited.
Format Displays the audio file format: WAV,
WAV (ACID) for ACID files, WAV (BWF), AIFF,
MP3, or ReCycle for REX files. This field cannot
be edited.
Sample Rate Displays an audio file’s sample
rate. This field can be edited in browsers for
WAV and SDII files only. This can be useful
when dealing with audio that has been pulled
up or down, or to force a sample rate conversion
to occur if that is necessary before importing a
file that otherwise would not require conver-
sion.
Bit Depth Displays an audio file’s bit depth. This
field cannot be edited.
Tempo Displays the tempo associated with re-
gion group, MIDI, tick-based Elastic Audio files,
REX, and ACID files, and session files. This field
cannot be edited.
Video Compression Displays the compression ra-
tio of video files where applicable.
Frame Rate Displays the frame rate of video files
where applicable.
Original Time Stamp Displays the original time
stamp (time code location) of audio or video
files.
User Time Stamp Displays the user time stamp,
if any, of audio files only.
Path Displays the directory path to the item.
Unique ID Displays the unique ID for a Pro Tools
file.
Tape This column displays the original Avid
tape name if the item is an OMF file (audio or
video). If an audio file was originally recorded in
Pro Tools, this field displays the name of the
original session.
TC Rate This column displays the frame rate of
the item if the item is an AAF sequence or an
OMF sequence or file: 24, 25, 29.97, 30, drop or
non-drop. For sequences, the frame rate at the
start of the sequence is displayed.
Channel Names Displays the channel name and
number data embedded in multichannel audio
files. You can edit the Channel name for mono
BWF files only. When editing the channel
name, anything entered in parentheses is dis-
carded. However, the channel number will al-
ways be preserved.
When importing SD II files into Pro Tools
8.0.3 sessions or higher, they must be con-
verted to a supported session file format
(.WAV or .AIF).
Video files originally recorded in Pro Tools
with AVoption|XL do not display a tape
name.