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Media Storage Browser Favorites
Underneath this is the Favorites area. If there are special directories that you find yourself
frequently accessing, you can add them to the Favorites in order to avoid having to traverse
complex hierarchies in order to access the media you need. The Favorites can be easily
customized and used.
Methods of organizing favorite file system locations in the Media Storage Browser:
To add a favorite: Right-click any folder in the Media Storage browser folder list, and
choose “Add folder to favorites” from the contextual menu. The new favorite appears at
the bottom of the Favorites area.
To open a favorite: Click any favorite to expose the contents of the corresponding
directory in the Media Storage browser.
To remove a favorite: Right-click the favorite you want to remove, and choose “Remove
folder from favorites” from the contextual menu.
The Media Storage Browser Area
Once you’ve selected a volume or subdirectory in the Media Storage browser, you can view its
contents in List view or Thumbnail view to search through the media that’s available to you as
you try to find what you need.
List View
In List view, the following columns are available for sorting media prior to importing it into the
Media Pool:
File name: The name of a file.
Reel name: The reel name as it’s currently derived according to the Conform Options
that are currently chosen in the General Options panel of the Project Settings.
Start TC: The first timecode value in the source media.
Start: The first frame number in the source media.
End: The last frame number in the source media.
Frames: The duration of each clip in frames.
Resolution: The frame size of the source media.
Bit Depth: The bit depth of the source media.
Video Codec: The codec used for the video track of supported media.
Audio Codec: The codec used for the audio tracks of supported media.
FPS: The frame rate of the source media.
Audio Ch: The number of audio channels within the source media.
Date Created: The date a media file has been created.
Date Modified: The date a media file has been changed in some way and saved.
Shot: Additional metadata from media formats that support it.
Scene: Additional metadata from media formats that support it.
Take: Additional metadata from media formats that support it.
Angle: Additional metadata from media formats that support it.
Good Take: Additional metadata from media formats that support it.
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