User's Manual

Which disk should I use with Blackmagic Video Assist 12G?
The following USB-C drives are recommended for Ultra HD using Apple ProRes and Avid DNx
codecs up to 60 frames per second:
Brand Card Name Storage
Wise Wise PTS-256 Portable 4K SSD 256GB
Wise Wise PTS-512 Portable 4K SSD 512GB
Wise Wise PTS-1024 Portable 4K SSD 1TB
Formatting Storage Media using your Video Assist
It’s very easy to format your storage media using the storage settings. You can format your
card or drive using HFS+ or exFAT formats.
HFS+ is also known as Mac OS Extended. It is the recommended format as it supports
“journaling”. Data on journaled media is more recoverable and less likely to be corrupted.
HFS+ is natively supported by Mac.
ExFAT is supported natively by Mac and Windows computers without needing to purchase any
additional software. However, exFAT does not support journaling which means data is less
protected against the rare event your media card is corrupted.
Your video assist can format your media in HFS+ or exFAT.
Tap on the storage media icon to access settings.
To format your storage media:
1 Tap the storage status icons to open the storage settings.
2 Select the card or drive you want to format. This could be an SD card or external USB-C
flash disk. To format a drive on 12G video assist models, tap ‘drive list’ and then select
the drive you want to format to highlight it. Tap ‘format drive’.
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