Preparing Media For Recording; Preparing Media On Blackmagic Ursa Mini - Blackmagic Design URSA Mini Manual De Instalación Y Funcionamiento

Important Notes About SSD Speed
Some models of SSD can't save video data at the speed the manufacturer claims.
This is due to the disk using hidden data compression to attain higher write speeds.
This data compression can only save data at the manufacturer's claimed speed when
storing data such as blank data or simple files. Video data includes video noise and
pixels which are more random so compression will not help, therefore revealing the true
speed of the disk.
Some SSDs can have up to 50% lower write speed than the manufacturer's claimed
speed. So even though the disk specifications claim an SSD has speeds fast enough to
handle video, in reality the disk isn't fast enough when used to store video data for real
time capture.
Use Blackmagic Disk Speed Test to accurately measure whether your SSD will be able
to handle high data rate video capture and playback. Blackmagic Disk Speed Test uses
data to simulate the storage of video so you get results similar to what you'll see when
capturing video to a disk. During Blackmagic testing, we have found newer, larger
models of SSD and larger capacity SSDs are generally faster.

Preparing Media for Recording

You can format your CFast cards, SD cards or SSDs using the storage manager, or via a Mac or
Windows computer. We recommend formatting storage media using URSA Mini for
best performance.
HFS+ is also known as OS X Extended and is the recommended format as it supports
'journaling'. Data on journaled media is more likely to be recovered in the rare event that your
storage media becomes corrupted. HFS+ is natively supported by Mac. exFAT is supported
natively by Mac and Windows without needing to purchase any additional software. However,
exFAT does not support journaling.
NOTE Before formatting your media, it's important to make sure the media storage
switch has been set correctly to either SD card or CFast card. Always check the
settings carefully before formatting.
Preparing Media on Blackmagic URSA Mini
1 Tap either storage indicator at the bottom of the LCD touchscreen to enter the
storage manager.
2 Tap a format button at the bottom of the touchscreen to format the card in slot 1 or 2,
respectively. If you plug a flash disk into the USB-C port of an URSA Mini Pro G2, the
button to format the second drive is 'Format drive'.
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