Determining Space Available on a Media Drive

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Determining Space Available On A Drive or Partition

Related Topic: Determining Media Storage Needs
Related Topic: Estimated SD Media Storage Requirements

It's time to capture some footage and you're wondering, "How much space do I have on my drive? How much material, in terms of minutes, can I put there?"

Here's an easy method to determine how much space is available on a particular drive or partition, in terms of time:

1. Open the Capture Tool: TOOLS > CAPTURE

2. Using the Track Selectors (see picture below), set the tracks you want to capture from your source.

3. From the Resolution Selection Menu (see picture below), set the resolution at which you want to capture your video.

4. Based on these two factors (tracks and resolution), the Avid application will estimate how much space is available on your drive or partition. This estimate is shown in the Time Remaining Display. In the example pictured below, with the tracks set to capture video and two tracks of audio (A1 and A2) and the resolution set to 2:1, the drive labeled "Media" has an estimated amount of time available of 64 hours, 18 minutes, 11 seconds, and 0 frames.