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CODEX USER GUIDE -
CODEX XL-SERIES
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An alternate unloading method is to press the Eject button on the end of the Capture Drive. This will trigger the unload
sequence. Wait until the LED stops flashing and becomes solid blue, then pull gently to remove the Capture Drive.
9.3. External Drives
The XL-Series allows general purpose hard drives and SSDs to be loaded via a range of connections: USB3.0, SAS, and
eSATA. The drive must be formatted with one of the following filesystems before it can be used with the XL-Series:
• ExFAT
• FAT
• Ext3
• HFS
• HFS+
• NTFS
• XFS
• UDF
Note: APFS (Apple File System) is not supported.
Loading –
connect the external drive and it will be mounted automatically. When the drive has has mounted it will be
shown on the Storage screen.
Unloading –
go to the Storage screen and select the drive. Click the Wrench symbol, and then click Eject. The drive will
stop showing on the Storage screen when it has unmounted. It is now safe to disconnect the drive.
Note: if an external drive has been badly unmounted/ejected, this may prevent successful mounting on the XL-Series.
To resolve this, reconnect the drive to a Mac and use Disk Utility to check/repair the volume, before performing a proper
unmount. The drive should then mount on the XL-Series successfully.
10. Formatting the Transfer Drive
A Transfer Drive can be formatted with either a ‘RAID-3 Codex’ or ‘RAID-5 XFS’ filesystem. The option selected will
determine which types of material can be stored on the Transfer Drive:
Type
Supported material
RAID-5 XFS
When formatted in this way, the Transfer Drive can contain any file format supported by Codex Production Suite*:
•
ARRI ALEXA Classic/XT/SXT/Mini - ARRIRAW (16:9, 4:3, Open Gate), all ProRes variants.
•
ARRI AMIRA - all ProRes variants.
•
Panasonic VariCam 35 - VRAW (UHD and 4K, 10-bit and 12-bit).
•
Canon C700 and C500 - Canon Cinema RAW (UHD and 4K).
•
Canon C300 Mark II - XF-AVC MXF.
•
Sony EX3 - MPEG-2 MXF.
•
Sony F5, F55, and F65 - Sony RAW MXF, XAVC MXF.
•
GoPro Hero - H.264.
•
RED - REDCODE RAW R3D.
•
Phantom Flex 4K - Cine files.
•
Codex Action Cam - CDX RAW.
*With the exception of ALEXA 65, which is only supported on RAID-3 Codex.
RAID-3 Codex
When formatted in this way, the Transfer Drive can only contain RAW material recorded to Capture Drives:
•
ARRI ALEXA 65 - ARRIRAW.
•
ARRI ALEXA Classic/XT/SXT/Mini - ARRIRAW (16:9, 4:3, Open Gate).
•
Panasonic VariCam 35 - VRAW (UHD and 4K, 10-bit and 12-bit).
•
Canon C700 and C500 Canon Cinema RAW (UHD and 4K).
•
Codex Action Cam - CDX RAW.
Performance for Cloning this material is slightly higher to RAID-3 Codex than to RAID-5 XFS. However, flexibility
for different workflows is reduced. It is not possible to store material from other types of recording system, such
as SxS ProRes, Sony SR Memory, AXSM, RED drives, etc.
