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File Comment
Displays any embedded com-
ments associated with the file. File comments
are supported with BWF and SD II files, but are
not supported with AIFF files. File Comments al-
ways remain with the file when copied, con-
verted, or transferred. See “Comments Fields”
on page 239 for more information.
Database Comment
Displays user comments
stored with the database, with support for
Finder comments. Available in the Project
browser and Catalogs only. See “Comments
Fields” on page 239 for more information.
Date Modified Displays the last modified date for
the item. This field cannot be edited.
Date Created Displays the creation date of an
item. This field cannot be edited.
Number of Channels
Displays the number of
channels in an audio file: mono, stereo, or 3–8
as appropriate for supported multichannel files.
This field cannot be edited.
Format
Displays the audio file format: WAV,
WAV (ACID) for ACID files, WAV (BWF), AIFF,
MP3, or ReCycle for REX files. This field cannot
be edited.
Sample Rate
Displays an audio file’s sample
rate. This field can be edited in browsers for
WAV and SDII files only. This can be useful
when dealing with audio that has been pulled
up or down, or to force a sample rate conversion
to occur if that is necessary before importing a
file that otherwise would not require conver-
sion.
Bit Depth
Displays an audio file’s bit depth. This
field cannot be edited.
Tempo
Displays the tempo associated with re-
gion group, MIDI, tick-based Elastic Audio files,
REX, and ACID files, and session files. This field
cannot be edited.
Video Compression
Displays the compression ra-
tio of video files where applicable.
Frame Rate
Displays the frame rate of video files
where applicable.
Original Time Stamp
Displays the original time
stamp (time code location) of audio or video
files.
User Time Stamp
Displays the user time stamp,
if any, of audio files only.
Path
Displays the directory path to the item.
Unique ID Displays the unique ID for a Pro Tools
file.
Tape (DigiTranslator 2.0 Only) This column dis-
plays the original Avid tape name if the item is
an OMF file (audio or video). If an audio file was
originally recorded in Pro Tools, this field dis-
plays the name of the original session.
TC Rate
When DigiTranslator 2.0 is installed,
this column displays the frame rate of the item if
the item is an AAF sequence or an OMF se-
quence or file: 24, 25, 29.97, 30, drop or non-
drop. For sequences, the frame rate at the start
of the sequence is displayed.
Channel Names
Displays the channel name and
number data embedded in multichannel audio
files. You can edit the Channel name for mono
BWF files only. When editing the channel
name, anything entered in parentheses is dis-
carded. However, the channel number will al-
ways be preserved
Scene
Displays scene number data embedded in
audio files.
Video files originally recorded in Pro Tools
with AVoption|XL do not display a tape
name.