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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 179 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 (such as
BWF (.WAV) or AIFF). This field cannot be ed-
ited.
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, REX, and ACID files, and ses-
sion files. This field cannot be edited.
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. Video
files originally recorded in Pro Tools with AVop-
tion|XL do not display a tape name.
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.
Video Compression Displays the compression ra-
tio of video files where applicable.
Frame Rate Displays the frame rate of video files
where applicable.
Channel Names Displays the channel name and
number data embedded in multichannel audio
files. This field cannot be edited.
Scene Displays scene number data embedded in
audio files.
Take Displays take number data embedded in
audio files.
Shoot Date Displays origination date and time
information embedded in audio files. This field
cannot be edited.
Sound Roll Displays sound roll number data
(This data is usually named “Tape” in BWF files,
but is distinct from the date displayed in the Di-
giBase Tape column). This field cannot be ed-
ited.
Sound Roll TC Displays the starting time code of
audio files. This field cannot be edited.