.R3D naming system

[fast_boy]

I was wondering if anyone could break down the logic behind the 16 character .R3D file names for me. For example

A011_C003_080213

how does this increment in a shoot? Which parts are defined by the user and which parts by the system?

Any advice (or a link to a thread I have missed) would be greatly appreciated

Seamus

[Kyle Mallory]

The .RDC folder name (which you showed) is as follows:

A = Camera ID
011 = Roll ID (Each time you format/mount a drive, this increments-- in theory).
C003 = Clip 3 (Third shot recorded on this roll/magazine)
080213 = Date the clip was started (Feb. 18, 2008).

This numbering scheme has changed slightly in B16.
The actual R3D files in the folder are named with an additional _001 before the .R3D file. This is file number of the sequence of files that make up a single clip (each with a 2GB limit).

[fast_boy]

Thanks for that kyle. How has it changed since build 16?

[Mike Prevette]

In B16 Red added two random characters at the end of the naming scheme to eliminate the potential for duplicate file names.