Preparing Media For Recording; Preparing Media On Blackmagic Ursa Broadcast G2 - Blackmagicdesign URSA Broadcast G2 Installation And Operation Manual

Preparing Media for Recording

You can format your recording media using Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2's storage manager,
or via a Mac or Windows computer. We recommend formatting storage media using URSA
Broadcast G2 for best performance.
HFS+ is also known as OS X Extended and is the recommended format as it supports
'journaling'. Data on journaled media is more likely to be recovered in the rare event that your
media becomes corrupted. HFS+ is natively supported by Mac OS. ExFAT is supported natively
by Mac and Windows without needing to purchase any additional software. However, exFAT
does not support journaling.
NOTE Before formatting your media, it's important to make sure the media storage
switch has been set correctly to either SD card or CFast card. Always check the
settings carefully before formatting.

Preparing Media on Blackmagic URSA Broadcast G2

1 Tap any storage indicator at the bottom of the LCD touchscreen to enter the
storage manager.
2 Tap a format button at the bottom of the touchscreen to format the card in slot 1 or 2,
respectively. If you have a USB-C flash disk or SSD connected to the rear USB-C port of
your URSA Broadcast G2, tap the 'Drive List' button. Then select the drive you want to
format and tap 'Format Drive'.
Use your URSA Broadcast G2's storage manager to format your camera's storage media
3 If you want to change the reel number, tap on the pencil icon to open the keyboard.
Type the new reel number and tap 'update'.
4 Choose OS X Extended or exFAT format and tap the 'format' button.
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