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6 Specify additional settings for capturing and exporting files:

• Minimum AllowableFree Space On ScratchDisks: Enter a value to set the minimum space

you want to keep available on a scratch disk. The default value here is usually sufficient.

If you have limited scratch disk space, you may want to set this to the amount of disk

space you want available for render files. If you use most of your disk space for captured

clips, you may run out of space when rendering.

• Limit Capture/Export File Segment Size To: Select this option only if you’re capturing or

exporting clips that may be used on other systems with a file size limitation. Any files

that are larger than the limit entered here (which defaults to 2 GB) are written as separate

files, in which the end of one file contains a reference to the next (so the first file appears

to be a continuous file).

• Limit Capture Now To: This option limits the duration of media files captured using the

Capture Now command. For more information, see “Limiting the Duration of the Capture

Now Process.”

To remove a scratch disk

1 Choose Final Cut Pro > System Settings, then click the Scratch Disks tab.

2 Click Clear next to the scratch disk you no longer want to use.

About Scratch Disk Capture Order

Final Cut Pro lets you specify up to 12 scratch disks at one time. Final Cut Pro always uses

the disk with the most space first. When that disk is full, Final Cut Pro uses the disk with

the next most available space, and then the next one, and so on, until all disks are full.

When Scratch Disks Become Unavailable

Scratch disks you’ve set can become unavailable for a number of reasons: they might be

turned off, disconnected, or temporarily unmounted. Also, if the scratch disk folder you

selected has been moved, deleted, or renamed, Final Cut Pro might not be able to find

it.

When you open Final Cut Pro and one or more of your scratch disk folders cannot be

found, a dialog appears with three options:

• Quit: Lets you quit without changing the scratch disk preferences.

• Set Scratch Disks: Opens the Scratch Disks tab in the System Settings window so that

you can change the current set of scratch disks. Any disks that are missing are removed

from this list. You must choose at least one scratch disk to continue.

• Check Again: Allows you to reconnect or start up your scratch disk, wait for it to mount,

and then proceed as usual.

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