Owner's Manual

Using the Playback and Playout features
The Ninja-2 has a powerful playback function that allows you to playback
pristine Apple ProRes or (optionally) DNxHD recordings in real-time
with controls to navigate quickly to any part of a clip, the ability to play
recorded content faster than normal playback speed or step through the
clip frame-by-frame to check your footage very accurately.
Playback makes the Ninja-2 a fully-functional portable HD Deck with
quality visually identical to uncompressed!
Whenever a clip plays on the Ninja-2’s screen, it will also be presented
as an HDMI signal through the Ninja-2’s HDMI output. You can view
this on an HDMI monitor, or, using an optional Atomos H2S Connect
Converter, on an SDI monitor.
To play back a clip, first touch the green Play control on the home
screen. There will be a short pause while clips are made available for
playback. You will then be taken to the Play Navigation screen.
exFAT Disks
If the disk has been formatted on Ninja-2 it will use the ExFat file
system. The Play navigation screen will display a list of files that have
been recorded. The naming convention used includes the unit’s name,
Scene number, shot number and take number, e.g.
1LQMDB6B6B7PRY
This list is ordered in the same order it was recorded in. To navigate the
list use the up and down arrows to scroll through. If you edit the XML in
playback this will put the file to the top of the list. To play the item touch
the file you want to play and this will start the playback.
FAT32 Disks
If the disk has been formatted on the Ninja-2, or on a Mac/Pc as FAT32,
it will use the FAT32 file system.
The Play navigation screen will display the 6FHQH and 6KRW folder
structure.
The first screen will show you all the
6FHQH folders. In the picture
below we can see
6FHQH) within the 6FHQH Folder are any
6KRW folders. In the picture below you will see the 5 different shot
folders. Within each
6KRW folder will be the list of WDNHV.
Fat 32 has a file size limitation of approx 4GB, when you recorded
on the Ninja-2 it would generate a new take each time the recording
exceeded this limit.
You will notice the
WDNH has a different icon, this indicates the file can
be played back.
You can navigate the files and folders using the blue up and down
arrows. Once you see the
WDNH you would like to playback, touch the
WDNH icon you want to play and this will start the playback.
11. Playback & Playout
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