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The ATEM switchers that support loading image sequence clips and audio files into the media pool (for stinger transitions and such) need to have much larger storage capacity for the media pool. And as a result, previous ATEM switchers supporting media clips (mostly switchers with the M/E designation) used volatile memory for their media pool, which meant that the contents of the media pool were not retained across power cycles.
There was a note about this limitation in the FAQ for the Constellation 8K, for example:
https://www.avecom.fi/pdf/atem-constellation-8k-faq.pdf
As suggested, explicitly saving the settings as an XML file is still an option with these switchers, and this will cause the contents of the media pool to be exported to a folder beside the XML settings file. But you will need to manually Restore the state from the XML file to re-populate the media store (and this can take a minute or two to complete depending on the speed of the network and number of frames in the media pool).Q. Is the Media Pool saved on power up?
A. No. The Media Pool is quite large and cannot be saved in non volatile memory. It is recommended that media and settings be saved to a file on the computer and loaded on power up.
The press release introducing the Constellation HD switchers also includes a note about this XML export workflow, but no mention of a persistent media pool: https://www.blackmagicdesign.com/media/ ... 0220424-01
Customers can even save the full state of the switcher as XML files, plus all media is backed up from the media pool.