nicowieditz wrote:...
I bought my 12k after price drop. Partitions are not a thing the 12k does, this is a windows thing. You have to reset the SSD. After that do the formatting operation on the 12k in ExFat.
I have formatted the disk in Windows. Single 4TB filesystem. Then recorded to it from the 12K. Placed it back into the Windows PC, offloaded the files and produced my output.
I then took the SSD back to the 12K. Formatted the disk in the 12K. Recorded to the disk in the 12K. Took the disk to the Windows box...and I get the bizarre disk layout again. Place the SSD onto the BM Cloud POD (port "B"), then I can ftp, and SMB/CIFS the data files to my heart's content...
To Tom Roper:
And since you mention you do the same to the SanDisk 2TB SSD, I repeated the steps
above on the on my 2TB: Same issues. Thank you for responding.
It's not the PC, it's not the SSDs, it's the 12K.
Because you have not had the issues with the 12K as I have, it must not be a "parts substitution" issue. The only thing left is the firmware. I am updating the firmware before my shoot today. I'll let the forum know the outcome.
P.S. While writing this I thought about another BM device which can format disks: The 7" Video Assistant. So I placed the Extreme 4TB on the VA, went to the drive selection. Selected the SSD. Formatted the SSD. Then took the SSD, placed it on the Windows box...and it contained a perfect file system. No Issues.
I then placed it into the 12K, filmed the water out back. Returned the SSD to the Windows box, no issues. And just for completeness, I then went back to the 12K. Formatted the disk. Took that disk back to the Windows box--And there was that funky filesystem.
This procedure proves it is not the Windows PC. If the Blackmagic Video Assistant can format the disk(s) and the PC can read it, the 12K should also do the same. Oh, as another control, I use the same cable for all three devices. So its not the cable. I also do not remove the SSD from the cable end, so it is not the cable "directionality" issue. Just for completeness, I also went back and repeated the above, only this time being aware of which way the cable went into the device (tried it on both orientations). Same results.