Settings are stored in the locations specified in each setting's description. The file is at /opt/Autodesk/[product]/cfg/init.cfg. The graphical setup utility can be accessed:

• On macOS, open Applications > Autodesk > [Product] > Utilities > Setup.
• On Linux, open Applications Launcher > Autodesk > [application] > Flame Setup.

If more than one version of the Flame family application is installed, select the one to configure from the Application Version drop-down list. Discard unsaved changes with Reload. To edit the parameters directly in the application configuration file, click Manual Edit.

General

Video Device

Sets the video output device used to connect the VTR or broadcast monitor. Set by the VIDEO keyword in /opt/Autodesk/[product_name]/cfg/init.cfg.

Audio Device

Sets the device used for audio output. Sets the `AUDIODEVICE` keyword in `/opt/Autodesk/[product_name]/cfg/init.cfg`.

On Macs equipped with an AJA device, select AJA. If it is equipped with a Blackmagic Design device, select BMD. Otherwise, select CoreAudio to use the default sound card of your workstation. You can only use the audio device that matches the video device. Similarly, you can only use CoreAudio if neither AJA nor BMD is set as the video device.

Reserved Application Memory

Sets the amount of memory allocated to frame buffers used by modules such as the Player, Action, Input/Output clip. Unless specific settings are required for other applications, set to Automatic; the amount of memory is reserved according to the amount of system RAM:

32 GB or more: 33 per cent of RAM is allocated to the application.

Less than 32 GB: 50 per cent of RAM is allocated, up to 4GB, or up to 3GB if less than 11.5 GB RAM.

Sets the `MemoryApplication` keyword in `/opt/Autodesk/[product_name]/cfg/init.cfg`.

Default Web Browser

Sets the web browser used by the application to browse the documentation and to view an archive's HTML tables of contents.

Sets the `DefaultWebBrowser` keyword in `/opt/Autodesk/[product_name]/cfg/init.cfg`.

Default Shortcut Profile

Sets the keyboard shortcut selected by default when creating new user profiles in the application.

Table of Contents Location

Sets the path where the online HTML and ASCII tables of contents of archives are saved when archiving.

Sets the `ArchiveLibrary` keyword in `/opt/Autodesk/[product_name]/cfg/init.cfg`.

Single Screen

Restricts the UI of the application to the main display. Displayed only if multiple screens are detected on the system.

UI Magnification

Sets the UI magnification. Displayed only if a high resolution (HiDPI) monitor is detected on the system.

Preview

Enable entries for the resolutions of projects, as well as the resolutions supported by the hardware configuration. If a device is changed after installation, these settings must be updated. If no sync is connected to the workstation, enable some free-run timings for broadcast monitoring: enable the timings with a SyncSource = freesync. Sets the VideoPreviewDevice keywords in /opt/Autodesk/[product_name]/cfg/init.cfg.

Vtr

If an AJA device is connected to a VTR, enable the timings that might be used with the connected VTR. AJA devices support 3G-SDI connections. Sets the Vtr keywords in /opt/Autodesk/[product_name]/cfg/init.cfg.

Media Storage

The path to where the Media Cache and rendered frames are stored. It is recommended to use a fast drive, and not the system drive.

To define a new media storage volume, click Add. Click Manual Edit to edit the configuration file in a text editor. Manual edit must be used to delete a storage volume. Sets the /opt/Autodesk/sw/cfg/stone+wire.cfg file. The directory is usually called AutodeskMediaStorage.

ID

An index uniquely identifying the storage, assigned by the Setup application at creation time. Ranges from 0 to 7, and is not editable directly.

Name

Configures /opt/Autodesk/sw/cfg/stone+wire.cfg.

A label to identify the media storage. Required.

Location

Path to the media files on the storage device. Do not select the root of a drive as the media storage folder. Create a subfolder to hold all media files in one place. The recommended folder name is Autodesk Media Storage/. Required.

8-bit Integer, 10-bit Integer, 12-bit Integer and 12-bit Packed Integer, 16-bit Float

The file formats used when writing frames of those bit depths to the storage. Optional.

Configure storage

It is recommended to store media on a drive other than the system drive such as direct attached storage (DAS) device or a storage area network (SAN). Using the system disk may degrade performance.

XFS is the default filesystem (FS) for Linux, and is recommended for connected storage. Autodesk certified hardware is only tested with XFS systems. Check with the equipment vendor for compliance.

The recommended filesystem on macOS is the file system used by the system, HFS+ or Apple Filesystem (APFS), but other filesystems can be used.

You create the Media Cache Storage from the Project Management screen in the Flame Family application. See Project Management.

Creating a Volume on Linux

If you need to create a volume for you Media Cache Storage, you can follow these steps:

1. If a mount point for the storage does not exist, create one, for example: mkdir /mnt/SAN1. Mount the filesystem to the newly-created directory. To mount it at boot, update /etc/fstab. Do not use the reserved word stonefs as the name for the mount point directory.
2. Create the Managed Media Cache directory on the mounted filesystem, in a directory named after the workstation hostname. The Managed Media Cache directory should be named after the partition name (by default, partition 7, or p7). For example, if the filesystem mount point is /mnt/SAN1, the workstation hostname is adsk0, and the partition name is p7, type: mkdir -p /mnt/SAN1/adsk0/p7
3. Set the ownership for the directory to the root user. For example: chown -R root:users /mnt/SAN1/adsk0/p7. Set permissions for the directory to be readable, writable, and searchable by the owner and its group, and readable and searchable by all. For example: chmod -R 775 /mnt/SAN1/adsk0/p7

Backburner

Configure background processing manager.

Manager Hostname

The network name of the workstation running the Backburner Manager. In a standalone setup, use the default setting, `localhost`.

In a Burn environment, enter the name of the workstation running Backburner Manager. Selects the Backburner Manager used by the application.