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# Restoring Legacy Archives

In earlier versions of Inferno, Flame, and Smoke, archives did not include all the metadata that the current version needs to restore archives with the correct scan mode and aspect ratio. The Default Resolutions menu makes it possible to assign the scan mode and aspect ratio preferences to older archives. The information you need to assign depends on the software version in which the archive was created. Assign the information using the Default Resolutions menu. Use the following table to determine which information you need to assign to your old archive.

Archived clips prior to: | Information you must assign:
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Smoke 6.0, Fire® 6.0, Inferno 5.5, Flame 8.5, Flint 8.5, and Backdraft 5.5 | Scan mode
Smoke 5.2, Fire 5.2, Inferno 5.0, Flame 8.0, Flint 8.0, and Backdraft 5.0 | Scan mode and aspect ratio

The parameters listed in the Default Resolutions menu act as default values for all listed resolutions. For example, if you want to change the default values for PAL clips, you must change the values for the PAL entry, which is the entry that has a width value of 720 and a height value of 576. If you are working with a PAL archive created in an earlier version, the aspect ratio would have automatically been set to 1.3333, but you may want to restore all your PAL archives with 16:9 aspect ratio. You can change this setting by changing the aspect ratio to 16:9 for the PAL entry.

NoteYou should only restore an old clip at its original resolution. If you restore versions of the same clip at different resolutions, you may encounter problems with the clip.

To add a default resolution:

1. In the MediaHub, browse for Archives and click Default Resolutions.

   The Default Resolutions list and menu are displayed.

   (a) Add Resolution box(b) Apply Changes button(c) Width and Height fields

   (d) Aspect Ratio field(e) Aspect Ratio box(f) Scan Mode box(g) Framerate box

2. Add new preferences to correspond to a specific clip resolution contained in the archive that you plan to open.
3. Click Add Resolution.
4. Click Apply Changes.

   The new archive preference is added to the list. The next time you restore an archive missing either Scan mode or aspect ratio, Smoke knows how to process that material.