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HVX-200 Question
I know many of you out there have all the 200 specs memorized and are waiting for a ship date. Can you tell me if this is a possible set up for the camera.
DVCPro50, 16X9, 24p
I ask this because my current FCP setup would allow this configuration until I could get HD cards and Drives.
I guess I can use firewire 800 drives with DVCPro50, can anyone confirm?
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8 Replies
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Yes- FCP is already set up for all flavors of the HVX200 including DVCPRO50 and DVCPROHD. That’s why FCP 4.5 is called FCP HD- specifically for Panasonic DVCPROHD which is what the HVX200 shoots. You can use Firewire drives- no special hardware is required.
Noah
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What about the setup question:
DVCPro50 16×9 24p
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Also, are you saying that one can edit HD material using firewire 800 drives. Is anyone on this list currently using this configuration for HD? I was under the impression that these drives were not fast enough. Can anyone with experience please bring me up to speed. Also, if different drives are needed, what is the most economical drive setup.
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Yes to all questions. DVCPROHD runs at a maximum speed of 100Mbits. Firewire is capable of playing up to 400 Mbits, Firewire 800 is capable of 800 Mbits- either is more than enough to handle all flavors of the HVX including DVCPRO50/24p/16:9. I suspect you are thinking of uncompressed high definition which would require a RAID but is not an issue here because that is not what this camera shoots.
Noah
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just out of curiosity, what is the data rate of 4:4:4 HD?
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Depends on resolution, color depth and frame rate.
1920x1080x8bx3x24=1.2Gbit/s?140GB/s -
Just because the transfer protocol and circuitry allows speeds up to 400 or 800 Mbits/sec, does not necessarily mean you will get that from hard drives. A single Firewire 400 drive will barely handle 100Mbit/sec video. A FW800 G-RAID would easily handle it though. I have the sample DVCPROHD footage that came with the first FCP 4 HD Studio package and my Lacie FW400 drive can barely handle the 1080i footage.
-mark
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I’d agree that FW400 in practice is not ideal for multiple DVCPROHD streams- 800 is much better. And of course a good RAID will do even better. Still- a speedy FW400 drive can do the job in a pinch and not all are created equal. Visit barefeats.com to find out how to get the most out of your drives.
Noah
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