Capturing HVX200 P2 via PCIxpress on MacBookPro

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Capturing HVX200 P2 via PCIxpress on MacBookPro

Posted by Sherwood Ball on February 4, 2006 at 7:32 am

I need to acquire 4:2.2. with the HVX200 and then capture or
copy the footage onto a laptop, keeping the 4:2.2. color space.

1) Can this be done with a Powerbook G4 867Mhz w/ FCPro 4.5HD?
If so, what is the procedure?

Or do I need FCPro 5, Capture Card (Kona2), using the new Laptop by Apple MacBookPro with PCIXpress card slot?

Jan C:
2) Are these cameras available to rent in L.A. area?
I would like to rent it before I buy it.
I have much shooting to do in Hawaii, Okla, Wash DC, etc. starting late this month.

3) What is the availability of these camcorders for purchase?
Back order? Delivery time?

Thanks.
Sherwood

Gary Adcock replied 20 years, 3 months ago 9 Members · 11 Replies
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Shane Ross
February 4, 2006 at 10:31 am

To get the information from thesee cards, you really need the latest verson of FCP (5.0.4) and the latest version of Quicktime (7.0.4…I think you can get away with 7.0.3). No capture card needed, but you need either a 1)PCMCIA slot on the powerbook, 2) P2 card reader, 3) a PC with PCMCIA slot and appropriate software or 4) download it directly from the camera via firewire.

2) Check Able Cinetech and Burns and Sawyer. These are still in short supply but I think they have one or two.

3) They are pretty backordered. We got a couple for a History Channel shoot, and were lucky to get them. One of them is up on e-bay…search and ye shall find.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net
Jan Crittenden livingston
February 4, 2006 at 12:21 pm

>I need to acquire 4:2.2. with the HVX200 and then capture or
copy the footage onto a laptop, keeping the 4:2.2. color space.

This can be done in either of the HD modes or DVCPRO50.

>1) Can this be done with a Powerbook G4 867Mhz w/ FCPro 4.5HD?
If so, what is the procedure?

Or do I need FCPro 5, Capture Card (Kona2), using the new Laptop by Apple MacBookPro with PCIXpress card slot?

I think the MACBookPro is not compatible with FCP just yet, and the adapter that will make the PCIExpress compatible with the PCMCIA card is not yet available so you should on a wait and see there, but a current Powerbook would work. You do need FCP5.04 and at least 1.4GHz processor.

>2) Are these cameras available to rent in L.A. area?
I would like to rent it before I buy it.

I think there may be a couple to start, take a look at Birns and Sawyer, Able Cine Tech, EVS and Moviola.

>3) What is the availability of these camcorders for purchase?
Back order? Delivery time?

Depends on the dealer and their list. As Shane pointed out their extra camera is for sale, looks to be a pretty good deal.

Hope that helps,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems
Gary Adcock
February 4, 2006 at 2:48 pm

[Shane Ross] “To get the information from thesee cards, you really need the latest verson of FCP (5.0.4) and the latest version of Quicktime (7.0.4…I think you can get away with 7.0.3).”

Shane

I do not recommend 10.4.4 and QT7.04 with FCP. I keep getting assorted errors with all sorts of issues.
Hell even my Filemaker data bases no longer work in the latest versions of the OS and QT.

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA
Joslyn
February 4, 2006 at 2:55 pm

gary, what OX/QT version do you recommend for a stable workflow? thanks.
Joslyn
February 4, 2006 at 2:57 pm

oops, meant OS/QT..
Shane Ross
February 4, 2006 at 3:53 pm

I have been ingesting P2 footage fine with no issues, and I am running 10.4.3 and QT 7.0.3. Because that works I have not updated. Once I find a combination of something that works, I stick with it.

Shane Ross
Alokut Productions
http://www.lfhd.net
John Chater
February 4, 2006 at 7:51 pm

Hi Sherwood
I have a HVX-200 in my rental inventory. Right now it has quite a bit of availability.

Best
John Chater
http://www.chaterfilm.com
David S.
February 4, 2006 at 8:10 pm

[Jan Crittenden Livingston] “I think the MACBookPro is not compatible with FCP just yet, and the adapter that will make the PCIExpress compatible with the PCMCIA card is not yet available so you should on a wait and see there, but a current Powerbook would work. You do need FCP5.04 and at least 1.4GHz processor.”

Jan is absolutely correct here.

Apple FCPStudio will be compatible with the Intel based Macintoshes no later than March 31, 2006.

Cross grades to FCPStudio Universal from FCP Studio are $49.00.

David S.
Jim Calahan
February 5, 2006 at 4:31 pm

FCP 5.0.4 and OSX 10.4.4 are needed to have FCP open the HD MXF files you can still work in SD one version back on FCP and OSX

Jim Calahan
KVIE, Sacramento
Erich Roland
February 5, 2006 at 5:55 pm

Also HVX camera’s available in the DC area…. have cases will travel.

Thanks, Erich
http://www.Dc-camera.com

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