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Retry of P2 Down Covert Question
I would still like to know the answer to this as asked below…how do you integrate footage acquired on P2 cards or a Firestore or like data drive from the HVX-200 (or other P2 cameras) into a standard definition uncompressed project or sequence? Creating a DVCPro 50 or DVCPro HD sequence is not always possible in some broadcast environments, as all work stations need to be the same, typically 8 or 10 bit standard definition uncompressed. In my world Digital Betacam is still the gold standard for broadcast delivery. I work with material acquired on many different tape or film formats but at some point they are down converted/transferred and/or frame size adapted (anamorphic/center cut/letterbox) to Digi Beta.
Or, with an HD originated tape or disc format that has a VTR or VTR like device for playback, those transport devices typically have hardware down conversion capabilities built in that can be used to output SD-SDI with the choice of center cut, anamorphic or letter box frames sizes to your SD uncompressed project. But how do you get this from a P2 card? Is it strictly a software render situation to get from the MXF file to SD uncompressed or does Panasonic have some VTR like box that gives this output in real time? If it is a software only solution is Apple’s Compressor what is used to down convert and frame adjust? Any help would be great as I think many of use in the broadcast world see this camera as a useful acquisition tool but are at a loss to figure out how to integrate it into an uncompressed standard definition workflow with out too much software based conversion.
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