• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  Panasonic AJ-D455P

  Posted by Andrew Southard on May 1, 2008 at 3:42 pm

  Anyone using a Panasonic AJ-D455P DVCPro deck with FCS 2? Any issues? Apple lists it as qualified with FCS 1 but not 2. We will be using it with an AJA IO via SDI and controlling with RS-232/422.

  We are in the process of upgrading to HD, but still have lots of footage on DVCPro on the shelves.

  Thanks!

  Richard Day replied 18 years ago 2 Members · 1 Reply
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  Richard Day

  May 1, 2008 at 6:54 pm

  I have a Panasonic 450, and use it with a G5 powerMac and a DeckLink Extreme card. The only issue I have had is a polling problem, where FCP thinks there’s a tape problem because the 450 can’t respond fast enough. There are two solutions I know of:

  — Use a Keyspan USB to serial converter for device control (you specify the Keyspan port in your DEvice control setup).
  — Use a plug-in called DisableAltETTPolling.txt

  I’m currently using the second method, but the first was fine as well.

  It’s possible the the 455 will not cause the same problems as the 450…

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