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  • App for naming P2 cards?

    Posted by Niklas Wikman on August 26, 2008 at 7:28 am

    I have realized I cannot work with NO NAME cards when offloading or importing to FCP.

    I read Shanes blog about P2 offload, but since I already have HD Log Bronze, is there any free app that can name the cards for me? Of course I know that if the card is formatted in the camera (you shold not format it elsewhere) the name is lost.

    Jeremy Garchow replied 17 years, 12 months ago 3 Members · 7 Replies
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  • Shane Ross

    August 26, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    Panasonic makes one…called the P2 Formatter. You use that to erase cards and name them. Found at the usual SixBullets site:

    https://panasonic.sixbullets.net/

    Shane

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  • Jeremy Garchow

    August 27, 2008 at 1:22 am

    I second P2Formatter. Shotput_p2 edition will do it as well. How do you usually connect your P2 cards?

    Jeremy

  • Niklas Wikman

    August 27, 2008 at 6:09 am

    Thank God I still have our main editing Mac running Tiger, since the P2Formatter does not support write under Leopard.

    (Now I only have to collect the strength to format the cards – we’ve done our first shoot and the content is offloaded onto two disks with HD Log and also brought into FCP. Works like a charm.)

    But when you are used to keep those Betas, it is not easy to erase the cards… oh, well. 🙂

  • Jeremy Garchow

    August 27, 2008 at 6:14 am

    I’m on Leopard and it works.

    Jeremy

  • Niklas Wikman

    August 27, 2008 at 6:28 am

    Strange. Panasonic write this:

    P2 Driver Software for Mac

    Notice
    When using Mac OS X Leopard
    Not support write and delete of contents data to P2 card now.

    as of 2008.1.29

    But perhaps I’m misunderstanding something here?

  • Niklas Wikman

    August 27, 2008 at 6:29 am

    Via FireWire from the 500 to my G4 Dual or iBook G4.

    Tried USB, but with no luck.

  • Jeremy Garchow

    August 27, 2008 at 6:41 am

    [Niklas Wikman] “Notice
    When using Mac OS X Leopard
    Not support write and delete of contents data to P2 card now.

    as of 2008.1.29

    But perhaps I’m misunderstanding something here?”

    I don’t know. When I use the PCD20 it just works.

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