balky P2 Store

[Shane Ross]

I will point out that the P2 Genie is a VERY handy application that automates this transfer, creating folders and copying over the footage in the quickest way possible. You can give it a try. $33

http://www.p2genie.com

Shane

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[Dean Sensui]

Shane…

Does P2 Genie solve the occasional problem where the first partition of the P2 Store fails to mount? Or is that something that has to be dealt with via Apple’s Disk Utility?

Thanks!

Dean Sensui — Imagination Media Hawaii

[Shane Ross]

P2 Genie is just an application that copies the contents from one location to another, but in a very slick automated way. It won’t help with the mounting issue.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Dean Sensui]

Thanks, Ross.

Also, it looks like it handles the problem where all the partitions have the same “NoName” label?

The info on P2 Genie’s website lacks detail, but apparently it’s able to either re-label or sequentially label each partition when copying the P2 Store’s contents over to a Mac-based storage system?

Dean Sensui — Imagination Media Hawaii

[Barry Green]

That volumes-not-mounting is a Mac OS quirk; P2 Genie can’t do anything about that. Panasonic has published a paper that’s supposed to demonstrate how to deal with it if not all volumes mount:
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/cs/csregistp2m/ep2main/faq/P2store_macmount_e.pdf

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[Shane Ross]

[Dean Sensui] “it’s able to either re-label or sequentially label each partition when copying the P2 Store’s contents over to a Mac-based storage system?”

Yes. It creates folders and give them names you assign (like B001, or Card001) and then copies the information from one partition, then moves to the next creating a new folder (B002, Card002) and so on.

Looks like I’ll have to review this and blog about it.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Dean Sensui]

[Barry Green] “That volumes-not-mounting is a Mac OS quirk; P2 Genie can’t do anything about that.”

Thanks, Barry. I figured out the workaround with Disk Utility. As Panasonic points out, it happens with the laptops but generally not with the tower Macs.

Looks like P2 Genie will be a necessary investment.

Dean Sensui — Imagination Media Hawaii

[Steve]

Take a look at this product P2 log. Just purchased it, if he can only do the P2 Genie transfer thing multiple copies it is a winner! @ https://www.imagineproducts.com/P2log.htm

The ability to do the MXF viewing is great, without having to transfer to FCP is great. Other features as well.