Can the Citidisk HD store 1080 24P?

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

Right now the CitiDisk is in a premature state. It does not record the MXF files but only QT, so this is fine as long as you are notlooking to offload to something other than FCP. It will not be triggered by the record button on the camera and it will not play the footage back through the LCD in the High Def Modes. Those features are coming.

As far as it recording 1080, yes it does, but I apologize, I forgot to ask them whether it recorded the flags for easy exctraction of the 24P regardless of mode. I will send him an email and ask. If he responds I will answer here.

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, DVCPRO, DVCPRO50, AG-DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[Mark Maness]

[Jan Crittenden Livingston] “As far as it recording 1080, yes it does, but I apologize, I forgot to ask them whether it recorded the flags for easy exctraction of the 24P regardless of mode. I will send him an email and ask. If he responds I will answer here.”

Not just yet… Next software revision. The best option to do this is to use the CitiDisk as a dump drive for the P2 cards.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com

[Shane Ross]

That is one expensive dump drive…

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Mark Maness]

[Shane Ross] “That is one expensive dump drive…”

I agree totally…. But I found out after recieving the drive the day bafore starting a new feature shoot.

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com

[Shane Ross]

But they advertise it as ready for DVCPRO HD and specifically the HVX-200. They shouldn’t make that claim if it isn’t ready. That is poor business practice.

Sorry that you got stuck with that.

Shane

Littlefrog Post
http://www.lfhd.net

[Mark Maness]

[Shane Ross] “But they advertise it as ready for DVCPRO HD and specifically the HVX-200. They shouldn’t make that claim if it isn’t ready. That is poor business practice.

Sorry that you got stuck with that.”

Oh… I agree completely! It definitely angered myself and my producer. We actually talked to the company itself and they told us that full support is not available until the next firmware update.

Let me say, the drive does record DVCPRO HD. BUT, you have to control the drive manually and you cannot review anything that has been recorded unless you dump to a laptop immediately. THAT’S USELESS!!!

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Wayne Carey
Schazam Productions
http://www.schazamproductions.com