Does HVX200 Include a Macintosh P2 Formatting App?

[John Sharaf]

Jan,

So after your’ve cleared the card by transfering to a laptop or your docking harddisc, and you want to put it back in the camera to continue endless recording, you must stop recording to format the card before you can record on it. This makes no sense, it means that the hot swap capability is destroyed and that you’d need as many cards as the length of the continuous take.

I’m thinking of an interview for example, that you don’t want to interupt for reformating. Am I missing something here? Instead of saying “reload” we have to shout out “reformat”?

JS

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

john sharaf: So after your’ve cleared the card by transfering to a laptop or your docking harddisc, and you want to put it back in the camera to continue endless recording, you must stop recording to format the card before you can record on it. This makes no sense, it means that the hot swap capability is destroyed and that you’d need as many cards as the length of the continuous take.

John, if you had read through the rest of the thread you would have found that all you need to do on the MAC is to do an Option Delete on the empty the trash, prior to taking the card out of the computer.

I’m thinking of an interview for example, that you don’t want to interupt for reformating. Am I missing something here? Instead of saying “reload” we have to shout out “reformat”?

No you just have to clear the card. On a PC it is much easier, I don’t have to empty the trash. I only have to clear the card.

Hope that helps,
Jan

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

[John Sharaf]

Jan,

My bad, I did read the rest of the thread after my post to you!

Thanks for your reply though,

JS

[Gary Adcock]

[john sharaf] “This makes no sense, it means that the hot swap capability is destroyed and that you’d need as many cards as the length of the continuous take.”

John
the process on a Mac is to insert the card into the PCA slot > import into FCP> option delete the material on the p2 card ( that unlocks the MXF text file) >empty the trash > eject and insert into camera.

the 4 gig cards that I have only take about 3.5 minutes to do this with a full card.

I am running a 1.67 AL book with 2 gig of ram and an external FW scratch drive 10.4.3 /QT 7.03

DO NOT upgrade to 10.4.4 / QT7.04 I noted a 15% slowdown with this version of the OS

Gary Adcock
Studio37
HD and Film Consultation
Chicago, IL USA