Hard Disk Recording Options

[Barry Green]

Of course we’ve tried all those types of things. None of them work, none will ever work. The only options to replace P2 would clearly advertise themselves as being P2-compatible.

There are hard disk recorders (like the CitiDisk and FireStore FS-100), you can record freely to a laptop through firewire so you don’t even need any cards.

If you want cheaper P2 cards, just wait. The 4GB card, that initially cost $2,000, is now being sold used for around $250. The 8GB card started out at $2750, it’s now down to $550. 16GB cards are on the market at $900, and 32GB cards are coming out in a few weeks at $1650. The price per gig is falling constantly; you can pick up cheaper 4GB cards off ebay as people upgrade to larger cards.

[David Smith]

[muzicman82] “what options are there to record multiple HD-SDI streams to a single PC?”

[Shane Ross] “Computers can only record ONE stream of video. “

Big Mug Software claims that their Capture Magic HD software can record multiple streams to a single computer…… BUT

I couldn’t find a phone number on their web site and they haven’t responded to my email queries. Maybe I’m a big mug for thinking it might be so? Anyone tried any software from those guys?

[Nick Marques]

My guess is that it writes interleaved files for better data write performance?