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mastering DVCPRO HD to P2
OK, Here’s a question:
We are buying the HVX200 most likely. We are also picking up the KONA LH card for monitoring and IO, but will not be purchasing a VTR.
Will it be possible to Master stuff to P2 as DVCPROHD out through the KONA? I know it’s a strange question. We certainly won’t deliver on P2, but it would be nice to output a RAM render from After Effects or Combustion then just reingest to save rendering time.
I don’t know what kind of inputs will be on the HVX, is it just firewire? Is that enough throuput for DVCPROHD? is there a composite in?
Just some thoughts.
Thanks
David
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If Kona can handle HD via firewire,You can master back to HVX200 onto P2…
but if You buy optional P2 drive and just save it to P2 drive…it is faster. -
You may not have to do anything of the sort though. You may be able to render a P2-compatible MXF file from your editing program, then all you need to do is copy the file onto the P2 card.
I don’t know how FCP will handle it, but a P2 card can be plugged into a PCMCIA slot and show up on the desktop as an external hard disk. There’s no reason you’d need to transfer back through firewire to the camera, you should just be able to copy the file straight to the card.
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The P2 card on the camera becomes a hard drive when hooks via usb or firewire. I don’t think you can fill them up sequencially though.
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I think you’re right.
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Or you can get AJPCD 10 P2 drive with 5 P2 slots, then I think you can fill them sequentially.
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so the 5 slot guy will work like a VTR? I want to master realtime. I don’t think it has video inputs. I know they have one that looks like a VTR (jog wheel etc.) But it costs like one too.
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You are right, it’s not VTR but drive with P2 memory cards. All you can do is transfer data in/out of PC and it also cost some $…. (What is the cost of VTR?). This way I think, you can also bypass any interface cards, if you operate software only with the right codec, but you have to live with rendering, becoming faster and faster all the time . I’ve got the feeling, in the future that will be the way.
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This drive isn’t supported on the MAC yet.
Jim Calahan
KVIE, Sacramento
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