New HPX300 can’t get footage off P2 with MacPro (new user) waiting for DVD from Noah

[Martin Jordan]

NO.

Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 19 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.

[Martin Jordan]

Ok, I was able to see the first clips I shot DVCPROHD and logged & transferred them again.

So that’s working.

But when I go to the sprocket and changed to the AVCIntra-ProRes 422 (HD) and them try to bring in that folder nothing happens. No clips come into the left side panel.

Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 19 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.

[Shane Ross]

Hmmm….did you install the AVCIntra codecs?

https://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/p2-hd/downloads-and-updates.asp

Shane

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[Martin Jordan]

No I didn’t.

I was unaware of this.

I’ll follow your link and install, erase the P2 card, shoot again test video in 100 and try again.

Please stay with me and check back. I’ll probably have this done tomorrow morning.

Thanks Shane.

Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 19 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.

[Jeremy Garchow]

As has been mentioned, make sure you have all the necessary drivers installed, including the P2 drivers and AVC-I codec.

You can access all of that from here:

https://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/p2-hd/downloads-and-updates.asp

[Martin Jordan]

Hey Jeremy,

Yeah like I said above in the beginning of this thread, I went there right off the bat and as I look through that area (the same area as your link) It sure looks like to me that if you’re running on a MAC with 10.5.6 OS there are NO drivers needed. There in 10.5.6.

Unless I’m, missing something.

I did get the AVC-Intra codecs though and I’m getting ready to shoot some test footage now and see if that Logs & Transfers ok.

Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 19 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.

[Jeremy Garchow]

I’d still do it. You get the P2 formatter software as well so you can acutally name your cards comething useful instead of NO NAME.

Jeremy

[Tom Chartrand]

FWIW Martin,

You did not need to erase the card and re-shoot the AVC-I footage. You only needed the drivers on your Mac to recognize the AVC-I codec. Also, always be sure to back the cards footage up to another drive and “Log & Transfer” from there.

Good luck!

Tom

[Martin Jordan]

Yeah I did that.

It’s working now.

OK, just for the sake of other new P2 users and the HPX300 buyers that will no doubt be coming here by the droves, here’s what I finally did in addition to all the steps above.

I went to jeremy’s embedded link (in previous a previous post) and downloaded the MAC P2 driver & software and the AVC-Intra codecs. It required a reboot

Then….

First, connect the Panny 300 to the MacPro with a USB cable. Then go into the main menu/system setup/PC Mode and click ON. That will mount the camera’s P2 card on the desktop. Probably called NO NAME.

Then you go to the designated HD on your computer you want the clips on and create a folder ie A001. Copy the CONTENTS folder & the .TXT file from the mounted camera P2 card that’s on your desktop into that folder.

Launch FCP.

Create new Bin. Name Bin the same name as the folder on your HD that you created.

In FCP, go to File/Log & Transfer

When the Log & Transfer window comes up, go to the sprocket in the upper right hand corner and click Preferences.

Select AVC-Intra ProRes 422 (HD)

Then, go to the the camera icon in the upper left hand corner of the L & T window and click to find the folder on your HD that you copied your files into.

Now here’s where it got weird for me at first but I figured it out. If I just selected the folder and clicked open, nothing came in. BUT, if I selected the folder and then clicked CONTENTS within that folder and then back to the main folder and clicked open it came in fine. So apparently the complete path had to be defined.

You’ll see your clip(s) on the left hand side of the L & T window and you can then proceed with further editing, naming etc as Shane explained earlier in his video in this thread.

Thanks guys so much.

See ya more in the forum.

Owner of Full Graphics Design Firm Houston, Tx 19 yrs.
Mac user since 1988.

[R. Dale mccarver]

Glad you’re up and running; I’m about to buy a 300 myself…
How is the picture? In low-light?
I understand there was a wrong factory setting in pedestle. (was set at +15 and should have been 0) that when corrected makes for a much lower noise factor…
Have you compared to the Sony EX1 (or 3)? What is your opinion if you’ve seen both?

Thanks…

R. Dale McCarver