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offloading P2 cards without FCP
I am traveling on a shoot, and am using my laptop to load media from my panasonic p2 cards to an external hard drive so that I can use the cards again. For some reason, FCP will not open. I am able to use the camera as a 1394 device, and copy over the “contents” folder from the card. But the files in the folder are .mxf files. I have no idea what these files are, and if I will be able to use them later.
Is there a better way for me to move the media to my hard drive, or is there a way for me to use the media in the “contents” folder when I get home?
I have another shoot in 2 hours, and my cards are full. Help please.
Thanks,
Ruston -
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You should search for an Apple document or a tutorial for all the answers on this. As an example:
https://images.apple.com/pro/pdf/L317074A_FCP_Wkflw.pdf
Shane has good ones on this site, too.
If you have only the MXF files for some of your media, search for tutorial on how to recreate the P2 file folder structure. Or look to Raylight for help.Final Cut Studio 2, FCP 6.0.2, Mac OS-X 10.4.11, Quicktime 7.3.1, After Effects 6.5 Pro, G5 Quad 2.5, Kona-LHe V5.1, 4.5GB RAM, Nvidia GeForce 7800-GT 256MB, G-RAID 2x1TB FW800, 6TB RAID-5 (Enhance E8-ML, Highpoint 2322), Panasonic HVX-200P P2.
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I find the best thing to do is download the P2CMS software from the panasonic.net website. It is free software they wrote and works well. It works on Mac or Windows. It stands for P2 Content management system….
The good thing about this is that it transfers the P2 media as MXF and you can log and transfer it to FCP later and you can view your clips as a MXF. You can also use this software to name clips etc.
Get your media onto the hard drive first and later I can help you with the FCP problems.
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