P2 FCP transfer problem

[Carlos Castro]

Hey Jeremy,

Problem solved, it took a little time this morning to get it to upgrade, but once It did, it worked like a charm. I’ve started putzin around with my hpx300, specifically the AVC intra stuff and I’m going to edit a couple clips just to have a sense of a work flow or potential problems.

One thing I can’t seem to find is the Slow motion, and speed up feature in this model {HPX 300}. I’ll check the manual, I’ve look in the menu, but nothing seems to stand out. I’ve looked at the buttons on the camera but again nothing, I’ve never done it in camera, always in post.

Being that this camera only has 2 card slots, do you have any suggestions as to how to retrieve materials from the card the quickest and the most reliable way ?

I have 2 G-speed raid mini 320 each, macbook pro, FCP studio, 2 32g cards {New series} that’s pretty much it.

I don’t anticipate doing a great deal of field editing, rough cuts mostly. I plan on using it for transfering over while still shooting if need be.

I also have Matrox MXO 2 if I had to do more elaborate stuff in the field.

You have an opinnion or advice ?

Has anyone put together a work flow tutorial?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[carlos castro] “Problem solved, it took a little time this morning to get it to upgrade, but once It did, it worked like a charm. “

Excellent.

[carlos castro] “I’ve looked at the buttons on the camera but again nothing, I’ve never done it in camera, always in post. “

You have to record in 720pN modes. For example, you edit in a 720p23.976 timeline, so you record 720p24N but then you change the frame rate to 60p from the ‘default’. This will give you slow motion. Go below 24 fps for fast motion.

[carlos castro] “Being that this camera only has 2 card slots, do you have any suggestions as to how to retrieve materials from the card the quickest and the most reliable way ?”

We have a 5 card reader (the PCD20, but the PCD35 is now out) that is fast. I use Shotput Pro to make instant copies of the transferred material.

[carlos castro] “I don’t anticipate doing a great deal of field editing, rough cuts mostly. I plan on using it for transfering over while still shooting if need be.
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I’d recommend an external transfer device and don’t use the camera just in case you need to shoot and transfer at the same time. The PCD20/35 is a great solution, but it’s not cheap. The Duel Systems adaptor gets completely mixed reviews. Some love it, some hate it. I stay away from it, but it is cost effective. A native MXF workflow will be the absolute fastest way to work, but unfortunately, there’s no native AVC-I codec for FCP yet. You can watch what I do with DVCPro HD here:

https://library.creativecow.net/articles/garchow_jeremy/dvc_pro_hd.php

Please send feedback to Apple to enable a Native AVC-I codec so that they can make one. Then this entire native MXF workflow can be done in 10 bit full raster!

https://www.apple.com/feedback/finalcutpro.html

Jeremy

[Carlos Castro]

Thanks Jeremy,

you got it, I’ll send them some feed back, I would love to have it without all the hoops. Thanks again