P2 Interference

[Jeremy Garchow]

Copy the footage of of the card to a hard drive first, then log and transfer.

Don’t log and transfer straight form the card.

Jeremy

[Colin Rinaker]

I have been dumping the footage to a hard drive and my transferring is coming directly from the hard drive, so that’s not the problem

[Jeremy Garchow]

Tell us more about your workflow.

Like what camera, what computers/os and how you get it all done.

Jeremy

[Colin Rinaker]

I use an HVX and then I transfer the P2s through a panasonic AJ PCD20 card reader, I take the cards and copy them into an external hardrive connected to my Dual Core apple then I open of Log and Transfer in FCP and take the files out of the hard drive and convert them onto my internal hard drive, than finally I place them on a server. Does this problem sound like an importing problem or filming?

Thanks

[Jan Crittenden livingston]

Hi,

Can you send me a frame grab of your colorful grid?

crittendenj at us.panasonic.com

Best,

Jan

Jan Crittenden Livingston
Product Manager, HPX500, HVX200, DVX100
Panasonic Broadcast & TV Systems

[David Coleman]

I have run into the same problem when I got footage from somebody else. It was shot on a hvx200 and the p2 cards copied to a hard drive, a server, and then ultimately converted by the shooter to a quicktime. I had this 1 frame grid flash on all versions, but he never saw it on his end. I was able to edit around it, but never found the source or solution to the problem.

Here’s a frame grab: https://webpages.charter.net/coleman.family/colorful%20grid.jpg

[Peter Richardson]

I have had this problem before. At some point in the data transfer, either when the contents of the P2 card were copied over to your hard drive or when you imported the P2 footage into FCP, the data was corrupted. When I’ve had this problem I either re-transfer the data from the P2 card (assuming it hasn’t been wiped) or import it again from the copied folders. This always solves the problem. I’ve never seen the actual source data from the P2 card corrupted, which is nice. If you’re using a less than stellar hard drive (Maxtor, WD, etc) then it’s been my experience that the instances of these data corruptions increase. I rarely if ever have problems when transferring to CalDigit or G-Raid drives.

This is why it’s important to import your p2 into FCP or your NLE before wiping the cards — to make sure there weren’t any errors in the transfer. Good luck and let us know if this helps!

Peter