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PDW-F70 and PDW-700
I have discs coming in from a PDW-700 camera and so far, the deck is reporting:
“FORMAT NOT SUPPORTED. RECORDING AND PLAYBACK IS NOT POSSIBLE.”The discs are standard RE 23GB 2.4x – All 1080p 30 (29.97
Is this deck just not compatible or is there a problem with the camera?
If the former is true, I just need to confirm: what deck to rent?Thus far, I’m growing quite frustrated with Sony’s tapeless solutions… I’d love for somebody to change my mind though.
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4 Replies
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You need a PDW-HD1500 or 1600 Deck to play tapes made in the PDW-700 camera at 422 MPEG 50 Mb formats. Sorry!
JS
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Ha!
Thank you so much for clearing that up.All I’m trying to do is transfer the raw files to a Final Cut Pro system… once I get access to the file structure, I can use the XDCam transfer software.
So what is it that’s standing in the way of reading the raw data? I don’t need it to play back, just act as a drive and mount the disc as a volume (I’ve installed the OSX FAM driver) but I can’t get passed this “NO SUPPORT” problem.
Any thoughts?
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Dana,
Sorry again, can not be done with that machine.
Can do with a PDW-U1 Reader/Writer or as I said, the PDW-HD1500 or 1600 Deck.
The PDW-U1 is cheap, under $3K to buy or rent for $100?
JS
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Got a PDW-U1 in and it worked great!
Thanks so much for your help!
Even the camera operators and rental house were stumped and ultimately just suggested the PDW-U1 anyway.
I can’t imagine we were ALL looking in the wrong places for this answer.I’m sincerely unimpressed with Sony’s “solutions”.
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