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Playing P2 material as SDI
Hi All,
Does anyone know of any simple software which can play P2 footage (as SDI).
We’re looking to store material from a number of P2 cards on PC’s w SDI cards and release the cards to go back to another gig. Then we need to select shots and play these out into existing SDI infrastructure (ie. links and a unity). MOG’s the scribe and P2 Viewer can have a full screen output, but obviously can’t embed time code and craft editors are overkill.
Any ideas anyone?
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7 Replies
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What confuses me is you want a software solution to a hardware answer.
Jeremy
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Hi Jeremy,
I think we need software on PC host hardware because of the number of users, and the volume and workflow of media involved. We only have a few cards, and they need to live with the cameras. We need a copy of the footage for users to browse (possibly from interstate, and for a few weeks) and we need to be able to get it out as SDI into existing syndication infrastructure and, in some cases, onto SX or into Avids etc.
You’re right that we could use a HPG10, or more likely a ‘850 attached to a PC and just acting as a SDI output, but it would mean a lot of double handling and is rather expensive way to go.
Workflow would have to be copy from P2 card into PC, backup, spin-off user browse, copy selected media back to card in ‘850 and play out. What we’d like to do is have an SDI card in the PC and a basic interface so a user can select the material they want and play it out.
The issue with this is that I cant find software which does this, and even basic editing systems (vegas, premiere, liquid) cant seem to do it.
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I’d imagine Premiere, Raylight and an AJA Xena card could do what you want. You are going to have to bring the cards into some sort of NLE to watch material out of SDI unless you watch them in camera or with the P2Gear.
What’s an ‘850? Sorry…
Jeremy
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Might have to look at using a wrapper of some sort.
What’s your experience w Raylight? Does it slow things down much?
The 850 is the AJ-SPD850, the P2 studio deck w all the bells and whistles.
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[LT Kije] “The 850 is the AJ-SPD850, the P2 studio deck w all the bells and whistles.”
Got ya. I see what you are saying now about that.
I don’t have experience with Raylight. I don’t think it slows anything down. When FCP wraps the mxf in quicktime, the conversion is licketty split. I bet raylight is the same. Have you looked at Edius by Canopus? It handles mxf native, no wrappers. If you can get your cards to another drive, edius can preview those clips.
Jeremy
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Check out P2 Log Pro or HD. You can view the P2 data, change metadata, export XML to NLE apps and more.
https://www.imagineproducts.com/P2log.htm
John
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Hi John,
I had a look at that. It looks ok, but it’s MAC based and I kinda limited to PC’s.
Do you know of anything simmilar for PC?
Cheers
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