Problems importing P2 files into Final Cut Pro 6.

[Marcelo Blois]

tks again mate
i did try some drivers but not sure if they are the right ones
follows bellow the driver i have installed

AVCIntraDecoder_v1.3.pkg (from Panasonic web site)

P2DriveFamilyDriver Install.dmg
P2Formatter.dmg

an important information about it is that i looked for driver for my snow leopard OSX 10.6.4 which is my version

good that you are the expert that means i feel that we are going to fix this, but still dont know what to do

lets keep trying pls

cheers
marcelo

[Shane Ross]

You need the “P2 DRIVER for PC/MAC” Found here:

https://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/p2-hd/downloads-and-updates.asp

Shane

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[Marcelo Blois]

hi shane
thats what i did actually
i got the drivers from this website
i ll try again and give u some feedback

tks fro helping

cheers
marcelo

[Marcelo Blois]

hi shane
here i am again
tks for all your support…
i ve managed to make my computer read the Panasonic P2 cameras! the problem was what buttons to press on the camera!! press and hold the playback button on the back of the camera to activate usb mode!
anyway…all good now BUT…
The problem i am having now is when i log and transfer the files into FCP they come as slow motion!!!
i ve been told that the P2 cameras record 50 fps anyway and when the files are transfered to FCP not all the frames are “imported” in other words every second frame is not imported so FCP can play back the files in normal speed. but i havent been able to get around this issue!
can u help me again? do i have to change any settings before i transfer the files? do i have to change any sequence settings? give me the light again pls
i am 100% sure that on the camera the settings are 25 fps! 100% sure, so how do i transfer to FCP and get normal speed within FCP

looking forward to hearing from you

marcelo blois

[Shane Ross]

[Marcelo Blois] “The problem i am having now is when i log and transfer the files into FCP they come as slow motion!!!”

Play the footage in the camera…is it slow motion? Because there is a specific setting in the camera that if you shoot 720p50, but at 25fps…records AS slow motion. So play the footage back and see if the footage is slow motion. If not, then in the P2 Import window…in the P2 Browser, there is a little sprocket drop down menu. Click on that and choose PREFERENCES. Uncheck REMOVE PULLDOWN and then try importing again.

If you shoot 720p…then the camera shoots 50fps. If you shoot 720p25, then it is still 50fps, but every frame repeats. if you shoot 720p 25pN…then the camera shoots 25fps. If, however, you shoot 1080i50, then it shoots 25fps. 1080p25…25fps.

[Marcelo Blois] “i ve been told that the P2 cameras record 50 fps anyway and when the files are transfered to FCP not all the frames are “imported” in other words every second frame is not imported so FCP can play back the files in normal speed.”

[Marcelo Blois] “do i have to change any settings before i transfer the files? “

No. FCP imports DVCPRO HD in the format you shot it. It doesn’t convert it.

[Marcelo Blois] “i am 100% sure that on the camera the settings are 25 fps! “

That only happens if you shoot 1080… or 720PN.

Shane

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