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Thanks for the response to a convoluted question.

Belker

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Reading the online manual for the HDX-900, I see that the HDX-900 does not support 24pA @ 720. Only at 1080. Would the data rate at 1080 be too high to capture and edit on the MacBook Pro?

Lots of questions.

Thanks,
Belker

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I just had a conversation with my DP on this coming shoot. He insists that, since we are going film out, we should use his HDX-900.

Well, OK. I am looking at my wife’s MacBook Pro and going though Final Cut 5. It has the presets for DVCPRO HD. I also just found a article on Ken Stone’s site regarding DVCPRO HD and Final Cut. Sure sounds as though it will work.

I need to run some tests with the HDX-900. The external storage setup we have for the MBP is a firewire 800 drive. If I capture the HDX-900 on the firewire 400 port and send it out to the drive via the 400 port, will I have a bottleneck?
Will that work at all for the test?

Would it be better for the shoot to get an express card, either firewire 800 or sata for external drives separate from the firewire ports?

Thanks again,
Belker