[Branan Edgens]

I’m having the same issue. I’ve never upgraded my P2 store’s firmware and I need to so it will recognize 16G P2 cards. Before, you had to use a PC to upgrade the unit’s firmware but it seems like the new P2StoreManger for OSX would perform this task. Alas, I have followed all the instructions and when I get to this part:

4. Make sure the indicator in the lower-left corner of the P2Store Manager screen displays
“State: Connecting.”
You can now display the unit’s status and manage it. (See page E-24)

Nothing. All it ever says is “disconnected”. I’m getting the impression I still need to upgrade the unit with a PC before the P2Store Manger software can connect to it.

[Branan Edgens]

Hey there, I’m having the exact same issue but have an interesting bit of info which may help both of us (hopefully):
I upgraded from the HV20 to the HV30 and this was my workflow with the HV20:

Shoot 24P HDV
Capture in AIC (The clips were split automatically)
when I was done editing I’d Media Manage the project and then run all the resulting clip files through a custom Compressor setting to remove the pulldown.

This workflow resulted in 23.98 sequences every time. It was great. And then I upgraded.

Now I try the same thing but you already know the results (the clips will not split automatically)

Now here’s the weird part: I captured some footage shot on the Hv20 using the HV30 as a deck and the clips were split as usual. This leads me to conclude that the HV30 writes the TC code differently (more reliably?) than the HV20 and now we have the problem of the clips not splitting for each shot.

I’m wondering if this even matters? what if the HV30’s more reliable TC means the i-frame is consistent throughout the shots (through cuts) and the whole thing can be media managed and reversed telecined as before, without needing to split the clips?