[David Bogard]

Is P2 Log only for MAC or is it also available for the PC?

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[David Bogard]

Actually, I am not that sure, but its loading fine now, as it had before. As to the suggestion I had nothing on the P2 card, I double/triple checked this over and over with different clips. They ALL played back in the camera fine, and I could transfer them to the desktop thru firewire and the camera itself. It was only when I tried to transfer the SAME clip to the PC that nothing was recognized to transfer. This is the same clip I had just transfered via firewire. Ergo: Magic? One of the strange tricks computers throw at us from time to time? I don’t know. I only hope it never happens again. I very much DO appreciate the help you guys gave me tho Jeremy, and you’re right of course, about the External drive and 4 GB. Don’t know where my mind was on that. Regards!

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[David Bogard]

Thanks guys! I think i have the problem solved.

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[David Bogard]

Interesting development: I just shot, and successfully transfered a 1GB clip from the P2 card, to the PC, to the HD and finally into FCP with no hitches, using both Shotput Pro and drag and drop. I haven’t the foggiest idea why it suddenly is working again! I will keep shooting different clips and setups to see if I run into the problem again. I never will understand these things I suppose.

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[David Bogard]

I’m transferring the P2 to a PC (Dual core Intel) through PCMCIA slot, then to an external FAT 32 HD, then to the MacPro via Firewire. It has worked before but will not now. The FAT 32 was formated on the Mac and has no size limit. The same files are easily transfer from the camera to the MacPro through firewire, so I know the P2 clip data is good.

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[David Bogard]

To start with, it has worked before..it just now is not working.
The PC is a dual core Gateway with 160GB hard drive. The MAC is a MacPro dual quad core with 8 GB ram and an extremely fast video card. The external drive is a 500 GB Western Digital.
I formatted and partitioned the 500GB external HD on the MAC as a FAT 32 so there is no file size limit. It works fine transferring files of any size between the Mac and the PC. As I said I have transferred P2 files before..it just started doing this this week. Obviously Shotput Pro does not see the content of video files on the P2 and is not transferring anything to the PC. But neither can I just drag and drop the files from the P2 onto the PC. Same thing happens as with Shotput Pro. Help!

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[David Bogard]

The thumbnail plays fine on the camera. But when I insert it in the PCMCIA slot and transfer it thru Shotput Pro..it shows only 2 bytes transferred!!! and yet says it was successful!

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[David Bogard]

No I checked that. I can see the thumbnail and it runs fine in the camera. I also transfered a file thru firewire to the FCP with no problems, then tried it with Shotput Pro..nothing but empty files. I’m at a loss!

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[David Bogard]

You are, of course, correct. On further investigation I find that once the P2 card is transfered to my PC laptop, the Video file in content is empty!!! This is when transfered thru drag and drop or using Shotput Pro. Neither brings in the video. although Shotput Pro says it was all transfered successfully. The files are empty! What’s going on? This has never happened before! I can easily transfer those files thru firewire and the Cam but I want to use the PC. Any suggestions?

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