[Gary Goldblum]

Hi Steve,

Do they make a single card reader with the faster connections? Also, does Shot Put Pro speed up the process?

If I have a full 64 gig P2 card, it takes about and hour and a half to off load it. Odd thing is my Mac Book Pro can off load a card slightly faster than my Imac (which is much faster and has more RAM).

Thanks for your time.

Gary

Thanks!

Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

If I connect via USB it doesn’t mount. On the camera I am in the 1934 Device mode (which I think refers to FW400… Is there another method?

Thanks,

Gary

Thanks!

Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

Thanks Chris,

Thanks for responding. I am sorta new to this workflow. A couple of quick questions….

1) does a p2 card reader transfer data quicker than my camera? My HVX200 has a firewire 400 port, and most P2 card readers use USB 2, which I believe is slower then FW400.

2) Is it best/faster to move the data from a P2 card to a hard drive (Contents and TXT file) or does it make more sense to do Log and Transfer? If I move the data from the P2 card to a drive and then do Log and Transfer I have created two copies (original and transcoded).

3) I was informed (perhaps incorrectly) that when I log and transfer I do not need to worry about capture settings because FCP will transcode it properly based on the original file settings. Is this correct?

Thanks for your time,

Gary

Thanks!

Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

Hi Shane,

Thanks for the response. I watched your tutorial, and am curious if you move the P2 data onto a hard drive and then use the log and transfer wouldn’t you have two copies on your hard drive? (The P2 content and a Quicktime movie)

I usually just format my P2 cards between shoots. I am thinking of getting some sort of tape back up system for HD material. Any suggestions?

Thanks again,

Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

How do you import native P2 onto a drive? Can I just drop and drag? I’ve only used the other method.

Thanks,

Gary

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Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

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Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

Sorry for the misread….

I also noticed that these quick time movies appear distorted (wider/pixelated) in Compressor and Adobe Media Encoder. Frankly I don’t care if they look funny in Quicktime, I just want to export things properly as either a DVD, Youtube movie, or .flv file.

Do I need to save them after I apply the conform aperture setting?

Sorry if this questions seems dumb.

Gary

Thanks!

Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

let’s see if this works…

Thanks!

Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

Thanks David,

I was nearly going insane. I have one more question.

If exporting a quick time movie with current settings doesn’t make an exact copy what is the best method/settings to export a movie? Usually I take my exported movie and bring it into either Compressor (to make a DVD or upload to Youtube) or into Adobe Media encoder (to make a flash movie).

I was taught (perhaps incorrectly) that by saving it as a Quictime movie with current settings, that I would get the best possible movie.

Regarding the images, I think it is something with Creative Cow website as they were viewable when I previewed the post, but disappeared when I posted it…

Thanks again for your time!

Gary

[Gary Goldblum]

I have read quite a bit of the owner’s manuel. Does quick time always display movies incorrectly? Is it my computer? (Imac 24 inch) or is it how I am exporting the movie?

I just want my movie to look the same in both FCP and Quicktime.

** I am importing a .psd file of a circle that is exactly 720 X 480. It is perfectly round in Photoshop.

** In FCP that file looks perfect and my sequence is set to 720 X 480 with a pixel aspect of NTSC-CCIR 601 on both the sequence and the .psd file.

** When I export it as a quick time movie (using current setting OR setting it to NTSC DV) my circle is oval in Quick time.

If you know why this is occurring please let me know!

Thanks,

Gary

Thanks!

Gary