[Göran Gester]

Thank you Shane.
I’ll do the homework and if you don’t hear from me, then it works!

Göran Gester
cameraman & editor
Madrid, Spain
http://www.gester.nu

[Göran Gester]

Craig,
Thank you for this workflow classes. A great help for the future.
As you say, you can probably drive without a seatbelt for quite a long time, until…

[Craig Seeman] “Probably the best bet would be to send a single MP4 (or one BPAV) to a rescue service as a test”

Hmm, rescue service…. Who does that?

Göran Gester
cameraman & editor
Madrid, Spain
http://www.gester.nu

[Göran Gester]

[Craig Seeman] “Can you play the .mp4 in VLC?”

No, it doesn’t play in VLC.

[Craig Seeman] “Did you make the copy with ClipBrowser with CRC on to ensure the backup was good?”

No, I use XDcam Transfer 2.11.0. to convert to Quicktime that I can use in FCP. I haven’t used ClipBrowser. What´s the difference? I do this job as an editor, so I just received a BPAV-folder on a harddrive. And the only back up that exists is another BPAV-folder (also corrupted) on another harddrive.

Craig, you say you store on optical disc, what do you recommend?

Thanks

Göran Gester
cameraman & editor
Madrid, Spain
http://www.gester.nu

[Göran Gester]

Noah,

Yes that’s what I hope is going to happen. But in real life, I’m asking P2 camera owners that shoot and deliver footage:
Aren’t clients normally too conservative for that, receiving the material on a disk drive or files on a DVD? Don’t they prefer tape?

Yes, tape is soon history, but I remember when I wanted desperatly to sell my BetaSP 1999 thinking that it was too late to sell it. I used it quiete a lot for five more years….

Goran

PS. My experience here in Spain is that most clients ask for HD-cam, on tape, and it makes me unsure about buying a HDX500.