[Kat Hayes]

Is it more time intensive to backup and manage video from a P2 card? I would imagine once it is in a useable format, it would be similar to backing up or managing footage captured from DV tape.

Thanks.

[Kat Hayes]

I am currently using internal SATA drives in my Macpro and a few G-Drive FW 800 500GB drives. I will have access to the HVX soon and want to shoot in the highest possible quality and downconvert most of it, but keep the masters in the highest quality possible.

1. Is there any reason why I would not be able to work with footage on one of these external drives with a Macbook Pro?

2. How does someone without an expensive tape backup system archive lots of HD video? I currently have three 500 GB drives in my macpro, and have no idea how much HD that will store, (I will check your link) and three external 500GB G-Drives.

Thanks for your help!

[Kat Hayes]

I am currently using internal SATA drives in my Macpro and a few G-Drive FW 800 500GB drives. I will have access to the HVX soon and want to shoot in the highest possible quality and downconvert most of it, but keep the masters in the highest quality possible.

1. Is there any reason why I would not be able to work with footage on one of these external drives with a Macbook Pro?

2. How does someone without an expensive tape backup system archive lots of HD video? I currently have three 500 GB drives in my macpro, and have no idea how much HD that will store, (I will check your link) and three external 500GB G-Drives.

Thanks for your help!

[Kat Hayes]

Thanks for the response.

[Kat Hayes]

When you said:

“you shoot with a DV NTSC camera,
you capture as DV NTSC via firewire,
you edit with a DV NTSC sequence,
and you export DV NTSC when you are done”

What does it mean to edit with a “DV NTSC sequence?” Once it is captured as DV NTSC and brought into the timeline for editing, how or why would you change its format prior to exporting it?

Thank you.

[Kat Hayes]

1. What do you mean by “Be careful if you export from a time line?”
How else could it be exported?

2. What happens if the ins and outs are kept in there when exporting?

3. Since DV NTSC does not degrade the quality of the video, are there any issues with exporting it and bringing it into FCP later if needed, doing some more editing, and exporting again as DV NTSC?

Thank you.