Noah Kadner
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Please post a still- use Photobucket.com if you need a place to host it.
Noah
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It’s not to do with processor speed- it has to do with how FCP handles P2. The video data is not being altered in any way. The MXF file header is being removed and replaced with a QuickTime header. Again- you are not losing any quality, resolution, etc from the original data. That said, more power will certainly serve you with more render power and faster editing- but again zero effect on ingest quality.
Noah
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In FCP 5.1 it’s automatically done on import.
Noah
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Congrats Shane!
-Noah
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Have you gone from the camera’s component outputs? You could do it from P2 or using FCP to playthrough if you want to look at your edit. Otherwise you should go with one of the AJA or BMD cards. Haven’t looked at their lines recently but you should be able to find something pretty affordable for just HD monitoring.
Noah
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What are your export settings? And where are you judging the final quality?
Noah
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Yes- most PAL DVD players and PAL TVs can playback NTSC discs if all regions are left open. Best to send a check disc to be sure.
Noah
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David- your workflow’s complexity is more the issue here if I understand it correctly. Try this instead:
Attach an external FW800 drive to your ingest machine if it’s a Powerbook or add another internal SATA if it’s a desktop. Then copy each P2 into its own proper, sequentially named folder before going to DVD. And skip the network step entirely. Going from P2 to DVD-R over network is eating up a major chunk of your throughput because you’re bridging several huge bottlenecks together.
Going from P2 to hard drive first would give you an archival backup from the P2 cards and you could then go to DVD-R from the ingest machine if that were still neccesary for you. (Although my suggestion would be to back up the QuickTimes created by FCP after P2 Importing rather than the MXF’s because they can be viewed directly on the DVD.)
From the hard drive duplicates you could bring your footage directly into FCP too using File>Import Panasonic P2 and pointing it to the new directories you’ve just created rather than to the P2 mounted volumes. You can also sign up for this public beta software which can automate this process even further:
https://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=52654
I’m currently working on a workflow article that will outline this process step by step. I’ll be sure to link to it from this forum when it’s completed.
-Noah
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Barry’s book/DVD is really extensive(and he’s a cool guy).
Noah
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