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Tom Ang
September 12, 2006 at 5:48 pm in reply to: Mac does not read P2 Store

To add to the other advice: note that P2 Store will not mount on the Mac OS if there is no data on it because there is no volume created in P2 Store. P2 Store has to have a volume or there is in fact nothing to mount, so the OS will report an unmountable disc. Just one of those little things you have to get used to.
Tom Ang
July 8, 2006 at 9:56 pm in reply to: Not all partions p2 store mount?

The whole P2 workflow appears more comfortable in the Windows environment than for us Mac-users. Key problem is USB 2 and the fact that P2 Store is partitioned using Fat32 file structure. The upshot is that it IS flakey with Mac OS X. Also it’s worth up-dating OS X to 10.4.6 if not already there.

Next, I suggest you make sure you’re using a true USB 2 cable – the little wires in USB 2 are staggered on the inside of the square-ended connector but are at the same depth in USB 1 – and make sure they’re good quality. Thirdly, I would always check in FCP 5.1 or later (not 5.0.4) that the clips show up on P2 import even if you don’t import via FCP. In fact FCP is the better way to import the Contents folder than drag and drop – you will find it much faster too (‘cos of Fat32 files going onto HFS or journaled hard-disk).

hope this helps!
Tom Ang
July 8, 2006 at 9:03 pm in reply to: P2 Log Import problem

I’ve encountered this problem. I bet you opened the bin by double-clicking on the xml file created by P2 Log, then chose DVC PRO-whatever 720 etc. in the dialogue that next opens.

My work-around is to ensure that the FCP Audio/Video settings are already set to the correct format before you open the xml import. If you’re getting 4:3 it’s because your Audio/Video settings are set to that ratio. Seems that the dialogue you are offered on opening the xml file does not override the FCP settings.

Hope it works for you.
Tom Ang
July 6, 2006 at 9:06 pm in reply to: MXF necessary?

I’m with Jan, here. Besides, take a look at the file sizes. A typical P2 volume I have is 6.74GB in size. Of that 6.56GB is taken up by the .mxf files themselves, the tiny rest is made up of the sound (only two channels in this instance, admittedly), icons and what have you. And only my Mac journaled HDD, the .mxf files are actually slightly smaller than the wrapper .mov files that FCP creates. Costs per gig being what they are, I see no sense in not archiving the P2 volumes while working with the .mov files.