Pal HVX workflow :: Please help

[adam powell]

Hi there,
ok, no trolling, no flaming or complaining, I'm not going to criticise Panasonic, Apple, Avid, Adobe Or Focus.

All I want is a Pal workflow.
I dont think that's too much to ask.

Originally I was set to buy the Firestore, I've recently learnt that the firestore does not support variable frame rates because it does not shoot Native footage.

If that is correct, that's the Firestore out of the window.

So now my only option is P2 until the ciniporter arrives, but I'm still left with two problems:

STORAGE & EDIT

EDIT:
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I've used Premiere Pro all my life. but I hear even pro 2.0 doesnt support 720p without raylight. but thats the least of my worries, If the Premiere/Raylight combination is a simple workflow (can anyone give me details on workflow with this system?) Im not sure if my Intel Pentium 4 3.2ghz with 2 gig of ram is up to the job...what do you think?


RE: STORAGE:
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I dont fancy the P2 store frankly, I dont see the point in it, or the advantage over offloading to a laptop.

So I figure my best bet is offloading the P2 to a laptop. So I see things like this, IF my computer is powerful enough to edit HD I get a Windows based Laptop and offload to that, transferring to a external firewire drive. which I can later use to transfer to my main editing desktop with premiere pro 2.0 and raylight.

IF, my system ISN'T powerfull enough, I go for a Apple Powerbook G4 use that as a store AND to edit using FCP.

so,

a couple of questions...

my Premiere & Raylight workflow, will it be a nightmare?

Will a P4 3.2 with 2 gig of ram be powerfull enough to deal with HD editing. (I will be dealing mainly with 720p)

Can I edit HD using a Apple Powerbook G4 on FCP, I read somewhere that even FCP doesn't support PAL 720p?

I'm sorry for the long list of questions, I think if we could get some answers more than one person will be able to gain some sort of direction because right now I have no idea which way to turn.

If you could answer all, one or even half of one of my questions I would be much obliged.


Thanks guys,
Adam Powell.

[booth]

The P2 store is a bit short on storage to be honest, but it's the only solution (apart from buying even more P2 cards) to get 2 hours of storage in the field. In some situations I couldn't take my laptop + extra HD to offload because it'd get damaged, and it'd be less portable than the laptop.

In some situations the laptop would be perfect.

So I'm in the process of trying to secure a P2 store in the UK.

[Barry_Green]

The FireStore WILL support variable frame rates. See my post in the other thread.

As far as workflow goes, if you're looking for new software, do yourself a huge favor and look at Edius Broadcast. It's divinely integrated with the HVX/P2, or with external hard drives full of offloaded cards.

If you want to use Raylight, just download it and try it -- a free trial version is available, although I think you'll want to wait for version 1.05 for 720/25P support.

I've got both a Mac, and Edius, and Vegas/Raylight. The way I work is to offload in the field using a PC laptop. That way I can use the P2 Viewer program, and use Edius to preview footage. I use external hard disks that are formatted FAT32; recently I've been using Seagate 300GB's, they come from the factory formatted FAT32. Those drives can be edited directly by my Edius system, or taken to the Vegas system where I can run Raylight on the files and use them in Vegas, or the drives can be plugged into the Mac where I can use FCP and import the contents which get converted into quicktimes on my G-Raid.

The P2 Store would be a substitute for the laptop and the external drive; it's sort of a laptop and external drive all by itself, and can be plugged into any of these systems just like any FAT32 external drive could.

[SPZ]

Any chance Edius comes to mac?