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ladevereux
04-29-2006, 06:15 AM
I have a new Apple MacBook Pro and had planned to convert my old G4 into a shooting tool. However my plan has a major flaw — my glaring oversight: the old G4 has 512MB ram and an 800MHz processor (running FCP 5.0.2.)

I'm humbly posting to ask the following question: is there any way to safely get the footage I've shot from P2 to G4 until FCP 5.1 arrives for my new laptop? I am certainly willing to forego viewing of footage for now, but I need to know, at least, that footage is safe and sound. I'm hesitant to upgrade FCP for fear that my G4 RAM and processor speed will choke on application launch and/or import. Can I simply copy P2 footage from card slot to hard drive and wait for FCP 5.1?

If anyone is willing to give me some dummy-proof steps for doing this it would be greatly appreciated? I'm on location in Central Asia, so the dummy-proof part is essential.
Barry_Green
04-29-2006, 12:47 PM
Yes you can definitely copy from the slot to the hard drive, whether you have FCP installed or not.
peter orland
04-29-2006, 03:32 PM
Yes you can definitely copy from the slot to the hard drive, whether you have FCP installed or not.

So can you copy P2 files into any computer with a PCMCIA slot? Even an old PC laptop?
Barry_Green
04-29-2006, 03:41 PM
Yes. As long as you've downloaded and installed the P2 driver.
peter orland
04-29-2006, 04:01 PM
Yes. As long as you've downloaded and installed the P2 driver.

Thanks Barry. Do you download that from Panasonic?
Owen
04-29-2006, 04:37 PM
It's on the CD that came with your HVX.
peter orland
04-29-2006, 04:49 PM
It's on the CD that came with your HVX.

I'll only be renting.
Barry_Green
04-29-2006, 05:50 PM
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/cs/csregistp2m/ep2main/soft_e.htm
taubkin
04-29-2006, 06:01 PM
I think minimum requirements for FCP 5 are 512 Ram or 1GB RAM for HD work. Maybe this helps...