P2 on PC reliability vs MAC (glitch proofing)

[arrestthisman]

Hi all. I know this has been debated alot, but with no conclusion and not for this specific questions so please no, "search! Search! Do a search. I'm posing for no otehr reason than to tell you to search!" Thanks.

The question: I'm going to be getting a MBP soon for editing. I love scopebox for monitoring, and may be converting to HD monitor Pro. DV rack is becoming OnLocation, and you have to BUY Premiere Pro to get it on windows. etc.

Ideally I'd like to get the duel adapter and ingest straight to the MBP, but with the apple p2 glitch in mind, I'd like to know if I benefit by offloading the cards to a PC Laptop THEN bringing an external drive to the MBP for editing.

Am I still subject to the glich, or does this help at all?

Obviously I don't relish the idea of buying another laptop, even if it is cheap, if it'll be the same story either way.

A secondary question as well is: If I get a PC Laptop, and use P2 viewer to add metadata, does the metadata get included (e.g. in clip names) all the way to FCP when it finally gets ingested? Or is adding metadata pointless, with this workflow?

Thanks for any and all help to my HVX comrades!

[Barry_Green]

That workflow would avoid the glitch. But the whole glitch issue may be as simple to prevent as making sure that your cards are write-protected at all times in the Mac. The current working theory is that an unprotected card is susceptible to glitching, whereas a protected card may be immune.

We don't know that for sure, but it is the current working theory (until disproven). And if it proves to be true, that means you wouldn't have to bother with a PC laptop at that point.