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Originally Posted by cheezweezl
barry, you know you can copy hvx footage into final cut directly from p2 cards without raylight or anything else. it does rewrap the clips as quicktime but all of the image data is preserved.
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Yes, of course. But doing so takes time, doubles the storage space, throws away the metadata, and makes files that are incompatible with Windows systems. No other editor asks you to make those compromises, I don't think FCP should either. Fortunately Mac users can select from a few options to get around this; Premiere Pro CS3 gives proper integrated MXF support, and both Raylight and HD Log provide instantaneous Quicktime proxy editing. Doesn't really solve the metadata issue, but at least it gives you instant editing without any of the other compromises.
Also, with the release of the Mac formatting tool, one of the major pains of using MacOS has been eliminated so it's becoming a friendlier-to-P2 platform.
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berlinfool: if you want to use fcp and work with native p2 format, just get raylight. personally i don't see the big deal about ingesting into fcp. doesn't take that much time, but if you must, get raylight.
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Everyone's workflow is different. When 64GB and 128GB cards come out, spending two hours to ingest footage instead of just editing off the cards immediately may be cumbersome or even prohibitive to some. Fortunately, Raylight (and also HD Log) have the ability to avoid this process entirely for FCP users.