Press Release: Panasonic Releases P2 HD Mobile Recorder/Player
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Jason Ramsey
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Maybe only in that it costs twice as much as an HVX200 
But, it supports all the same formats as the HVX and then some.
Later,
Jason
But, it supports all the same formats as the HVX and then some.Later,
Jason
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
More AVC-Intra ... cool.
- Mikko
- Mikko
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Not if you are used to pro- decks or editors. And that's the target audience for this unit.
- Mikko
ilauzirika
Boring Senior Member
Let's see if they keep on announcing new gear:laugh:
It's not an editor -- but you can create playlists.
It's like a production van in a suitcase. It's a very, very cool piece of equipment if you do the type of work which makes use of what it can do.
It's like a production van in a suitcase. It's a very, very cool piece of equipment if you do the type of work which makes use of what it can do.
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
The predecessor version of this unit is an editor, so by extension I'm sure this is too. You can do basic cuts-only editing and compile the output onto a P2 card.
SO you can use it to for example assemble a full news package out in the field, and output back to P2 for ingest as a package, or playout from another P2 "deck" or through the unit's own video outputs.
- Mikko
Jarek Zabczynski
Veteran
Is it possible to add native 1080p 24p to the HVX via firmware update?
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Nope. Native 1080p isn't possible in the DVCPRO-HD codecs. This unit uses AVC-Intra to record native 1080p.
And AVC-Intra requires it's own hardware encoder chip, so you can't add it to the HVX200
- Mikko
And AVC-Intra requires it's own hardware encoder chip, so you can't add it to the HVX200
- Mikko
Yeah, I said that -- you can make subclips from MXFs and then arrange them into a playlist, so you can do a very, very crude edit, but it itself isn't an editor. (You can actually do the same thing in the HPX2000, only not with the nice controls.)
You can't output a rendered edit (unless that's changed since NAB; the software was still in a state of flux, but I don't think there was any intent for that).
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
I was under the impression that you could render out "edits" as new compound clips. I could be mistaken though.
- Mikko ... is downloading the manual now.
- Mikko ... is downloading the manual now.
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Yup, page 95 of the AJ-HMP100 manual covers how to export an edit "playlist" as a new clip onto a card.
It has some minor limitations though, for example the rendered clip can't span cards.
- Mikko
It has some minor limitations though, for example the rendered clip can't span cards.
- Mikko
So, then it's changed. Functionality added. Nice.
ecking
Veteran
I meant it's overly big. And there's nothing around it, what I meant is it's wasting space. Looks like they could have fit more buttons on it.
mikkowilson
Steadi-Guru
Give me a proper jog shuttle over more buttons any day. Saying "you don't need a jog/shuttle" is like saying a taxi driver doesn't need a steering wheel, as a couple of arrow keys would do.
- Mikko ... like many professionals, can edit & control decks much faster with a jog/shuttle than with some stinkin' buttons.
I agree. Besides, the HVX, though a great camera, is getting a little long in the tooth, so simply adding AVC-Intra wouldn't justify a $2,000 price increase. I suspect that Panasonic will do both -- upgrade the HVX and introduce a new line (many of our suggested improvements would alter the HVX form factor anyway). But I'm fairly sure the 200"a" will not have AVC-Intra.