New to forum and the HVX 200 AP - Harrdrive Recording Question

[The Media Monster]

Do I need P2 cards to record HD?

Can I use the firewire or USB ports and attach the camera to some sort of harddrive, like a RocRaid, or laptop and shoot in the different HD formats directly, or do I absolutely have to have P2 cards?

I realize this exact question has probably been asked 28 times already, so thank you for your patience.

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[Barry_Green]

You can record HD to the P2 cards, or you can connect the firewire port to a number of different HD recording options, including a DVCPRO-HD tape deck, a FireStore FS-100 hard disk, or direct to a computer running capture software such as FCP, Adobe OnLocation, EDIUS Broadcast, or Avid.

 

[The Media Monster]

thanks a lot Barry...

I run FCP...so I can stream it directly as a clip into FCP eh?

Thats friggin great!

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[David Saraceno]

You can stream out firewire in every mode except pNative, which does not stream out firewire.

Hence you can't.

 

[The Media Monster]

Sorry, can you explain that David?

Hence I can't what?

I can't stream HD through the firewire?

Thanks for taking the time to answer this very basic question...

Regards,

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[Barry_Green]

Yes you can stream 1080 HD out the firewire, or the 720p modes of HD. But if you choose a 720pN mode, the firewire port becomes deactivated.

 

[David Saraceno]

Hence you can't stream anything pNative out firewire.

As to all the other formats, you can

Sorry, I was so obtuse.

 

[The Media Monster]

Thanks so much guys.

I'm sure I'll have a lot more basic/stupid questions to ask before I have a full grip on everything.

Regards in the highest degree!

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