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Hope I'm posting in right thread here - closest thing to this is the FCP forum... I'm authoring a concert DVD with 2 audio tracks to choose from - DTS and Stereo. I've got the "story" thing figured out, have done it before, and I know a user can choose audio streams with most DVD remotes...

Apologies if this is elementary, but this is driving me nuts. I haven't upgraded to Studio 2 yet, plain and simple, not going to go out and do it today either... My version of FCP is 5.0.4. I've tried getting upgrades for it (which I would assume would be free if it's anything less than 6)...

Can't find thread on this... I've got some clips on 2 P2 cards that play fine on camera an won't import. I'm using FCP 5. Some of the clips of each card will import, some won't. Using File>Import>Panasonic P2 Error message is "One or more P2 clips failed to import; probable incomplete or...

Want to make my reds pop out and crush my blacks quite a bit on my HVX- hey that's like color reversal! And hey, I have NO IDEA where to start! (Well, I kinda do, I just want peoples scene file suggestions...the whole scene file exchange site is confusing). Any takers? Just good ol' straight...

I realize there are likely threads on this and couldn't find what I was looking for. Basically, I've gone through the manual, etc and can't seem to figure out how to do real time lapse on my HVX. The options in the menu that I think I need to choose are 'greyed out' and I can't figure out why...

I have a Panasonic DVCPro 50 deck and a SONY J-3 deck (MPEG IMX, etc) and a batch of tapes to digitize. The decks were delivered to me with the assumption I had all the hookups --- I only have Firewire as far as video capture goes. The Sony J-3 of course has no Firewire output. Can I go out...

I've been into a couple of stores to price out a 200a, $5700 CDN seems to be the going price. I've found a brand new 200 on clearance for $4500. Is $1200 bucks worth the new touch ups on the 200a? That's like, quite a few more gigs of P2, in my eyes... I'm not totally new to the 200, and I...

Ok, here's a scenario I didn't foresee... Looks like I'm going to be editing a week long sporting event, the budget is tight and the two man camera crew is shooting DVCam. So I offer up the HVX as a third camera (because I'm also wanted to do a bit of shooting when I don't have tapes coming...

Sorry, camera not in front of me and have never tried this: Friend of mine has HVX which he needs to send away for repairs because his Firewire input is damaged (yet again) from Firestore usage. Originally, before the damage, I was going to be using this camera on a project of mine. Since I've...

Okay, so I'm pricing out the 200a today when sales dude starts talking about how much his buddy loves his new Sony XDCam EX1 (I know sales dude, and he is a Panasonic fan all the way)...naturally I give the camera a look-see. I'm all about the HVX, but I want to know what is lost in the...

Sorry folks, searching for threads and no luck. Basically, shooting a doc on in 1080i24p, with pipe dreams of going to film. Any issues to be aware of with 24pa? I realize the pulldown differences (I think), and that 24pa is better for transferring to film (go pipe dreams, go). In the end...

Hi All, I'm flying out tomorrow (out of country) with a pretty basic HVX package: camera, two P2 cards, firestore, laptop, external drive, etc (yes, I'm bringing batteries, charger, etc)... Seems pretty straightforward, right? Bringing a tripod head with me I just bought, using a set of legs...

I've gone through the threads to find something similar, no luck... I'm going to do some shooting with an HVX in another country. I edit on a Mac but do not own a laptop, so will not be bringing one. A friend of mine lives there and has offered for me to use his PC while I am there to dump my...