Firestore Now Support Native Formats

David Saraceno

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"CAMPBELL, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- September 09, 2006 -- Focus Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE), a worldwide leader in video production and conversion technology, today announced the version 3.0 firmware upgrade for its popular FS-100 Portable Direct To Edit® (DTE) recorder enabling users to record native 720/24p, 25p and 30p in the MXF P2 or QuickTime file formats commonly used in Apple's Final Cut Pro. Version 3.0 is expected to be available in the middle of the fourth quarter, 2006."

That's how I read it:

http://www.marketwire.com/mw/release_html_b1?release_id=160142
 
Less frames to record = longer recording capabilities for the Firestore! :thumbsup:

- John
 
That's interesting! When I first read it I thought how is that possible as the limitation is actually in the HVX not outputting the 24pn via firewire. After reading the article I see that you have to have the camera in 24p mode and then the firestore is actually removing the redundant frames on import thereby only recording the native frames to disk. Ingenious!
 
So does that mean I'll be able to record variable frame rates with the firestore now? Did I read that right?
 
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soarprod said:
Sweet - just upped the ante against the cineporter
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Not quite -- it's getting closer in functionality, but it can never provide all of the functionality and seamless integration of something that is essentially a large P2 device. The big advantage that the FS-100 has, of course, is that you can actually buy one...

DV Rack HD does the same thing by the way, it is also able to drop the redundant frames.
 
Can anyone confirm is variable framerate will now be possible on the firestore or not?
 
lboyce said:
So does that mean I'll be able to record variable frame rates with the firestore now? Did I read that right?
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You always could. This update just removes the post-processing step through the FCP Frame Rate Converter that you used to have to do.

Plus it increases the available recording time to 2.5 times as long when shooting 720/24pN.
 
Im totally confused, because for the longest time before even owning an HVX , it was said by barry and many others that this pN mode would never be doable through a firewire port.
 
Barry_Green said:
You always could. This update just removes the post-processing step through the FCP Frame Rate Converter that you used to have to do.

Plus it increases the available recording time to 2.5 times as long when shooting 720/24pN.
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I think I understand, but just to clarify: when you overcrank while shooting on p2 in 720pnative and import the MXF into final cut, the footage plays at 24fps and you get slow motion footage fine - no extra steps to get it to play right. Is this pretty much the same process now with the firestore?

And this also mean that you could record 4+ continous hours onto the firestore at 720pn?
 
Cynic821 said:
Im totally confused, because for the longest time before even owning an HVX , it was said by barry and many others that this pN mode would never be doable through a firewire port.
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And it isn't.

So the FireStore is just now doing what everyone else has been doing -- capturing the incoming 720/24P data stream, discarding the duplicate frames, and storing only the 24 genuine original frames.

The net result is the recording you get on the FireStore is identical to what you would have gotten on the cards if you'd chosen 720/24pN mode.
 
This is great news. My main concern with the FS-100 remains battery life and alternative power options. The 180-minute battery (for an extra $199) still does not deliver 3 hours. It is interesting to note that Sony's newly-announced DV/HDV recorder uses Sony NP batteries which could potentially power the hard drive unit for 8 hours... on a battery which costs around $129. Otherwise, I consider FS-100 still to be a top notch product, well engineered and sturdy. Focus Tech support is reponsive and it is obvious from this announcement that they continue the maturation of the product. Good work!

Ned Soltz
 
THoff said:
Not quite -- it's getting closer in functionality, but it can never provide all of the functionality and seamless integration of something that is essentially a large P2 device. The big advantage that the FS-100 has, of course, is that you can actually buy one...
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like what? what can't the fs-100v3.0 do that the cineporter is set out to do?
 
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