MXF files, platforms and editing oh my

Axio and EDIUS have the best P2 integration, heads and shoulders above the rest. Heck, heads and shoulders and chests and thoraxes and abdomens and booties and thighs and knees and shins and feet above the rest.

Apple/FCP would be next.

Avid, in my opinion, comes in last overall as far as integrated/supporting products, but it's a tough call; they don't support all the formats, but Avid does allow registering the P2 card as a directly-editable file. So if you're shooting something that Avid supports, I'd rank it higher than FCP, but if it's something Avid doesn't support then FCP would rank higher.

Vegas and Premiere Pro (by themselves) come in dead last, since they have no support whatsoever and even if you buy a third-party application you still won't get close to having the true tapeless workflow, you'll always have to unwrap/rewrap/copy/whatever your footage. But Premiere with Axio leaps back up to the top as far as integration goes.
 
This gets confusing to me since regular 24p was a minor upgrade and similar workflow but now with DVC-PRO HD these 3rd party "Engines" seem to be required for tapeless work flow. I thought if I purchased a tower with dual 3.0 Xeon Processors, a NVIDEA Quadro FX 560 card, Raid 0, etc. I would be good to go. Converting the MXF files to AVI alone isn't too bad of a work-a-round but to have to purchase an additional major piece of gear to gain more format control, integration and export options is a pain with the big name NLE's. Thanks for your input. Jim
 
To be clear- You don't have to purchase any addon gear with EDIUS. You will get support for all of the HVX formats.

Barry was also saying that if you really want PP or if you can afford it, or want to go a hardware NLE route, that if you go with the Axio/PP routhe, you are getting a really great, really powerful option for p2 and the HVX. He even says that it will do some things that EDIUS will not.

As far as non-hardware based p2 workflows, EDIUS is head's, etc., etc., etc. above anything else when it comes to p2 integration/support.

Hardware based one's it seems that Axio is the champ.

Jason

*note- this is only in regards to p2 workflow/support/integration. Not which NLE is the best, most robust, has the best features, etc. That is for the individual to decide. But when it comes to working with p2, EDIUS is the clear software based winner, and it seems that Axio is the new hardware based champ for dealing with p2.
 
Thanks for the info. I'm going to contact the company today that is building my new tower and get specific answers on the card that was called for (specs). If it's not too late, I'll try to switch to one of the previous brands mentioned. The challenge is that I purchased the upgrades (PPro 2.0 suite) so I will have to price these cards "ala-carte". Most resellers around here (NYC) only offer the bundles. It's always somethin'. Thanks again.
 
The newest version of the Panny BTH1700 HD-LCD is catching on fast for critical focus/exposure checks both in the field and online. I was thinking of moving up from the 20 inch Cinema Display to the 23 HD display but I will probably stick with the Panny 17 so I can rent it to clients when shooting HVX, Varicam, or SDX900HD. The Marshall is crisp as well but too small for my needs.
 
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