Ok...finally installed Speed Edit...now what?

HerzogisGod

HerzogisGod

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I connedted my HVX to my computer via FW. How do I transfer footage over to my hard drive so I can begin editing?
 
p2 data?

On a PC?

Wouldn't that be using the USB Connect mode and installing the drivers?

Or is this DV?

Help us out
 
I hooked up my HVX 200 into my tower using a Fire Wire cable. I want to import P2 footage. It is a PC running Speed Edit software.
 
You don't capture P2 stuff. You transfer it to your computer, and then import the files into SpeedEdit.

You would capture DV recorded to TAPE, but not P2.
 
You don't want to "capture", that defeats the whole point of using P2. The footage is already captured, on your P2 cards. Now you just want to import them into SpeedEdit. Do as David says, and you'll see a couple of new removable drives pop up on your desktop. Those will be the contents of your P2 cards. Just import the footage directly from the cards and edit, no capturing necessary.

Or, if you want, you can copy the files off the cards and onto your hard disk. Again, no capturing, just a simple file copy.
 
Thanks,

I just spoke with a tech over at Speed Edit. She told me that Speed Edit may not support P2. She said that Speed Edit cannot read Fat32 files, but only NTFS files.

All my footage is broken down to its bare componants; audio, video etc.

I could import footage into the time line, but with no audio, or vice versa. How do I import the WHOLE file?
 
ok I really need an answer. I researched for months based on advice given here. I settled on Speed Edit with a monster computer to suppert its requirements. Spent close to $2000 on system and software the other day.

If I wasnt told that something as ridiculas as Speed Edit does not support Fat 32. that would really suck.

Ive been saving all my footage these past few months using fire wire and the 15 partition method.
 
SpeedEdit has great P2 support. Make sure you've updated to the latest version; they added P2 after version 1.0, I think it was 1.5? Don't remember...

Then just import the files directly.
 
I updated to 1.5.5.

Its really weird because the tech I spoke to said SE wont import fat32. Hmm. Im waiting for her to get back to me.

Meanwhile Im back to the old fashioned way of capturing from the mini DV back ups that I made. Not Hi Def, but I thank the lord I made them
 
I don't understand why you're having a problem with this. Whoever told you it won't work with FAT32 is dead wrong. Put the card in the computer, drag the files to the timeline, edit. It's that simple.

There is no reason at all to try to capture tape. SpeedEdit has a very simple workflow. Just import a file, go to the P2 card, go to the video directory, and choose the files. That's all you have to do.
 
This is the email I just received from NewTek support:


"I double checked with the senior technician here, and he let me know
that SpeedEDIT does not support P2 files. The users on the forum you
mentioned, may have a workaround that works for them."


Barry, I just want to be clear on one thing: Im not importing from P2 cards into the computer. I am going from an external HDD via FW cable. I have been amasing footage on these drives for several months now, transfering from HVX to the HDD via fire wire with the verify turned on. My computer reads as 15 separate drives, which I know makes sense, but when I import into Speed Edit, all the files are broken down and fragmented into base componantas like Video, Audio, etc. Can I still drag from this location?

Anyways,

The email above states otherwise....I dont understand
 
NewTek support is, shockingly, dead wrong. It absolutely does support P2 cards and P2 files from hard disk.

Someone needs to explain that to them, otherwise they're just misinforming people.

And yes, of course you can also drag files from an external hard disk.

Let me go fire up my SpeedEdit copy and I'll tell you exactly how to do it.
 
Okay, I just did it (take THAT, NewTek support!)

All you do is click on the Computer icon, then click on the drive that has your footage, and click into the contents folder, then the video folder. All the MXF files will pop up, and SpeedEdit will read them and establish thumbnails for them. Pick the one you want and drag it to the timeline and it just works.
 
The audio should be "attached/connected" to the video .mxf and no need to bring it in separately. (Thats the way it works in Premiere anyway)
 
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