P2 file system s*cks... Or is it just me?

[BlitzWerkz]

Not sure if it is just me, inserted 2 P2 cards for 142 mins of interval recording. Turned out the file names are here and there, not continuous in numbering...

 

[livpas]

I usually sort them by timecode to have them in order

 

[digitalgecko]

Not sure if it is just me, inserted 2 P2 cards for 142 mins of interval recording. Turned out the file names are here and there, not continuous in numbering...

Well I can't speak to the HVX200, but on the HPX250 -- the first four numbers are sequential, and they import into Edius in order.

 

[David Jimerson]

Not sure if it is just me, inserted 2 P2 cards for 142 mins of interval recording. Turned out the file names are here and there, not continuous in numbering...

What are they?

 

[Steve Eisen]

Use P2CMS add custom metadata save to SD card and load onto your camera.

 

[BlitzWerkz]

Too complicated, luckily it is borrowed from a friend... Still refers the HMC150 file system.

 

[Alpha Beta Omega]

P2 file naming sucks. When we used our HVX200 frequently we often got duplicate filenames making it hard to edit in Avid due to conflicts.

 

[David Jimerson]

Too complicated, luckily it is borrowed from a friend... Still refers the HMC150 file system.

What were the file names you got?

(And a metadata upload will indeed help with this.)

 

[Shooter]

P2 file naming sucks. When we used our HVX200 frequently we often got duplicate filenames making it hard to edit in Avid due to conflicts.

Thats weird because a date and time stamp is part of the filename protocol.

Only reason I can think it might happen would be a spanned clip or a clip that was ingested twice.

Whatever..

I always did a sort on Start Timecode Column. Easy as and I liked the "unique naming protocol of P2...unlike the very dangerous AVCHD repeat naming protocol.

Never liked how cryptic P2 filenames were though ..whenever looking for one.

 

[Gary Huff]

I use P2 Viewer to combine multiple cards, then import into Premiere CS5.5 using Media Browser, then sort via Timecode. Never a problem.

 

[NVentive]

Been using P2 for many years, never had that. The only weird thing I had was a bunch of files that vanished out of their folders after I did a system restore, which was pretty alarming. I had everything backed up, so the world didn't end, but it was kinda strange.

 

[campgardner]

You can name the files in numerical order and specific to the project in FCP 7 Log & Transfer, but I just do the timecode sort, as mentioned above. Works great.

 

[campgardner]

And for spanned clips, just make sure you have the two cards mounted at the same time in Log & Transfer... Then they come into FCP 7 as one.