P2 Store Offload

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Hi. it's great how everyone has been sharing their workflow for the hvx. i'm still waiting for my hvx and i'm passing the time by figuring out possible workflows.

i have a few questions, though...

WIll the P2 Store offload to a standalone harddrive (USB/Firewire)?
without the aid of a laptop, i mean. In other words, once the 60 GB P2 Store fills up, can you dump that data onto a waiting harddrive (in some sort of enclosure)?

if you're on the set without a laptop and just the P2 store, how are you able to playback material? if, say, a client wants to review a take that has already been transferred to the P2 store. can the P2 store playback footage/clips?

thanks!
 
Check out the article about the P2 Store here: http://www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?t=54299

It should answer most of your questions.

Another (and cheaper) option would be to have a laptop with a cardbus slot and then use Anders' P2 Genie: http://p2genie.andersholck.com

Playing the MXF files from the HVX would require the P2 Viewer, which comes as a Windows-only app. HD Log would be the choice for Mac - however it's quite expensive. http://www.abelcine.com/store/product.php?productid=1000024
 
thanks for the info tlorenzo.

so i guess the p2 CAN'T offload without a laptop.

however, the p2 "playback" feature wasn;t really addressed.


to jarred and anyone else using the p2 workflow, is there a way to route the material back to the hvx and onto a client monitor? for the occsional review?

i'm thinking this would be critical if you need to suddenly check continuity from a shot two p2s back. or maybe if a client comes in late and wants to watch everything you've shot so so far...

am i making sense? :)

any ideas?

thanks!
 
The only way to view footage from the P2 store is to have it connected to a pc laptop and use the P2 Viewer that ships with the camera to access the footage. Otherwise you would have to bring the footage into a NLE to view it once you've moved it off the cards.

-filmstox
 
Or use HD Log if you're on a Mac and you can bring up *any* clip and play then for your customer, whether still in MXF format or saved as QT.
 
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