Panasonic AVC-Intra codec for P2

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db20

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Hello:

I was wondering if this article applies to the hvx200 and the p2 cards? If not please delete this thread and im sorry for wasting anybody's time. I came across an article claiming that Panasonic planned on releasing by next NAB an avc-intra compression for the p2 cards; as a result, twice as much info could be recorded. Assuming 16gb p2 cards are out by next NAB that should mean 32 minutes of 1080i-24p and 48 minutes of 720-24p. What i am not sure about is if this would require a special new p2 card or would it be as simple as a download to your current p2 card?

"Something to look forward to at the next NAB: getting twice the value out of your P2 cards. Snubbing MPEG-2 and its long-GOP encoding, the company plans to support recording using the H.264-compliant AVC-Intra codec, which cuts storage requirements in half compared to DVCPRO HD, starting next April. That means that, for example, the new AJ-HPC2000 camera, slated to ship early next year, will be able to record 80 minutes to a magazine of five 8 GB P2 cards with the AVC-Intra option, rather than just 40 with DVCPRO HD. The company didn’t make any specific claims as to how AVC-Intra will perform compared to DVCPRO HD — but given recent gains in compression technology, it should be a very attractive option (Bryant Frazer)".


http://www.studiodaily.com/filmandvideo/tools/bestofshow/6543.html
 
It's the same P2 media, but I doubt the current HVX200 will ever support it. While the firmware is supposedly upgradeable, I don't know if that will allow adding of support for H.264 encoding -- that requires quite a bit more processing power than DVCProHD, and the DSPs in the HVX200 may not cut it.
 
I wonder how much it would cost to upgrade the DSPs however. I think some would be willing to pay to have their HVX200 upgraded since it would save them money as far as P2 cards go.
 
Your looking at a whole new camera or major upgrade for the HVX200 series.

It will be on the next varicam that does 1080p, I bet.
 
It'll be introduced with the HPX2000, which may be the P2-based version of the HDX900 if I got the model numbers and feature sets right.
 
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