pci express to pcmia adapter?

dlang

dlang

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There has to be a way to dump P2's on a macbook pro right? I know I'm a little behind but........So is there an adapter of some sort. I saw a usb to pcmia adapter will that work without affecting transfer time too much. I found a great deal on a macbook pro and was so disapointed to find out I couldn't use it with my P2 card. Someone wanna fill me in?

cheers


USB to pcmia adapter link

http://sewelldirect.com/usb-to-pcmcia-wireless-adapter.asp
 
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There are several ways to offload a card to an MBP. No cheap USB adapter will work though.

You can offload through the camera, in 1394 DEVICE mode. Or you can use the five-slot reader that Panasonic sells, the PCD020 or whatever it's called. Or you can use the P2 Store as a slot reader.

Sometime in the next few weeks duel-systems will release a PCMCIA->ExpressCard adapter designed to allow MBPs to offload P2 cards too.
 
Thanks Barry that's what I was looking for. Any Idea what the adapter will be priced at?
 
Barry_Green said:
There are several ways to offload a card to an MBP. No cheap USB adapter will work though.

You can offload through the camera, in 1394 DEVICE mode. Or you can use the five-slot reader that Panasonic sells, the PCD020 or whatever it's called. Or you can use the P2 Store as a slot reader.

Sometime in the next few weeks duel-systems will release a PCMCIA->ExpressCard adapter designed to allow MBPs to offload P2 cards too.
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Barry, I have a MACBOOKPRO ( with Final Cut Express so for editing I'm going to
use a Final Cut Pro station elsewhere as I can't currently afford to upgrade my
laptop to Final Cut Pro. )

However, even though Final Cut Express won't capture 720 24P in SD much less
HD, is the P2 Genie a solution? I'm attempting to understand it. If I got a P2
Genie, could I play the P2 card via Firewire from the camera into a hub -the
MBP has only one Firewire port - and then capture to a Lacie through the laptop
using the P2 Genie without ever opening any NLE?

So, Firewire out from HVX-200 to hub, then one Firewire to computer and one
to Lacie...does that sound like it would work?

Thanks!
 
Doesn't sound too promising to me, but I haven't used a firewire hub for video work.

I'd recommend instead that you look into getting either the duel-systems PCMCIA->ExpressCard adapter, or if you really want to use the camera as a card reader instead, you could get an ExpressCard->Firewire adapter and add a second firewire bus to your Mac. Then you could definitely do what you describe.
 
Barry_Green said:
Doesn't sound too promising to me, but I haven't used a firewire hub for video work.

I'd recommend instead that you look into getting either the duel-systems PCMCIA->ExpressCard adapter, or if you really want to use the camera as a card reader instead, you could get an ExpressCard->Firewire adapter and add a second firewire bus to your Mac. Then you could definitely do what you describe.
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Awesome, thanks!

Oh yes, any opionion on the P2 Genie?

Also, for all who may be interested, when editing with the MacBookPro, an external Lacie and capturing from a deck or camera, I've used a Belkin 6 port Firewire hub
which has been essential since the MacBookPro (new this spring) has only one Firewire port.
 
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