Panasonic HVX-200 and FCPX import issue

I'm using a Panasonic HVX-200 and having trouble importing the data from the P2 cards into FCPX. I get this error message: The following clip encountered an error during import and is still referencing media on the camera: The files play as long as the camera is connected, which is useless in the long run.

I was on the phone today with several terrific Apple techs for about five hours and we may have gotten to the bottom of this.
FCPX works well with many different recording formats of the HVX 200 and the p2 cards. But I have had issues with importing 720/30PN footage. It just would not work.
After many hours of trouble shooting with me on the phone, the Apple tech was able to replicate the problem on an HVX 200 at their office.
Apparently FCPX works with HVX 200 1080i, 480i, just about any footage except the 720 set.
He opened an inquiry with the FCPX engineering department and they are looking into it.

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I know its weird, buh im having a hard time understanding whats the problem. I have installed all updates from apple and still no go. please help. thank you

I have used panny's P2CMS and love it. I use it all the time to check clips and files after I copy them over to external drives to verify that my files are good before I wipe the cards. Here is a link with all the panny downloads.
http://panasonic.sixbullets.net/
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I just bought a Panasonic HVX-200 camera and am having problems importing my footage. The P2 card is mounted on my desktop (it is attached via firewire to a external hard drive) and I see all the media files (audio/clip/proxy/icon/ video/voice). According to the manuel I launch FCP and within the File/Import menu I should see "Panasonic P2". This is not there. I am unsure how to proceed.
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File>LOG AND TRANSFER...if you are using FCP 6.
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I am about to embark on a show editing footage captured on the Panasonic HVX 200, shot in 1080i/24p. This will be my first time working with the P2 cards and setting up a raid array catering to the specifics of this project. The show was captured on those P2 cards. The shots are totaled at 1.5TB of MXF files. I have many questions. First off
1. What happens to the MXF files when FCP unwraps them, do they get bigger or smaller
2. What is the most efficient raid set up to edit on, in terms of speed and transfer rate
3. What is the most efficient back up system?
4. Will an offline edit be troublesome, due to the time code on the P2 cards
5. Will I need to edit at full resolution? What is the data transfer rate at full res? Will 400fw drives be able to handle this, or do I need 800, or even an esata raid solution.
Please suggest any gear, or certain models of drives. I am looking for the cheapest solution w/out compromising performance
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Thanks for the input, you guys and gals always come through
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First and foremost, watch this tutorial:
P2 Workflow Tutorial
1. They stay the same size. All that happens is that a quicktime wrapper is wrapped around them, and audio and video are combined. No loss is quality occurs.
2. A SATA RAID will do you fine, but honestly I have been editing this and Varicam footage using 2 G-Raid firewire 800 drives. You need at least a firewire 800 drive, but I'd recommend a SATA Raid. Sonnet, Weibetech, Firmtek and Burly boxes...all work well.
3. Copy the P2 cards to field drives. Bring them in and transfer to firewire drives. These drives are your TAPE MASTERS. Do not erase these, do not lose these. Store these as your would field masters. I myself use internal SATA drives in a single firewire case that I swap out the drives. Cheaper than multiple enclosed drives. From there you import to your Media drives...your SATA Raid.
4. No need to offline. DVCPRO HD really doesn't take up that much space...roughly twice what DV takes. Oh...you are going 1080 24p. That takes 42.12 GB/hour DV takes about 13GB/hour.
5. Editing at full resolution is fine and easy. But you will not be able to get away with firewire 400 drives. As I said, FW800 or greater. 1080i might require more, thus the need for the SATA Raid.
I believe that you need at least a Dua 1Ghz machine for DVCPRO HD, and you have that...and you have enough RAM...so you are good. The only choking point you will have is render times. Especially when compressing for DVD. 90 min show took me 14 hours...oof.
And read my Blog about working with the HVX...click on Underdog to get there.
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Imorting from the Panasonic HVX-200

I have just purchased a Panasonic HVX 200 camera. I am having trouble importing footage shot in high def at 720p at 24fps.
Does anyone out there have the same camera and is using i-movie or Final Cut Pro 5?
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Thanks for your help. What's an F.C.P. 5.0.4?
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Hello out there.
Does anyone ust the Panasonic HVX 2000 and I-Movie 6.0.2?
And if you are using an HVX 200 have you also married it with the Firestore-FS-100?
If so can you help me import DVD-Pro 50 and or dvc-pro HD,
Presently, I am not having much luck.
I am on a IMAC G5 1.5 gigs of ram and am running OS X 10.4.6
thanks in advance for your help.

This might shed some light for you:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=2316693&#2316693

Output to P2 cards on Panasonic HVX 200

When I print to video using the DVC Pro HD Firewire to a Panasonic HVX 200, the audio goes into mono mode, even though the original file is in stereo. I have a big presentation to more than 400 on Friday. Any thoughts about how to fix this? Here's what I've tried:
1. Went to audio/video settings:av devices. The options button doesn't let me make any changes--and shows eight channels of audio. (When I do print to video and select built in audio, it does play on my computer speakers in stereo.)
2. I've also tried to go into User Preferences:audio outputs. The only thing I could change was the grouping (stereo or dual mono) There was an option fo rchanging the outputs to more than 2, but I don't believe that would work.
If I can't I'll probably need to show it as a DVD instead of in high def., which would be very disappointing.

720 pN24 records 24 frames/sec not 29.97 with pull down added. This means there is a longer time between each progressive frame than people who are used to viewing standard video can get a grip on. It can look "stuttery".
Camera movement while recording at cinematic rates requires very smooth, very deliberate moves as well as attention to the shutter settings.
There is a formula (someplace) that relates camera panning movement to field of view to frames per sec to shutter.
x

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HDV? LORD NO! You shot DVCPRO HD...don't muck it up by making an HDV sequence.
Choose the DVCPRO HD 720p24 Easy Setup and you'll be good to go.
Want tips on editing Panasonic P2? Read my blog from the beginning. www.LFHD.net.
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Hi, does anyone know is there coming and when if it, PAL 720P/25P/PN edit to FCP. Is there any other program where you can edit 720P/25PN files on mac? If not, what program for PC is best for that? I bought Panasonic HVX 200 video camera (also, bought new Quad-Mac and 30" studio display) and realized that I can't edit 720P/25PN files on my mac. EVEN THEY says on Apple's page that "View and browse P2 devices, then transfer the files you need directly into the Final Cut Pro 5 Browser....." but did not found that FCP is not supporting PAL ! I put 15 000 dollars on P2 editing system, not to able edit what I want...

720p25 is no officially supported format in general.
Only 720p50 is a real standard. However there is a
so called 2:2 pulldown where you double the frames,
also called 25p over 50p. This only concerns a
transparent video signal via HD-SDI. Speaking about
the Panasonic HVX200 is another story as this is a
file based workflow.
Here you can find an article how to capture, edit and
monitor 720p50 in FCP 5.1:
http://www.aulich-adamski.de/en/perm/720p50-capturing-editing-in-final-cut-pro
This is also helpful for JVC GY-HD users that could use
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An second article describes the Panasonic P2 workflow
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Thanks for waking me up

HVX-200 and P2 rant

It's really becoming a pain for me to work with Premiere and After Effects CS4 so I gotta vent a little.
I'm doing Post FX and Color Correction in After Effects. I edited the movie in Premiere CS4 (started a bit in CS3 but movied over).
Ok I shoot 24pa (with is basically 24 progressive frames captured though 60i). In CS 2,3 Premiere and After Effects both removed the extra frames automatically.
Now since Late last year, I have to remember 'interpret footage' and check the box in Premiere. OK so I can lasso a bunch of files at once and do it in one shot. But all the time I bring in new clips and sometime I forget to 'check the box'
Or worse, MEDIA BROWSER makes searching through P2 clips a breeze. Hell I can even pick in and out's with dragging the clip in. Except, I have to remember to 'Interpret footage' for each one I pull in.
Ok I'm whining..but it gets worse!!!
There's that great 'replace with After Effects' feature. Being able to fix a shot in AE makes editing so much easier for me.
Except you have to do the 'INTERPRET FOOTAGE' DANCE AGAIN!!!!!!! Even if you did it in Premiere already. And this time it's not so easy, more clicks. But I'm, only doing one or two shots at a time in Premiere so it's not that annoying.
So the cut's done (locked), let's finish the color correction in AE where I have much more powerful tools available and 32 bit float.
Before I knew what I'm about to tell you I had 45 shots in a 10 minute reel as separate AE files.
WTF When I 'import Premiere pro project' in AE. Every single AE file in the project is MISSING. I have to manually tell it where each file is located.
That was 8 months ago. I still use AE to finish almost everything I do but I'm disappointed in Premiere. I'm actually thick enough to hope 4.1 gets something right, I'm afraid there to worried about RED.
Rant's over for now.

First and foremost, watch this tutorial:
P2 Workflow Tutorial
1. They stay the same size. All that happens is that a quicktime wrapper is wrapped around them, and audio and video are combined. No loss is quality occurs.
2. A SATA RAID will do you fine, but honestly I have been editing this and Varicam footage using 2 G-Raid firewire 800 drives. You need at least a firewire 800 drive, but I'd recommend a SATA Raid. Sonnet, Weibetech, Firmtek and Burly boxes...all work well.
3. Copy the P2 cards to field drives. Bring them in and transfer to firewire drives. These drives are your TAPE MASTERS. Do not erase these, do not lose these. Store these as your would field masters. I myself use internal SATA drives in a single firewire case that I swap out the drives. Cheaper than multiple enclosed drives. From there you import to your Media drives...your SATA Raid.
4. No need to offline. DVCPRO HD really doesn't take up that much space...roughly twice what DV takes. Oh...you are going 1080 24p. That takes 42.12 GB/hour DV takes about 13GB/hour.
5. Editing at full resolution is fine and easy. But you will not be able to get away with firewire 400 drives. As I said, FW800 or greater. 1080i might require more, thus the need for the SATA Raid.
I believe that you need at least a Dua 1Ghz machine for DVCPRO HD, and you have that...and you have enough RAM...so you are good. The only choking point you will have is render times. Especially when compressing for DVD. 90 min show took me 14 hours...oof.
And read my Blog about working with the HVX...click on Underdog to get there.
Shane

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I do get a small alias file in the Event - Original Media directory.
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Additionally going into the event after the import and trying to optimize the clip manually the Create Optimized Media (and Create Proxy Media) options are greyed out.
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