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1. 16GB P2 Card AVC Intra Storage Totals minutes per card AVC INTRA 100 AVC INTRA 50 Frame rates 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 formats 60i 30p 50i 25p 24p 60i 30p 50i 25p 24p 720 Frame rates 720 z 720 720 25p formats 720 60p 720 50p 24p a 720 60p 720 50P 24p 30p AJ HPX3000 16 16 20 32 32 40 AJ HPX2000 16 16 20 40 32 32 32 40 80 64 AJ HPM100 16 16 20 40 32 32 32 40 80 64 AVC Intra Progressive frame rates 24 25 30 do not record pull down AJ HPM100 P2 Mobile only plays not record DVCPRO HD native frame rates AJ SPX800 AJ SPC700 expected compatibility is November 2007 Actual frame rates are 23 98 29 97 59 94 What is the transfer speed of the P2 card Today s P2 Cards are capable of a transfer rate of 640 megabits per second 80 megabytes per second That s fast enough to allow real time editing of six streams of full bandwidth DVCPRO HD simultaneously As always transfer speeds of IT storage device are subject to hardware configurations And because there are no moving parts and no read write heads to move or reposition there s no seek time switching from one stream to the next is instantaneous Because of the high speed design of P2 Cards they can be used as an edit media in other words there s no requirement to transfer the footage off of the cards before editing you could actually edit immediatel2. Get answers to frequently asked questions about P2 HD the most advanced solid state video production format when it counts Panasonic General What is P2 HD P2 HD is a full production quality high definition recording system that utilizes removable solid state memory cards This approach eliminates the mechanical wear and environmental limitations of tape hard disk and optical disc based systems P2 HD ensures the highest reliability especially in challenging conditions of extreme temperature shock and vibration P2 HD products provide a significant reduction in maintenance costs longer useful product life and immediate access to recorded video no need to digitize ingest or create proxy video files and metadata Compatible with PCs and existing file based IT infrastructures P2 HD content is recorded as independent frames can be randomly accessed and easily transferred to or archived onto low cost consumer media such as hard drives or other affordable current IT storage technology and future based systems as well P2 HD systems offer long record times and can be upgraded with higher Capacity cards How does P2 record P2 cards record the same way that digital still cameras record onto memory cards they store the footage as pre digitized computer files Instead of recording the video as video data they record the footage as computer data files These files are instantly editable and can be transferred to other co
3. optional AJ YAX800G Proxy Card can create or play back proxy files This includes all AJ series P2HD camcorders but doesn t include the AG HVX200 or AG HPX500 What type of metadata files does P2 HD support Can customize this metadata for my application All P2 camcorders record video with some standard metadata fields including individual camera type camera serial number and unique user clip ID In addition P2 supports 30 user definable metadata files including shooter reporter location scene text memo and GPS coordinates The Metadta can be uploaded to the camera after first being composed on the computer This is done using the free P2 Viewer and P2CMS applications as well as by the TEP HD and P2 Log family of products from Imagine Software The Metadata is then saved onto an SD Card and inserted into the camera whereby it can be uploaded into the camera by using the Metadata upload function under the Thumbnail menus All P2 cameras will allow for incrementing the User Clip Name if you have the camera under the Metadata Type 2 operation This is also in the Metadata menus in the Thumbnail mode What is Chromatic Aberration Compensation CAC and what does it do Chromatic aberration correction CAC can correct chromatic aberrations color fringing introduced by the lens optics Chromatic aberrations are caused when the red green and blue images do not match up exactly at all points in the image A camera lens pair capable of CA
4. 2 3 or later Avid Liquid 7 2 or later Avid Media Composer Avid NewsCutter Avid Unity Quantel Grass Valley News Edit Leitch Nexio Server Leitch DPS NLE Please check with your NLE supplier for current capabilities In addition if your chosen editing application isn t on the list above a third party application may enable you to be able to use P2 footage For example Vegas users and Premiere Pro users can use P2 footage if they use the Raylight plug in from www dvfilm com raylight What Nonlinear editing systems support AVC Intra Apple Final Cut Pro 6 0 2 and EDIUS Broadcast 4 6 support AVC Intra Other NLE editing and server companies have announced future support When view thumbnail clips from my P2 card often see a letter color or punctuation mark such as an exclamation point Please explain what these are and what they mean There are several possible descriptive or explanatory icons that can show up on a P2 file s icon including M This means this particular clip has a shot mark on it you or someone have marked this clip as being good P This means this particular clip has a proxy file attached to it Proxies can be generated by some of the P2 cameras if the optional AJ YAX800G Proxy Card is installed The HPX500 and HVX200 cannot generate proxy files T This means this particular clip has at least one Text Memo marker attached to it You can view the contents of the Text Memos in P2 Viewer P2CM
5. directly from the P2 Cards or you can view them from folders on your hard disk also known as virtual cards However playback performance is dependent on the speed and power of your computer hardware of course What software do need to view P2 material on my PC On my MAC Panasonic offers free viewing and data management software the P2 Contents Management System for both Windows and Macintosh platforms and P2 Viewer for the PC You can also use virtually all of the popular nonlinear editing software applications to view P2 footage on your computer Can write back to my P2 card Yes on Windows systems the P2 Card is treated just like any other removable storage device you can format it copy files off of it or copy files to it at will In addition P2 compliant NLE systems also allow you to write back to the card You can also use the P2 Contents Management System software to copy entire clips or groups of clips onto or off of your card The Macintosh operating system won t let you copy files to a P2 Card from the Finder However you can use P2CMS to copy files to the card In addition Raylight for MAC software allows you to write back to a MAC What Nonlinear editing systems works with P2 Virtually every popular nonlinear editing system works with P2 Footage including Apple Final Cut Pro 5 0 4 and later Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 version 3 1 and later Newtek Speed Edit Grass Valley EDIUS Broadcast Avid XPress Pro HD 5
6. C operation can introduce appropriate offsets to better match red green and blue images thus reducing or eliminating any color fringing Chromatic aberrations are normally only observed at the extreme positions of focus and zoom with the iris wide open CAC will only work when both the camera and lens support the feature The camera needs to have an offset look up table stored in memory and the lens and camera must be able to communicate for CAC to operate properly The AG HPX500 and AJ HPX3000 support CAC using compatible Canon and Fujinon EFP style zoom lenses As more affordable HD lenses have been designed CAC has been helpful in reducing chromatic aberrations which tends to be the most objectionable potential flaw in more affordable lens designs With CAC the performance of lower cost lenses approach that of the top of the line models in terms of color fringing With the unprecedented resolution of the AJ HPX3000 chromatic aberrations can be observed that would not have been visible in earlier cameras particularly after recording With the AJ HPX3000 CAC has shown an effective improvement to the performance of some of the best quality HD zoom lenses on the market A full list of available CAC lenses can be viewed at https eww pave panasonic co jp pro av support cs csregistp2m ep2main cac_ note e htm Do all lenses support CAC No CAC has to be specifically added to each particular lens Canon and Fujinon each provide a family of CAC le
7. PRO HD 720P and AVC Intra 720P and 1080P modes Please review the included charts for further information 32GB P2 Card DVCPRO Storage Totals minutes per card 1080 HD 720 HD SD Model 60i 30 24p 50i 25p 60p 30p 24p 50p 25p 30pN_ 25pN 24pN DVCPRO50 DVCPRO DV AJ HPX2000 32 32 32 32 64 64 80 64 128 AJ HPM100 32 32 32 32 S gis oe 64 128 AG HPX500 32 32 32 32 64 64 80 64 128 AG HVX200 32 X 32 X 64 X 80 64 128 AJ SPX800 x X X X X X X 64 128 AJ SPC700 X X X X X X X 64 128 32GB P2 Card AVC Intra Storage Totals minutes per card AVC INTRA 100 AVC INTRA 50 Frame rates 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 1080 formats 60i 30p 50i 25p 24p 60i 30p 50i 25p 24p 720 Frame rates 720 720 25p 720 A formiats 720 60p 720 50p 24p 30p 720 60p 720 50P 24p an AJ HPX3000 32 32 40 64 64 80 AJ HPX2000 32 32 40 80 64 64 64 80 160 128 AJ HPM100 32 32 40 80 64 64 64 80 160 128 16GB P2 Card DVCPRO Storage Totals minutes per card 1080 HD 720 HD SD Model 60i 30 24p 50i 25p 60p 30p 24p 50p 25p 30pN_ 25pN 24pN DVCPROS50 DVCPRO DV AJ HPX2000 16 16 16 16 32 32 40 32 64 AJ HPM100 16 16 16 16 i 3 32 64 AG HPX500 16 16 16 16 32 32 40 32 64 AG HVX200 16 X 16 X 32 X 40 32 64 AJ SPX800 X X X X X X X 32 64 AJ SPC700 x x x x x x x 32 64
8. S or in a P2HD camcorder by selecting CLIP PROPERTIES for this clip E This means that this particular clip is not camera original footage but was either edited on a computer or was created by copying a previous clip A clip that was created by exporting a portion of a clip between two Text Memo markers known as Text Memo Subclipping would also bear this E mark W This shows up for standard definition clips that were recorded in the 16 9 aspect ratio The W stands for Widescreen This W mark doesn t show up on high definition clips because all high definition clips are always 16 9 H This indicates that the clip you re viewing is part of a multiple clip spanned clip and that the remaining portions aren t currently present For example if you recorded one big long clip that spanned across two P2 Cards yet you only loaded one P2 Card into your computer this indication would be displayed to let you know that the system only has access to part of the full footage If you loaded the P2 Card that contains the rest of this clip the indicator would disappear X This indicator means that there s something wrong with your clip If the X appears with a yellow background you can usually repair the clip using the Repair Clip function in the P2 Thumbnail menus Usually this X will show up if you eject a P2 card while that card is being recorded to or if the power goes off battery dies or AC power goes out whi
9. ed while recording off speed frame rates you can switch to the 720 24P mode instead of the 720 24PN mode to record that footage 720 24P mode will always record sound regardless of your frame rate However to access the slow motion or fast motion footage you would have to process your 720 24P mode footage through a Frame Rate Converter or software utility Does 24PN have a IEEE 1394 Firewire mode No 24PN and 30PN modes do not transmit data over the IEEE 1394 firewire interface The P2 HD camcorders only transmit SMPTE compliant data streams over the 1394 interface and 24PN 30PN recordings are unique modes that do not comply to established streaming protocols Accordingly 1394 output is disabled when using a Native mode Are there other native modes Yes there s also 30PN and 25PN mode They work exactly like 24PN mode except at 30 or 25 frames per second instead of 24 frames per second Are there native modes in AVC Intra Yes AVC Intra provides the same 24PN 25PN and 30PN modes in 720P footage and it also provides a new 1080 24 25 and 30PN mode on applicable P2 HD products For example when using 1080p 24 you get 20 more capacity on a P2 Card DVCPRO HD does not provide an option for 1080 24PN How can overcrank and undercrank my footage First lets explore the terms overcrank and undercrank what we re really talking about is slow motion and fast motion footage In the old days cinematog
10. esigned specifically to work with MXF files such as is found on P2 Cards An example would be the Quantum SDLT 600A DLT tape drive which is optimized for working with MXF files How do my P2 cards show up on my Mac desktop On a Macintosh computer a P2 Card pops up on your desktop with a distinctive P2 icon or on earlier versions of the Macintosh operating system it ll show up as a generic storage icon On the Macintosh operating system the P2 Card will have a name of No Name If you explore the contents of the P2 Card you ll see that it operates just like any storage volume such as a hard disk you can explore the contents copy files and delete files Panasonic has provided the ability to copy or delete of clips for free using our P2CMS Contents Management Software In addition leading software development companies like Imagine Products offer programs like P2 Log Pro or HD Log for purchase and a user can also utilize his NLE browser for the same functionality How do get the video to play from the hard drive so can review the material or copy to a videotape You can use your P2 compliant NLE system or when not using an NLE system Panasonic s P2CMS software includes a free viewing application for both the Macintosh and Windows systems You can simply open a clip in the P2CMS application or on Windows you can also use the P2 Viewer application You can view clips in a small window or full screen and you can view clips
11. le recording The P2 system is prepared for such issues and automatically saves the recorded files every two seconds so if an interruption does occur you will usually only lose a few frames up to the last two seconds However if you see a red X that clip is damaged beyond repair and should be deleted This indicator means that the system cannot recognize your clip This might happen if Panasonic introduces a new format and your existing camera was made before that format was created for example if you put a P2 Card with an AVC Intra clip into a AJ SPX800 camcorder the SPX800 wouldn t understand what the AVC Intra clip was and would therefore displays the indicator This doesn t necessarily mean there s anything wrong with your clip but that your camcorder doesn t understand that clip a more up to date camcorder probably would Can use IEEE 1394 Firewire mode with AVC Intra Not for live footage streaming AVC Intra is not supported over IEEE 1394 Firewire as a live data stream heard that some P2 HD camcorders have USB or 1394 Host mode What is it and how does it work What s the difference between these two modes The Host Mode allows the P2HD camcorder or P2HD field recorder such as the P2 Gear or P2 Mobile to take direct control of an external hard disk Using Host Mode you can plug a hard disk directly into your camcorder or field recorder and format the hard disk and copy the contents of your P2 Cards direc
12. lid state memory chips A P2 Card is an intelligent device that manages the data files and even does a write verification step for every byte of memory that gets written to the card thus assuring fault free operation Early P2 Cards were manufactured using actual SD memory cards in a striped RAID array thus increasing the performance far beyond any individual memory chip s speed The newest generation of P2 Cards dispenses with using individual SD memory cards and actually uses the core memory components What sizes of P2 cards are available P2 Cards have been manufactured in 2GB 4GB 8GB 16GB and 32GB capacities The current cards offered on the market are 16GB and 32GB in size What s the recording capacity of P2 cards In order to answer the question of how much recording time a P2 Card is capable of you have to determine two factors what recording format you will use and what capacity of P2 Card you re planning on using The calculation is quite simple after that For DVCPRO or DV the data rate is 4 minutes per gigabyte For DVCPRO50 or AVC Intra 50 the data rate is 2 minutes per gigabyte For DVCPRO HD or AVC Intra 100 the data rate is 1 minute per gigabyte A 32GB P2 Card is capable of storing over two hours of DVCPRO footage 32 gigabytes X 4 minutes per GB or more than one hour of DVCPRO50 32 GB X 2 minutes per GB or 32 minutes of AVC Intra 100 or DVCPRO HD Please note even more storage capacity is available in DVC
13. mputer storage media directly without the restrictions of needing proprietary video decks or having to wait for real time transfers In fact you can edit footage directly from a P2 Card without having to transfer to a computer at all Because P2 Cards record in universally interchangeable MXF data files they are immediately usable by properly configured Windows and Macintosh computers The P2 Cards eliminate the need for VTRs they eliminate the need for proprietary video hardware to read or transfer their contents and they eliminate the need to capture or digitize your footage As for the actual recordings themselves P2 Cards record footage in the MXF Material eXchange Format a SMPTE codified cross platform universal file format The MXF files use operational pattern OP Atom which means that each element of the footage the audio tracks the video footage an icon or thumbnail and the descriptive metadata all get stored in their own sub directories The MXF file format is supported by nearly every major nonlinear editing program and file conversion utilities exist to convert MXF files into other types of files if needed The P2 Card itself uses the FAT32 file system which makes the card compatible with both Macintosh and Windows systems P2 Card What s inside a P2 card P2 Cards are high precision micro computers with their own processors firmware a RAID controller and gigabytes of the highest quality zero fault so
14. multaneous recording when in DVCPRO HD 720pN mode Are there third party companies making P2 cards Yes Panasonic has a long history of third party support for its recording media For example Fuji Film recently announced it will introduce a series of P2 compatible solid state memory cards in Spring 2008 P2 Workflow How can copy backup or archive my P2 material Keep in mind that P2 Cards are storage devices for computer data Because of that you can use any computer and any storage device that you would use for any other computer data There s nothing special to the process there s nothing proprietary If you ve ever made a backup of your computer s hard disk you already know everything you need to know to back up or archive a P2 Card s contents For data management and copying the P2 Card contents Panasonic makes available the P2 Contents Management System also known as P2CMS This free software utility organizes your P2 footage into an easily managed database and gives you the ability to re name and annotate clips and enter all sorts of descriptive metadata P2CMS also provides the ability to copy P2 Card contents to a hard disk or a P2 Card With P2 Cards you re just working with computer data To archive you can use any commercially available off the shelf archival method including DVD R Blu Ray data discs or computer tape archive systems such as DLT or LTO2 LT03 LT04 Some companies make archival systems d
15. nses and you can expect that the number of lenses offered in CAC versions will grow A list of available CAC lenses can be viewed at https eww pave panasonic co jp pro av support cs csregistp2m ep2main cac_ note e htm Where do go to get the update firmware or software drivers for my P2 P2 HD product Panasonic USA has a user friendly front end website for finding the newest and most up to date driver software at www panasonic com broadcast Working in native 24P mode What is 24PN mode 24PN mode is a special space saving recording mode designed specifically for use with P2 Cards There is absolutely no loss in quality when using 24PN mode it s the exact same information just stored in a more space efficient way Normally DVCPRO HD 720P is stored at 60 frames per second and 24P footage is embedded in a 60P data stream using 2 3 pull down This is a time tested technique for enabling a film look within a normal broadcast data stream P2 HD camcorders support recording 24P within a 60P data stream However when recording to the P2 Card it s not necessary to record the full 60P data stream instead it s possible to record just the 24 frames you ll need This is called 24PN mode N native meaning a mode that s native to the P2 Card Storing only 24 frames instead of 60 results in 2 5X as much footage being able to be stored on any given card The camcorder or playback device will automatically take ca
16. r footage will play back at You have a choice of two frame rates for your footage to be played back at 24 fps in 24PN mode or 30 fps in 30PN mode Copyright January 24 2008
17. raphers used to actually hand crank the film through the camera so cranking faster than normal was called overcranking and cranking slower than normal was called undercranking When using variable frame rates for slow motion or fast motion you need to understand that the rate of playback is constant i e your footage will always be played back at 24 frames per second so what changes is the rate of acquisition If you acquire 48 frames per second but you play it back at 24 frames per second that means it ll take two seconds to play back the footage that it took you only one second to acquire That means you ll be seeing slow motion at a rate of 2 1 When you select 24PN or 30PN what you re really selecting is the speed of playback of your footage If you choose 24PN you re instructing the system to play the recorded footage back at a rate of 24 frames per second regardless of the frame rate that you acquire the footage at This can lead to slow motion or fast motion effects For example if you choose the 24PN recording mode but choose a frame rate of 30 frames per second your resulting footage will have a slight 25 slow motion effect and no sound will be recorded On the other hand if you choose 30PN mode and record at 30 frames per second your footage won t be slow motion it ll be real time and sound will be recorded The frame rate you choose to shoot at is individually selectable separately from the frame rate you
18. re of inserting the 24PN data stream back into a 60P data stream using 2 3 pull down upon playback if necessary This means that 24PN recordings are fully capable of being displayed on any conventional HD monitor without needing special conversion hardware In short if recording 24P footage to a P2 Card 24PN mode gives you 2 5 times as much recording time with no quality loss 24PN mode is also useful for using overcranking and undercranking When using 24PN mode any off speed frame rates are automatically compensated for and accounted for when recording this means that no Frame Rate Conversion process or utility is needed to work with 24PN footage that s been recorded at variable frame rates When recording 24PN footage at say 48 frames per second you will immediately be able to play back the footage in slow motion right in camera without needing any external hardware or software utilities to process the footage and remove pull down or any other process Can record audio in 24PN mode Yes audio gets recorded when you record at 24 fps If you switch to variable frame rates in 24PN mode no audio gets recorded The 24PN mode mimics the behavior of a film camera and normally sound is only recorded when filming at 24fps any slow motion or fast motion effects are recorded without sound The P2 HD camcorders mimic this behavior disabling sound recording when shooting off speed frame rates If you absolutely have to have audio record
19. tly onto the hard disk all without using a computer The AG HVX200 and AG HPX500 P2HD Camcorder support 1394 Host Mode and the AJ HPX3000 AJ HPX2000 AH HPG10 P2 Gear and AJ HPM100 P2 Mobile support USB Host Mode In 1394 Host Mode you need to connect to a 1394 firewire hard disk and you can then copy up to 15 Cards onto the hard disk 1394 Host Mode does not supply Bus Power so you ll 7 need a Self powered hard disk USB Host Mode provides even more capability With USB Host Mode the P2 HD camcorders HPX2000 or HPX3000 or Field Recorder can supply Bus Power to power the hard disk You can copy up to 23 Cards onto the hard drive assign individual names partition the drive and review thumbnails Does P2 HD support proxies Yes the P2 HD system supports the creation and management of proxy files in three bit rates 192Kbps 768 kbps or 1 5 Mbps can be selected Proxy information is low resolution A V and time code that is recorded via the optional AJ YAX800 MPEG4 encoder simultaneously with the high resolution DVCPROHD 50 25 that is being recorded to the same P2 card Proxy video can be recorded to both the P2 card as well as a separate SD Memory card which allows for quick movement of low resolution files through internal and web based networks for quick logging and viewing of dailies or footage before it arrives at the local station Not all P2 HD camcorders can create or play proxy files only cameras that can accept the
20. uction of AVC Intra all the same P2 Cards and P2 Readers work immediately with the new format No longer do you have to replace a whole rack of proprietary video hardware just to be able to take advantage of advances in recording formats P2 is designed to accommodate today s formats as well as tomorrow s with the exception that the very smallest 2GB P2 Cards doesn t support high definition recording 4 What is the future path for P2 card sizes And will those future sizes be compatible with the camera purchased The P2 Roadmap first introduced in 2004 calls for P2 Cards to grow in capacity to 128GB sizes by 2009 With the introduction of a 32GB P2 card in 2007 Panasonic is on track to fulfill this roadmap Can record to a P2 card and an external disk drive such as a FireStore at the same time Yes every P2 HD camcorder allows for simultaneous recording to its internal P2 Cards as well as to an external recorder attached by 1394 aka firewire when recording to DV DVCPRO DVCPRO50 or DVCPRO HD formats There are however a couple of exceptions due to the nature of external recording units and the 1394 firewire transport protocol If recording using AVC Intra AVC Intra doesn t travel across the 1394 port and so a FireStore would not be capable of recording that mode Also when using the special space saving 720pN mode firewire transport is disabled so a FireStore or other 1394 recording device could not be used for si
21. y right from the cards Can put 1080i and 720p and or standard definition footage on the same P2 card Yes you can freely inter mix any type of footage You can put high definition and standard definition 625 PAL and 525 NTSC DVCPRO and AVC Intra interlaced or progressive or variable frame rate footage or any combination of formats and frame rates all on the same P2 Card Remember P2 Cards are treated by the system as removable storage devices they don t care what type of information gets stored on them This gives you an unprecedented amount of freedom and flexibility to work with any format or media as you see fit Can a P2 card be used in all P2 HD and P2 camcorders recorders and drives Yes the P2 Card is interchangeable across the entire P2 HD P2 lineup of products Any P2 Card can be used in any P2 compatible device This gives you immediate interchangeability upgradeability and compatibility with the massive installed base of P2 equipment Additionally because P2 Cards were deliberately over engineered to far exceed the needs of today s equipment this means that they can support new future formats as well There s no need to change out or upgrade your hardware when a new format comes along your same P2 Cards and P2 Readers will work As a case study when the P2 HD system was first introduced it included the option to use 720p or 1080p i DVCPRO HD Now Panasonic has introduced the new AVC Intra format With the introd
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