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Table Of Contents
- Final Cut Pro 5 Working With High Definition and Broadcast Formats
- Contents
- About High Definition andBroadcast Formats
- Working With HDV
- About HDV
- Native HDV Editing Workflow
- HDV Apple Intermediate Codec Editing Workflow
- Using the Canon XL H1 HDV Camcorder
- HDV Format Specifications
- Working With DVCPROHD
- About DVCPROHD
- Working With DVCPROHD in FinalCutPro
- Working With Variable Frame Rate DVCPROHD Footage
- DVCPROHD Format Specifications
- Combining Standard andHighDefinition Video
- Working With 24p andVariableFrame Rate Video
- Working With IMX
- Working With Panasonic P2 Media
- About Panasonic P2 Cards and Media Files
- Working With Panasonic P2 Cards and FinalCutPro
- About the Import Panasonic P2 Window
- Example Panasonic P2 Workflow
- Recording Footage With a P2 Camcorder
- Mounting P2 Cards, Disk Images, and Folders
- Using the Browse Area
- Using the Preview Area
- Using the Logging Area
- Using the Transfer Queue
- Reingesting Clip Media
- Working With Spanned Clips
- Using Print to Video to Output to P2 Cards in the AG-HVX200
- Archiving P2 Cards
- Setting Preferences
- Capturing Over FireWire as if the P2 Card Were a Tape in a VTR
- Panasonic AG-HVX200 Camcorder Compatibility
- Panasonic P2 Card Format Specifications
- Working With Sony XDCAMHD and Video Disk Units
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6 Working With Panasonic P2 Media
Final Cut Pro allows you to import video and audio recorded
on Panasonic P2 cards, and then edit the resulting media files
just as you would edit media files in any other format.
This chapter covers the following:
 About Panasonic P2 Cards and Media Files (p. 75)
 Working With Panasonic P2 Cards and Final Cut Pro (p. 77)
 Panasonic AG-HVX200 Camcorder Compatibility (p. 103)
 Panasonic P2 Card Format Specifications (p. 104)
About Panasonic P2 Cards and Media Files
A P2 card (P2 stands for Professional Plug-in) is a compact, solid-state memory card
designed for professional video use. Since they have no moving parts, P2 cards are free
from many of the pitfalls associated with tape-based media, such as temperature and
moisture sensitivity, tangled tape, dropouts, and tedious logging and capturing.
Panasonic currently produces proprietary P2 cameras, decks, and card readers.
The original P2 card had a capacity of 2 GB, or roughly 8 minutes of DV 25 footage. A
fully loaded five-slot array could therefore hold 10 GB, or 40 minutes of DV 25 footage.
Cards with 8 GB capacities are now available and capacities are projected to grow
geometrically with each new P2 card release.