5
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
Chapter 6 Working With Panasonic P2 Media 77
 Spanned clip: A single P2 clip that consists of two or more media files. Spanned clips
are created whenever you record a single shot that exceeds the capacity of a P2 card
or exceeds 4 GB. In this case, the camcorder seamlessly continues recording to a new
media file on the next available P2 card. For more information, see “Working With
Spanned Clips” on page 95.
 Proxy: A low-resolution copy of a media file, usually stored as an MPEG-4 file. A proxy
can be used for fast transfer and preview of footage.
Note: The Panasonic AG-HVX200 camcorder does not record proxy files.
 Ingest: A general term for the process of transferring video, audio, and metadata
from one media storage system to another. Depending on the context, ingest may
mean any of the following:
 Transferring data between different computer platforms or file systems, such as
between a P2 file system and Mac OS X
 Transferring data between different storage media, such as from tape to hard disk
(also known as capturing)
 Adding media files from your local scratch disk to a nonlinear editing system to
create clips that point to the media (also called importing)
 Converting media between different container file formats, such as from MXF files
to QuickTime files
 Transcoding video and audio data to different formats, such as from DVCPRO HD
1080i footage to standard definition 480p MPEG-2 footage
Working With Panasonic P2 Cards and Final Cut Pro
Final Cut Pro allows you to ingest 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.
Because of their nonlinear nature, P2 storage devices provide clear advantages over
tape-based media:
 You can log clips while ingesting others at the same time. This is impossible using tape.
 Clips on P2 devices are defined at the time of recording, so it’s easy to review
footage. With tape, you have to define clips manually by setting In and Out points.
 No cueing or pre-roll time is necessary for viewing and ingesting footage.
 You can mount multiple P2 devices at the same time. With tape, you can only use
one at a time.