Panasonic P2 Handheld Camcorder Understanding P2 Workflow: Vegas and Raylight - Page 14

Exporting Footage To Other Formats, Archiving Footage

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To begin the process of exporting your RayMaker .AVI to your P2 card (or to a "virtual card"), use Windows Explorer to locate your RayMaker .AVI icon, and drag and drop it onto the P2 Maker window. P2 Maker will bring up a dialog box describing what it is about to do: Click "Start" and P2 Maker will begin the process of exporting your .AVI as P2-compatible MXF files. When it's finished, the resulting P2 card image should be able to be played in any P2-compatible camera or deck, or viewed in the P2 Viewer application. (Be aware that the P2 thumbnail icon for your file will have a red "X" on it, but this does not affect the ability of the clip to be played back). Exporting Footage To Other Formats: Nothing about Vegas, or the MXF workflow, limits you to only working with the files as MXF or P2 files. You can of course export your footage to DVD-compatible MPEG-2 files, or downconvert to standard-definition (even DV files), or to any format. Use the Vegas "Render as..." function to export files in a wide variety of formats other than DVFILM Raylight .AVI files. Archiving Footage: P2 cards are not necessarily permanent data storage media items; many people use them as "temporary containers," filling them up with footage, using that footage, and then archiving the footage onto a permanent storage format before re-using the card. If editing straight from the card, you can archive either before or after the edit process. But if you intend to erase the card and record more footage onto it, obviously it's vital to properly archive the card's contents before erasing it. Data from a P2 card should not be thought of as "video data"; instead, it is computer data and should be archived as such. You do not need to archive your P2 data onto "video tape"; instead, you can archive onto any computer-readable media. If you explore the data on a P2 card you'll see that each P2 card is viewed by the computer as a removable-storage disc drive. It should be archived just like you would archive any disc drive. Common archival methods include: a) storing the footage on external removable hard disks b) exporting to data DVD-R or DVD+R c) exporting to data Blu-Ray or HD-DVD optical discs d) archiving footage on data tape drives such as DLT or LTO tapes When archiving, you want to store all the originally-recorded data, in its original form. Don't just archive certain portions or 14

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To begin the process of exporting your RayMaker .AVI to your P² card (or to a “virtual card”), use Windows Explorer to locate
your RayMaker .AVI icon, and drag and drop it onto the P² Maker window.
P² Maker will bring up a dialog box describing
what it is about to do:
Click “Start” and P² Maker will begin the process of exporting your .AVI as P²-compatible MXF files.
When it’s finished,
the resulting P² card image should be able to be played in any P²-compatible camera or deck, or viewed in the P² Viewer
application.
(Be aware that the P² thumbnail icon for your file will have a red “X” on it, but this does not affect the ability
of the clip to be played back).
Exporting Footage To Other Formats:
Nothing about Vegas, or the MXF workflow, limits you to only working with the files as MXF or P² files.
You can of course
export your footage to DVD-compatible MPEG-² files, or downconvert to standard-definition (even DV files), or to any format.
Use the Vegas “Render as…” function to export files in a wide variety of formats other than DVFILM Raylight .AVI files.
Archiving Footage:
P² cards are not necessarily permanent data storage media items; many people use them as “temporary containers,” filling
them up with footage, using that footage, and then archiving the footage onto a permanent storage format before re-using
the card.
If editing straight from the card, you can archive either before or after the edit process.
But if you intend to erase
the card and record more footage onto it, obviously it’s vital to properly archive the card’s contents before erasing it.
Data from a P² card should not be thought of as “video data”; instead, it is computer data and should be archived as such.
You do not need to archive your P² data onto “video tape”; instead, you can archive onto any computer-readable media.
If
you explore the data on a P² card you’ll see that each P² card is viewed by the computer as a removable-storage disc drive.
It should be archived just like you would archive any disc drive.
Common archival methods include:
a)
storing the footage on external removable hard disks
b)
exporting to data DVD-R or DVD+R
c)
exporting to data Blu-Ray or HD-DVD optical discs
d)
archiving footage on data tape drives such as DLT or LTO tapes
When archiving, you want to store all the originally-recorded data, in its original form.
Don’t just archive certain portions or