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Raylight version 2 adds support for writing Quicktime files back to a P2 card as an MXF file. Ingest It is very important to make sure the P2 card is write protected before placing card into any reading device. The only time that I keep the write protect off is when I need to modify the metadata on the P2 card. If time and space allow, a computer running FCP is placed on the set. After each card is backed up on the P2 Store, the card(s) is placed in a PCD20 to allow ingest into FCP. This serves as a secondary copy of the footage and provides a quick start for the edit. The Mac should be setup with an external hard drive as the designated scratch disc. One note about multiple firewire devices: on all Apple hardware, the built-in firewire ports share the same bus. This means that although you may have multiple FW400 and FW800 ports, internally they are all treated as one bus. For some applications, splitting your devices amongst USB and Firewire is recommended. For example, if a firewire drive were to be used for the main capture scratch disk, a USB 2.0 connection for a P2 card reader would work best. If an AG-HVX200 handheld P2 HD Camcorder is going to be used as a card reader, a USB 2.0 hard drive should be used for capture. The throughput for capture on USB and Firewire are both acceptable for capturing all DVCPRO codecs. If multiple firewire devices need to be used, such as a AJ-HD1400 DVCPRO HD VTR and a FW hard drive, I recommend a firewire adapter card. These can be PCI, Cardbus, or ExpressBus in form and provide a reliable way to use multiple devices on the same computer. Every time the card is ingested, a log note is added and the card can now be erased in the P2 Store prior to going back into a camera. FCP does not directly support the MXF data format. Using FCP to ingest P2 clips will create a copy of your footage that has been translated into a Quicktime movie. There is no loss of quality. FCP is just saving the MXF as a Quicktime file without the P2 metadata. 

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Raylight version ² adds support for writing Quicktime files back to a P² card as an MXF file.
Ingest
It is very important to make sure the P² card is write protected before placing card into any reading device.
The only time
that I keep the write protect off is when I need to modify the metadata on the P2 card.
If time and space allow, a computer running FCP is placed on the set. After each card is backed up on the P² Store, the
card(s) is placed in a PCD²0 to allow ingest into FCP. This serves as a secondary copy of the footage and provides a quick
start for the edit. The Mac should be setup with an external hard drive as the designated scratch disc.
One note about multiple firewire devices: on all Apple hardware, the built-in firewire ports share the same bus. This
means that although you may have multiple FW400 and FW800 ports, internally they are all treated as one bus. For some
applications, splitting your devices amongst USB and Firewire is recommended. For example, if a firewire drive were to
be used for the main capture scratch disk, a USB ².0 connection for a P² card reader would work best. If an AG-HVX²00
handheld P² HD Camcorder is going to be used as a card reader, a USB ².0 hard drive should be used for capture. The
throughput for capture on USB and Firewire are both acceptable for capturing all DVCPRO codecs.
If multiple firewire devices need to be used, such as a AJ-HD±400 DVCPRO HD VTR and a FW hard drive, I recommend a
firewire adapter card. These can be PCI, Cardbus, or ExpressBus in form and provide a reliable way to use multiple devices
on the same computer. Every time the card is ingested, a log note is added and the card can now be erased in the P² Store
prior to going back into a camera.
FCP does not directly support the MXF data format. Using FCP to ingest P² clips will create a copy of your footage that has
been translated into a Quicktime movie. There is no loss of quality. FCP is just saving the MXF as a Quicktime file without
the P² metadata.