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Will Hanlon · April 27th, 2006, 06:01 AM

This is a rather dumb question, and I apologize in advance, but with a P2 card in the HVX, can you transfer the contents of the P2 card to your computer using the firewire out on the camcorder like how you would transfer tape footage?

Will Hanlon · April 27th, 2006, 02:20 PM

Yep, I'm an idiot. I found my answer in Panasonic's FAQ. I can't wait to get my P2 cards.

Barry Green · April 28th, 2006, 01:04 AM

You can do it both ways: you can play the footage using playback, and "capture" the firewire stream, or you can choose to view the card as an external hard disk and just copy the files over. Copying can be a lot faster than capturing, of course.

April 27th, 2006, 06:01 AM	#1
Will Hanlon Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 148	P2 Cards to PC This is a rather dumb question, and I apologize in advance, but with a P2 card in the HVX, can you transfer the contents of the P2 card to your computer using the firewire out on the camcorder like how you would transfer tape footage?

April 27th, 2006, 02:20 PM	#2
Will Hanlon Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 148	Yep, I'm an idiot. I found my answer in Panasonic's FAQ. I can't wait to get my P2 cards.

April 28th, 2006, 01:04 AM	#3
Barry Green Barry Wan Kenobi Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: North Carolina Posts: 3,863	You can do it both ways: you can play the footage using playback, and "capture" the firewire stream, or you can choose to view the card as an external hard disk and just copy the files over. Copying can be a lot faster than capturing, of course.