Panasonic AG-HVX2000 P2

rextilleon wrote on 11/10/2005, 2:22 PM
Haven't been around in ages so hello to all. I have a client (finally one with a load of money) who knows a bit about video production. He wants to purchase the new Panny AGHVX200 for shooting in both DVPRO/50 and HD. He asked me if I was prepared to edit the footage and I sort of put him off, saying sure! Okay, is there any hope, that Vegas will ever support these two formats---(I doubt it but I figured I would ask). If not, I will have to go the Avid route (and I don't want too), but will use Vegas for pretty much everything else.

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FrigidNDEditing wrote on 11/10/2005, 2:40 PM
Just buy the codecs - Vegas will do it, you just have to go and get the codec - Vegas doesn't work with DVCPro out of the box - but it can be done just fine.
Dave
rextilleon wrote on 11/10/2005, 2:57 PM
I know that Main Concept offers a DVPRO50 codec-----but what about HD-----We are not talking HDV here.
SimonW wrote on 11/10/2005, 3:19 PM
Buying a DVCproHD codec won't make one iota of difference. Unless Vegas is programmed to unpack the MXF wrapper files that the HVX200 produces it will not be able to read the high def video from that camera.
rextilleon wrote on 11/10/2005, 6:11 PM
Yup, thats what I figured.
BarryGreen wrote on 11/10/2005, 6:15 PM
You need two things: access to the MXF files, and a codec.

You can get a codec for free from Avid, but it only works in quicktime mode.

For MXF access, Vegas only partially implemented MXF -- they implemented the version that Sony uses for XDCAM, and left out the Op-Atom mode that P2 uses. It's a SMPTE-codified standard, so hopefully they will implement it.

Until then, there are two ways around it -- first, FocusInfo offers a software program that will convert MXF into .avi files. Also, DVFilm's Maker program will read the files and output .mov or .avi files.

So using DVFilm Maker to pre-process your files and convert them to .mov, and using the Avid .mov DV100 codec, you could edit the stuff. You'll need a *very* fast computer though; my aging 2.66mhz P4 can only deliver maybe 2 frames per second using the Avid codec.

Alternately, DVFilm's Maker can transcode to the Cineform Intermediate codec (if you have Cineform installed) so that may help get some better performance if you don't mind using an intermediate codec.
rextilleon wrote on 11/10/2005, 7:04 PM
Thanks Barry---very good explanation.