Panasonic AG-HPX502 Workflow with P2HD, News Acquisition and Recording, Editing and Production

Workflow with P2HD

News Acquisition and Recording

You can configure a basic P2HD recording system by simply connecting the AG-HPX502 to a laptop. It connects to a Windows PC via USB 2.0 or to a Mac via IEEE 1394. Insert a P2 card in the AG-HPX502's slot, and you can use the PC to preview video clips on the card, copy files, and perform simple editing. Or, you can plug the P2 card directly into the slot on your laptop. For a higher-performance system, combine the AG-HPX502 with the AJ-HPM100 Mobile Recorder. This system lets you perform a variety of operations, such as flexible previews with jog and dial control, playlist editing, file writing, and HD- SDI/Analog/IEEE 1394 streaming output. The AJ-PCS060G P2 store brings new convenience to many applications. It provides high-speed copying of video clips from a P2 card to its internal hard drive, and initializes the P2 card for immediate re-use. The P2 store connects and mounts easily to a non-linear editor via USB 2.0.

USB 2.0		IEEE 1394
	Windows PC	Mac
AG-HPX502	AG-HPX502
P2 card		P2 card

		HD-SDI
		Analog
P2 card		IEEE 1394
AG-HPX502	AJ-HPM100

P2 card

(Recorded)

			USB 2.0
AG-HPX502	P2 store	P2 store	NLE/Windows PC
P2 card	AJ-PSC060G	AJ-PSC060G
(Blank)

Editing and Production

The AJ-PCD20 P2 drive lets you use P2 cards in nonlinear editing systems manufactured by other companies. Simply connect the AJ-PCD20 to the system via IEEE 1394 or USB 2.0. With the P2 card there's no need for digitizing, so there's no time wasted.

The AG-HPX502 also adapts to conventional tape-based HD editing systems. Its HD-SDI/SDI output allows line recording or copying using any of a variety of HD/SD digital VTRs.

P2 HD and Tape

Integrated Production

The AG-HPX502 integrates smoothly into systems with DVCPRO HD VTRs like the VariCam. Because the recording codec in the AG-HPX502 is the same one used for both tape and card, it lets you convert, with no degradation, between media – from card to tape and from tape to nonlinear editor – via the IEEE 1394 interface.

		IEEE 1394b
		USB2.0
P2 card	P2 drive
	AJ-PCD20
				NLE
AG-HPX502
HD-SDI
	digital HD VTR		Tape system editors

	IEEE1394b
	USB2.0
P2 card	P2 drive
AG-HPX502	AJ-PCD20
IEEE 1394	IEEE 1394	NLE
DVCPRO HD	AJ-HD1400
Tape
	DVCPRO HD
	Studio VTR
AJ-HDC27H
AJ-HDX900 etc.

P2HD Equipment

AJ-P2C016RG	AJ-PCS060G	AJ-PCD20	AG-HVX202	AJ-HPM100
AJ-P2C008HG	Portable Hard Disk Unit	Memory Card Drive	Memory Card Camera-	Memory Card
Memory Card (P2 card)	(P2 store)	(P2 drive)	Recorder (P2 handheld)	Portable Recorder
				(P2 mobile)