Re: FCP offline edit system for Viper/SRW1 project

Either the Kona or the Blackmagic cards allow you to capture to DVCProHD in real time. Both have 1080p/24 presets, there is no reason to cross convert to 720 (you would actually need a Kona 3 to do that).

As for capture, you could do that on anything from a large array all the way down to a Firewire drive, although I would recommend at least a Firewire 800 drive. Arrays, even small ones like the portable GRaids, are a bit more reliable, but we've captured many, many hours of 1080p/24 DVCProHD on single Firewire 400 drives without any real problems.