Re: the big question left in the P2 flow

[George] "I don't think panasonic is going to give up on its frame tagging protocol. its embedded into the decks, cameras, frame rate converters and FCP HD to boot."

Well, that may be the case as of right now.
But, there is no need for a deck, the camera is new, if they do away with the tagging protocol, then there is really no need for the frame rate converters, and FCP is coming out with a new version. So, I think anything is still possible.

It is more of a number theory like implementation of a universal or special number to give it all incarnations of the dvcpro hd format. it has less to do with tape per say. "

I'm not sure I agree with that. It was my impression that the only reason the frame tagging was used was to workaround the limitations of using the tape transport.

Anyone else want to chime in on this?

Luis Caffesse
Studio 3 Productions, Inc.
Austin, Texas