DVCPRO P2

DVCPRO P2 is a professional digital video format introduced by Panasonic in 2004, and especially tailored to ENG applications. It features tapeless (non-linear) recording of DVCPRO or DVCPRO50 streams on a solid state flash memory card. This card, called the P2 card, is essentially a RAID of SD memory cards in the PCMCIA form factor, so data transfer rate increases as memory capacity increases. The system includes cameras, decks as drop-in replacement for VCRs, and a special 5.25" computer drive for random access integration with NLE systems. The cards can also be used directly where a PCMCIA slot is available, as in most notebook computers.

Since the memory capacity of the P2 card is relatively low (as of February 2005, 2GB and 4GB cards are available), cameras, decks and drives have 5 slots, with the ability to span the recording over all slots. This way, effective recording time is multiplied five-fold, allowing up to 80 minutes on 5 4GB cards in normal DVCPRO mode.

See also

• XDCAM
• Editcam

External links

• Panasonic's DVCPRO P2 product overview
• Turino Olympic Games of 2006 choose DVCPRO P2 for coverage