Canopus now supports P2 with Edius v3.5
 

I have just noticed that the new Edius update, to v3.5, includes the following on P2 support which may be of interest here:
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. Panasonic P2 Support

- Edit and re-record directly to and from Panasonic P2 devices
- The hardware driver supplied with the P2 device must be installed first to enable realtime data reading off the P2 device and capture ability
- If the Panasonic P2 Viewer software (not supplied by Canopus) is detected on the system, it is automatically available from the EDIUS tool menu
- When capturing, P2 clips are processed according to the settings specified in the external P2 utility
- Project export is only available for SD resolution projects. Projects using an HD resolution must be switched to SD to obtain P2 export options
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This support only applies if you have the appropriate optional software module installed. There is also some additional Varicam and Sony XDCam support in this latest update.

I cannot comment on this in practice as I only use Edius with the Storm card and miniDV.

What do P2 and XDCAM have in common? The MXF file format, that's what. Nice move, Canopus!

i was using this version of edius at the dv expo east at the panasonic booth, they were edting dvcpro-50 off p2 cards on a laptop, everything was rt as usual with edius..