http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Forum: Panasonic - Recent Posts en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:08:37 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/problems-after-converting-video-file#post-52242 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:56:57 +0000 XTR-91 52242@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><em>"Will MPEG2 to AVI be a lower quality file ?"</em></p> <p> </p> <p>For the most part, it depends on the bitrate. MPEG-2 and DV-AVI store video by different means of compression (each with its own set of losses). Like I said "for the most part", you will be at a greater loss working with MPEG-2 (25 Mbps) converted to DV-AVI (25 Mbps) than you would be editing the 25-Mbp MPEG-2 as it is (25 Mbps is just an example). I would edit the MPEG-2 (TS) as it is if your system handles it well enough with software that supports it. Converting between different formats involved different dropoffs (information losses) at different parts of the video. You probably won't notice anything converting to DV-AVI, as the quality of the AVI is closer to lossless. But still, the compression algorithms are different. If you prefer the ease of editing, a conversion to DV-AVI is definitely worth it.</p> <p> </p> <p>Have you checked for a different approach, such as freeware for converting video, other than Roxio? <a href="http://www.avsmedia.com/AVS-Video-Converter.aspx">AVS Video Converter</a></p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-ag-hmc40-camcorder#post-52236 Sat, 14 Nov 2009 06:05:11 +0000 1zed4u 52236@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Does anyone here own a Panasonic AG-HMC40? If so, I was wondering how you'd compare it to other camcorders as far as video quality. I ordered one recently and have yet to recieve it so I'm looking forward to trying it out. I've always wanted a decent 3 chip HD camera with pro manual controls. I own two cameras that are three chip that I've aquired through the years; the Sony VX2000 and the Sony FX7. Unfortunately I've been dissappointed with the quality of video of both these cameras but recently I bought the 2009 Canon HG-20 and was blown away. It only has one CMOS chip but the video quality is nothing short of breathtaking. I've been reading recently about Panasonic and the fact that they are producing some high quality HD cameras as well. That's why I decided to purchase the &lt;span class="main"&gt;<strong>Panasonic</strong>  <strong>AG-HMC40</strong> Camcorder. If anyone here has one and can let me know what you think about it, thanks in advance. &lt;/span&gt;</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/150-vs-170#post-52013 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 15:37:35 +0000 robgrauert 52013@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm guessing you are trying to decide between the HMC150 and HPX170? I'd go with the 170. DVCPro HD is a much better codec than AVCHD. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/150-vs-170#post-51999 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:52:08 +0000 Suz 51999@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I am ready to invest in a camera, I am vacillating  between these two cameras. I was drawn to the 150 because the price is very reasonable and is there a big difference in image quality between the two ACVHD  or DVCPRO HD, student - focus is documentary (possible narrative on the side) </p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/ag-hmc70u#post-51599 Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:32:12 +0000 Cville 51599@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I was curious if anyone has used the panasonic Ag HMC70U. </p> <p>Almost everyweek someone on these forums asks what camera to buy and I ran across this unit on B&amp;H (link below).  It has tapeless workflow, 3CCD, and XLR inputs all for $1695.00 which is a lot of what people are looking for so I was curious what people thought about it.</p> <p>&lt;span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: x-small;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;<a href="http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/547680-REG/Panasonic_AG_HMC70U_AG_HMC70U_Shoulder_Mounted_Camcorder.html#reviews">http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/547680-REG/Panasonic_AG_HMC70U_AG_HMC70U_Shoulder_Mounted_Camcorder.html#reviews</a>&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hmc40-038-youtube#post-51566 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:07:07 +0000 ravencr 51566@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I agree Earl...I'm as worried as you, but for the cost, if I can get good footage, I think it will be well worth it. I'm just trying to figure it all out and any help people can provide would be greatly appreciated. It's vastly different than shooting stills, that's for sure. :)</p> <p>Chris</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hmc40-038-youtube#post-51565 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:05:28 +0000 EarlC 51565@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hope the CMOS sensors hold up to your expectations. The rest of your suppositions seem solid regarding speed, settings, shooting, converting...</p> <p>...I'm not an expert and have done little more than test some of the CMOS based units available. Still leaning toward Panasonic's HMC-150 with CCDs for my all-around production acquisition needs. If not, the the comparable JVC model. Since you already have invested in the 40 however, it would be interesting to read future posts ragarding your experiences and outcomes.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hmc40-038-youtube#post-51561 Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:05:26 +0000 ravencr 51561@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello everyone,<br /> I'm heading out on a 3 week shooting time, and the HMC40 and higher than consumer-tech video is new to me, including my HMC40. I shoot nearly all high speed action footage, and these next few weeks will be mostly shot with great sunlight a the dunes, desert, rock crawling, etc. I typically like to incorporate slow motion into my edited video, so my initial thought is to shoot in 720/60p. Is this the correct thinking? Or, should I be shooting in 1080/60i? I've been told that if shooting for slow motion, use a shutter speed of 1/120 in 720/60p, and 1/60 pretty much no matter what in 1080/60i. To me, based on my experience with my D300 still camera, those shutter speeds are only helpful if I'm wanting to blur the image slightly, or the wheels/tires spinning when panning, but is this different for a camcorder?<br /> Then, my next question is what format to export using Adobe Premier CS4 for use primarily for youtube? I want the best format possible for the cleanest, best looking video on Youtube. Is there a format that YouTube won't compress, such as if I export using f4v or flv, for example? And, if so or not, what codec, bitrate, size, etc would you recommend for optimal playback on youtube?<br /> Secondly, given the above, I'll also want to put this footage on DVD for my customers to use a sale/marketing pieces. Will this play a role as to what format to be shooting in, or do I just pick the best format for the web, then just output it the way it needs to be for the DVD after outputting the footage for the web?<br /> Thanks in advance for the help...<br /> Chris</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-hmc150-vs#post-51514 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:06:07 +0000 Amitster 51514@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I suggest taking a look at the brochure for the HMC150 and if you get a chance, visit Panasonic AVCCAM website...they have a bunch of great white papers on the workflow and general questions that professionals have regarding the format and editing issues and quality, <a href="http://www.panasonic.com/avccam" rel="nofollow">http://www.panasonic.com/avccam</a> </p> <p> </p> <p>For that price there really is an interesting comparison, I believe the hmc150 is the only camcorder in its price range that has full HD ccd blocks, has MPEG 4 recording vs MPEG 2 (Sony and JVC and Canon), and has a 2 year extended warranty from panasonic for a total of 3 years...all for the price range of  mid $3K ... </p> <p>The downside is of course it does not have a detachable lens and no HD-SDI, but there are economical converter boxes to go HDMI to HD-SDI out available</p> <p>I believe Videomaker has a great review on the camcorder as well</p> <p>To be honest, the camcorder has been really hard to keep in stock here at our store because customers just love it ... I believe we sold 40 in the span of one and a half months back in March/April and we still get calls for the camcorder all the time.</p> <p>--Amit</p> <p><a href="mailto:amit@vidinc.com">amit@vidinc.com</a><br />VID Inc<br />8400 Westglen Street<br />Houston, TX 77063<br /><a href="http://www.vidinc.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.vidinc.com</a></p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/where-to-find-panasonic-ag450-manual#post-51401 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:56:41 +0000 fcorrea 51401@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I was gifted with a Panasonic AG 450, even when it's an old S-VHS the quality of the image is superb. I need a user manual in order to get the most from it. Maybe someone out there can help me to find the manual?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/tm300-questions#post-51068 Fri, 25 Sep 2009 04:47:04 +0000 jhsidoc 51068@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Just got the cam and so far seems great. Wondering if others who have it might answer me 2 questions:</p> <p>1. Do you record first onto the internal then the SD or vice versa?</p> <p>2. Do you recommend buying the 2nd battery as another small one (same as what came with) or upgrading to the larger very expensive one?</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/low-light-dvx100b#post-51033 Wed, 23 Sep 2009 19:44:24 +0000 Mr.Jeff 51033@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>If you have some low light shots with the dvx100b in the raw(i.e. without extra lights, lenses, etc) please provide a link below...I am considering this camera for taping bands from the rear of a nightclub</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/manually-zooming-in-servo-mode#post-50714 Thu, 10 Sep 2009 00:52:21 +0000 grinner 50714@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It can if you romp on it too hard. It's why they offer full manual. You'll still feel a lil resistance but you'll do no harm in this mode unless ya get waay out of hand. You can sense it. Use the force, Luke. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/manually-zooming-in-servo-mode#post-50708 Wed, 09 Sep 2009 21:56:01 +0000 NathanBlair 50708@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey, I own a Panasonic AG-HVX200. Somebody asked me this today, and made me curious...</p> <p>With this camera, of course there is a manual zoom mode, which allows free movement of the zoom ring for quick snap-zooms. But also, when you set it to Servo, you are still able to manually zoom with the ring, it's just a little stiffer. The question is, does it harm the mechanics of the zoom lens to operate it by the ring when its set to Servo Zoom mode? </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-sdr-sw20#post-50558 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 12:12:30 +0000 mikeyy 50558@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi guys. Does anyone owns the Pansonic SDR-SW20? I want to know what u think about this underwater camcorder. Ty</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/hours-op-drum-thread-tape#post-50416 Fri, 28 Aug 2009 18:32:19 +0000 SmHoop 50416@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello all, </p> <p>I am trying to figure out how to find out the Hours, Op., Drum, Thread, Tape on my Panasonic DVD Pro 25 AJD - 700p camcorders. Can anyone help out with this? A very detailed description of how to find all these would be amazing as these aren't my camcorders and I am not familiar with them :) </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/issue-with-bracket-adaptor#post-50367 Wed, 26 Aug 2009 12:10:51 +0000 vladmartinez 50367@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hello :<br /> I have just purchased an external mic (audiotechnika AT897) for my camcorder Panasonic gs230.</p> <p>In front of these elements I realized I cannot put the mic on my camcorder due to the incompability between the mic support and the camcorder bracket.</p> <p>I'd like to know if someone has an idea in order to put the mic on the camera ?<br /> I've seen on ebay some external brackets which could be a great solution but the format is exactly the same as the camcorder bracket...</p> <p>How to do then ?<br /> All ideas are welcome ... thanks </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-hdc-hs250-editing-software#post-50142 Mon, 17 Aug 2009 03:04:45 +0000 david5566 50142@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>you can choose youtube. It has a function called Video Remixer. You can upload each video to YouTube.com, then you can edit online. It will cost you nothing.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/problems-after-converting-video-file#post-50104 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:40:58 +0000 BruceMol 50104@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> yeeman, </p> <p>have you tried changing the extension on the file from m2t to mpg? </p> <p>That 'sometimes' works for me when I have trouble with a m2t that was exported from PPro to ENCORE. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/problems-after-converting-video-file#post-50103 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 18:15:15 +0000 robgrauert 50103@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>MPEG streamclip may help. That's free too</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/problems-after-converting-video-file#post-50091 Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:42:00 +0000 zoobie 50091@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> What are you trying to do? </p> <p>AVI is just a container...could be anything</p> <p>Roxio is awful...In the meantime, try Xvid4PSP (free) and see how that works for you</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-hdc-hs250-editing-software#post-50072 Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:46:10 +0000 tlhatton 50072@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I have recorded a 2 hr video and made CDs but was unable to bring the video in HD into Premiere to edit and to combind clips is there a editing software out there that is free or cheep that someone can recomend. At the same time is there tutorial that can help in using the software and also the Panasonic HDC-HS250. Thank you all for your help.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/problems-after-converting-video-file#post-50043 Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:44:06 +0000 yeeman 50043@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> My Panasonic HDC-HS100 video clips come out as m2ts files. ( I use the included software to transfer files to my laptop ) When I use my Roxio Creator 2009 to convert the file to AVI, there's often a video clip with no audio. Aggravating as HELL !!! Panasonic says that it is a common problem with 3rd party software. It's basically hit or miss when I convert to AVI....there's no predicting when a file will be screwed up !!! Panasonic says to use their program &amp; create an MPEG2 file ,then have Roxio convert it. Will MPEG2 to AVI be a lower quality file ?</p> <p>Is there ANY program that will take the Panasonic HD file &amp; successfully convert it to AVI the first time ?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/av-broadcasting-to-computer#post-49446 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 18:15:20 +0000 stillingerlr 49446@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> any suggestions on equipment for an AV wireless transmitter from camcorder to computer for live feeds?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/video-is-missing-audio#post-49376 Wed, 22 Jul 2009 18:28:22 +0000 cfulton 49376@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Do you have all the most current patches for Creator?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/video-is-missing-audio#post-49235 Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:55:11 +0000 yeeman 49235@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>My Panasonic HDC-HS100 camcorder has it's own software to transfer video files....they come out as m2ts files. Roxio Creator 2009 will automtically convert it to some mpeg format before I can edit it or burn it to disc.</p> <p>For some SICK reason, one file out of several will end up with NO audio.....usually the first file out of the bunch.<br />( all video clips recorded the same day will end up in one folder ). I know that when I change the extension to AVI, I can play the file on my Sony laptop ( Vista/32 bit ).....so, it seems that the original file's audio is OK. Since I changed the extension, the file is basically unusable now, you can just play it, you can't drag it into Roxio.....I still have the original m2ts file of course. Playing from the camera to a monitor displays no problem with the audio &amp; video. I don't get it.....why would just the first clip be corrupt ??<br />I could still use Panasonic's software to burn directly from the camera to my laptop, but it takes quite a while &amp; I need a dual layer disc for 90 mins. of original video.<br />This has happened with 90 min to 120 min. video shoots.....which yield several video clips automatically. It didn't seem to be a problem with 2 min. clips.<br />Re-cap: The original ( 30 min. ? ) video file file seems OK, but, Roxio seems to convert this one clip without audio....where could the problem be ???? It was suggested that I record a short video clip first before the actual recording so "that" practice piece of video will end up with no audio instead of the important footage.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-pv-gs320#post-48950 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 20:56:56 +0000 The shooter 48950@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a 320. Disn't use the remote often. I recommend you to not dismatle the remote. At your risk!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/pv-gs500-mini-dvc-headphone-use#post-48943 Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:56:44 +0000 CLIFF 48943@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi: This is my first attempt in contacting the <strong><em>FORUM</em></strong>.    My prpoblem:</p> <p>Can anyone tell me how I can couple into the <strong><em>AUDIO.VISUAL/S VIDEO OUTPUT TERMINAL</em></strong> for the purpose of monitoring the sound whilst recording? This is essential when using multiple mics. Have missed out on many good efforts due to poor connections in the cable connections. Not known until <strong><em>PLAYBACK!</em></strong></p> <p>The supplied <strong><em>MULTI CABLE</em></strong> <strong><em>is basically for DVD or VCR Dubbing</em></strong> - but tapping the<strong><em> 'audio line'</em></strong> to headphones works - but very awkward to use.</p> <p>Is there a dedicated <strong><em>CABLE for HEADPHONE</em></strong> use available. Your help will be greatly appreciated. </p> <p>Thank you, and regards  CLIFF   </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-hdc-tm-300-camcorder#post-48561 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:15:29 +0000 XTR-91 48561@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am still recording in SD on a hard disk camcorder that records MPEG-2. AVCHD is the HD version of AVC MPEG-4 that might not be supported with your editing software. Are you looking for people who have experience with AVC-HD, or do you need advice on converting the files so that you can edit them?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasonic-hdc-tm-300-camcorder#post-48552 Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:35:59 +0000 Peter Milliken 48552@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have the HDC TM-200 - it's a great camera. I think the only difference to the TM-300 is the -200 has 16G internal and not 32G. The -200 with a 32GB card provides 6 hours of high-def recording, so I didn't see the point in waiting for/getting the -300.</p> <p>I love the low-light capability offered by the 3MOS sensors - takes me back to the old analog video camera days.</p> <p>The camera is wonderfully light and transfering files directly to my computer is a breeze. I haven't used it very much - only for a suprise 70'th b'day, but it handled the low light of the disco environment (a very swinging aunt :-)) extremely well.</p> <p>Peter</p>