http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Forums » Tag: AVCHD - Recent Posts en Mon, 23 Nov 2009 20:29:26 +0000 http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/multi-camera-operation-adobe-cs4#post-52334 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:47:59 +0000 chuckengels 52334@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>That depends on what you are editing and your work flow.</p> <p>I normally use the timeline and do it the old way, but sometimes I can save a lot of time with the multi camera feature.  Now if they would just come up with a way to sync the tapes from all of the cameras together, that would be useful !!</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/an-alternative-to-acdsee-on-h264avchdmpeg2-video-browsing-and-managing#post-52330 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 10:40:05 +0000 famering 52330@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Today, I was cleaning up files on an old hard disk. In it, I met again many softwares I used to be using during last decade. ACDSEE, PHOTOSHOP, ULTRA EDITOR and many others, some of them are still my favorite tools today.</p> <p>Watch the Windows Vista I am using now, what a similar looking between the explorer and the old ACDSEE classic. The so called thumbnail-view layout, which I first saw in ACDSEE classic, is nowadays a most common user interface standard.</p> <p>Thumbnail-view is not the only strong point that ACDSEE holds. <br />ACDSEE is still the best when the image browsing speed is measured. That's why I am still using ACDSEE as my picture browser, although the Windows now can do it natively(but slowly). This shows, there is always a chance to survive for an unique technology, like the image browsing speed of ACDSEE.</p> <p>On the contrary, when we turn to the speed of video browsing, ACDSEE falls into the common category of DirectShow filter based applications. ACDSEE does not decode video itself, so its video browsing speed is limited by the DirectShow.</p> <p>This gave an opportunity to the video manager I am using now, the Smart Mate for DV and DVB.</p> <p>Based on special video technology from FameRing, Smart Mate for DV and DVB is 20~30 times faster than DirectShow based softwares when browsing and taking thumbs of movies.</p> <p>I have a Hauppauge HD PVR DVB Box with a tuner installed on PC. I've recorded about several hundreds of H.264/AVCHD movies on my hard disk. They are .ts files, aka transport stream. Every now and then, I need to organize them, search them, bookmark them, share them with my friends. Just like what I did to my Jpeg photos. Further more, I want to edit the movies, like cutting commercials out of them, this leads to the most valuable part of Smart Mate for DV and DVB. It has the world's first H.264/AVCHD/MPEG2 frame accurate cutter without re-encoding.</p> <p>Smart Mate for DV and DVB not only supports frame accurate cutting on H.264/AVCHD/MPEG2, but also does it in a fastest way. It only re-encodes the gop on start point and end point, middle part of movie remains untouched. This gives the highest speed cutting while reserving highest video quality. So called, "Smart Cut".</p> <p>If anyone else needs an easy but professional management solution for H.264/AVCHD/MPEG2 movies from Satellite video receiver, DVB HD PVR, DV Camcorder, or INTERNET, the Smart Mate for DV and DVB is the software you must have. FameRing also has video manager for all popular formats, called MovieShop, I was only using the version customized for H.264/AVCHD/MPEG2.</p> <p>Come back to the ACDSEE, it will always be my image browsing tool, but not for the video browsing and managing.<br /> <br />To me, the Smart Mate for DV and DVB is an alternative to ACDSEE on video files. That is why we like competition, which gives us more and more better softwares.</p> <p>May be some time later, Windows will be able to browse H.264/AVCHD/MPEG2 .ts movies natively(cuts frame accurately? I do not think so), like the thumb-nail view it learned from ACDSEE. But it will never be the only software left, because the unique technology always survives, as it is unique. The customers will always have alternative and better choices.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/multi-camera-operation-adobe-cs4#post-52327 Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:54:08 +0000 geraldprost 52327@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The multicam feature is a gimmick. It looks great on the promos but I do it the old way. Eventually you'll decide that the old way is best too. Gerry in Calgary</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasconic-avc-hd-to-dvcpro-codec#post-52114 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 21:06:14 +0000 ravencr 52114@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>What does this mean, exactly? I'm using my HMC40 and editing the raw .mts files within Premier CS4 using the H.264 MainConcept Codec for output and uploading for YouTube. I do it all on my laptop too. How do I convert to DVCPro HD exactly? Is that how I need to setup the project from the beginning when I start it out, or are you talking about the output once completed?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-vs-dvcpo-hd#post-52016 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:23:49 +0000 Suz 52016@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Thanks for the information.  I am studying film - whatever I buy will be old technology. My thougtht was to get the 150 because it is in the 3,000 touches on HD. If I wanted to burn BluRay will it look good?  My goal is to keep cost down, when I graduate I will be more knowledgable then I would go for full HD P.  Everything changes so rapidly I don't want to go in to high expense. I am also bording fear of making a mistake </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-vs-dvcpo-hd#post-52015 Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:11:14 +0000 EarlC 52015@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>One will test out better on the specs, but actually the results to the human eye are entirely subjective. Technically speaking AVCHD may be considered inferior due to its compression scheme although that compression scheme is highly regarded and becoming more widely accepted among HD enthusiasts, but again beauty is in the eye of the beholder between it and DVCPro HD on the screen.</p> <p>It all really depends on what your final production intent is: DVD, BluRay, broadcast, cable, etc.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-vs-dvcpo-hd#post-51997 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:47:44 +0000 Suz 51997@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Is the image quality the same with these two  formats or is the image in one better than the other.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-51994 Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:48:42 +0000 galenfott 51994@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm on the Mac, and am trying to create AVCHD discs in Toast using .iso images from Encore. I can successfully use Toast to create an AVCHD disc that plays 1920x1080 from a standard DVD. I can also create a standard DVD .iso in Encore and burn that to a playable standard DVD using Toast. But I can't create a "Blu-ray" .iso in Encore, and use Toast to burn that to a playable AVCHD disc.</p> <p>Mike Aiken seems to be doing essentially this, albeit not with Toast. Is there some "trick" or step to it? Is the footage already AVCHD? Mine isn't, and I've wondered if that's the problem. I can kind of see why it WOULDN'T work; Encore doesn't create a Blu-ray image to be AVCHD-compatible, so I'd think the .iso files wouldn't translate. Yet apparently it is possible.</p> <p>Thanks for any insight anyone can provide.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasconic-avc-hd-to-dvcpro-codec#post-51936 Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:29:16 +0000 GreerPhoto 51936@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks Rob!</p> <p>Jerry</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasconic-avc-hd-to-dvcpro-codec#post-51890 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:07:32 +0000 robgrauert 51890@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yea, transcode to DVCPro HD. Some people transcode HDV to DVCPro HD, too. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasconic-avc-hd-to-dvcpro-codec#post-51885 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:06:50 +0000 GreerPhoto 51885@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Thanks Robert,</p> <p>So, you recommend that I transcode my AVC-HD files to DVCPRO and run with that? That's what I was kind of understanding. Sure it's a much bigger file but I'd rather use a codec that is easier to deal with. </p> <p> </p> <p>Again, Thanks!</p> <p> </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasconic-avc-hd-to-dvcpro-codec#post-51875 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 14:02:52 +0000 robgrauert 51875@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The benefit of DVCPro HD is that it's an intra-frame codec, as opposed to Long GOP, which is what AVC HD is. Therefore, DVCPro HD is easier on the processor, and holds up better for color grading, graphics, and compositing. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/panasconic-avc-hd-to-dvcpro-codec#post-51874 Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:46:20 +0000 GreerPhoto 51874@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Need advice on AVC-HD. With the issues of AVC-HD and how it requires a monster computer to edit what is the advantages or disadvantages of using MainConcept's AVC-HD to DVCPRO transcoder to convert the codec for easier editing? Panasconic offers this trancoder from it's professional video website. I've used it in the past due to Premiere CS3 not accepting AVC-HD files. I now have upgraded to CS4 so this is not an issue. Just wondering if there's an advantage or disadvantage to converting the codec to DVCPRO. AVC-HD does push my computer pretty hard.</p> <p> </p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p> </p> <p>Jerry</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/what-editing-software-works-with-avchd#post-51850 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 21:06:59 +0000 Timmy2202 51850@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a Panasonic AVC-HD format, model AG-HMC70P.  I was told it would work with Final Cut Express 4.  I am trying to use the Log and Transfer function and it works ok...right up to the point I try to import.  That's when I get a "no data" error message.  I can view the clips and everything, just can't import.  Anybody got an idea?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/if-i-convert-avchd-to-avi-files-can-i-core2duo#post-51835 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:36:48 +0000 XTR-91 51835@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The quality of performance on your computer doesn't (or shouldn't) affect the resulting quality after a conversion. In PowerDirector, there is a Speed-Quality slider bar for the user to decide. If this converting mechanism exists, my advice is to keep it at the highest quality, despite the performance. The only factor that should vary, based on the PC's performance, is the rendering time it takes.</p> <p> </p> <p>You should also realize that converting AVCHD to AVI, you will have the limitations (types of information loss) of both formats. AVI compresses in a different way than does AVCHD. AVI results in the lesser amount of information loss, but the type of loss is different. The results may not be noticeable, so your best bet might be converting to AVI as you mentioned above.</p> <p> </p> <p>If Adobe Premiere edits AVCHD smoothly enough, I would work with the AVCHD content as it is.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/if-i-convert-avchd-to-avi-files-can-i-core2duo#post-51826 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:19:57 +0000 birdcat 51826@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>There are converters that will convert AVCHD (MTS) to all sorts of files - As long as the codec he converts to is of low compression (like most versions of AVI) he shouldn't have a problem editing with the Core 2 Duo.</p> <p>FWIW - I convert from MTS (AVCHD) to M2T (lightly compressed MPEG-2) and have no problems on a 2.53 GHz Pentium 4 with 2 GB RAM.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/if-i-convert-avchd-to-avi-files-can-i-core2duo#post-51799 Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:29:39 +0000 NormanWillis 51799@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I have a friend with a Core2Duo 2.26.  He wants to get an AVCHD camera (Canon HF200).  I think he uses Premiere.</p> <p>If he converts the AVCHD files to .avi, can he edit this in Premiere with a Core2Duo at 2.26GHz?  Or does he still need a CoreDuo Quad, in order to avoid stuttering during playback?</p> <p>Thanks.</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/multi-camera-operation-adobe-cs4#post-51422 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 23:12:15 +0000 prazehorn 51422@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Hey thanks for the info. MPG4 does work well. Now all I would have to do is get AVCHD to MPg4. HA !<br />But seriously thanks for your reply.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/multi-camera-operation-adobe-cs4#post-51421 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:47:36 +0000 chuckengels 51421@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>The Multi Camera editing Feature was not made for AVCHD format.  Multi Camera editing is great as long as you are using video captured from a MiniDV camcorder, either SD or HDV.</p> <p>I'm afraid you will have to do the switching on the timeline the old fashioned way.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/multi-camera-operation-adobe-cs4#post-51417 Fri, 16 Oct 2009 20:12:11 +0000 prazehorn 51417@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>When in Muti camera editing in CS4 there is this delay between camera switching for approx. 3-4 secs.</p> <p>I am however editing two different formats. MPG4 &amp; AVCHD. Can anyone tell me if this may be related to using two different codecs simultaneously and if so can I incorporate the AVCHD codec in a manner that might improve the situation.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-full-hd-dvd-help#post-51384 Wed, 14 Oct 2009 22:52:49 +0000 MikeAiken 51384@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> I do it all the time - I edit in Premiere Pro then create a bluray dvd in Encore, burn that to an iso image and then burn that image to a 29-cent standard 4.7 dvd with Alcohol or Nero.  Full 1920 x 1080 on a bluray player and looks as good as the original footage.  Sure you're limited to about 15 to 20 minutes on a single layer disk, but for music videos and stage performances after editing that's about all I usually need.  I'll probably buy a BD burner in the future when the prices of blanks come way down but I really don't see me needing one even then.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-editor-wanted#post-51165 Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:59:37 +0000 futball8 51165@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> EarlC - "perennially acerbic" - I love it! Your posts always send me to my dictionary and expand my vocabulary.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-51117 Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:07:53 +0000 BrianSiano 51117@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm probably taking the plunge into an HD camcorder in the near future. However, I'm still using Premiere Pro 2.0 for editing, and upgrading _that_ and my computer system will cost a bit. So I'm wondering about converting AVCHD to DV-AVI so I can edit it (or try to edit it) with my current rig, until I spring for a new one. What are the tradeoffs-- I mean, other than massive files on my hard drive? Is there a loss of color depth? Is DV-AVI limited to certain resolutions, framerates, color scales, etc.?</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/an-avchd-age-frame-accurate-or-gop-accurate#post-50999 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 07:09:58 +0000 famering 50999@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>It is now the age of AVCHD. While we are facing AVCHD format every day and every where, there grows the need to edit it. Just like what happened to MPEG2 10 years ago.</p> <p>Like the editors for MPEG2, there is also the problem of GOP-accurate or frame accurate. A GOP of MPEG2 may have 15~30 frames each, but a AVCHD GOP could be seconds in duration. So, simply cut on the GOP boundary may lead to a miss of several seconds, that would be not acceptable for many users.</p> <p>WYSIWYG, also spelled as What You See Is What You Get, has long been a standard demand for modern softwares. We will surely take this as a normal requirement. Hard to imagine, when a user defined a cut point on the time line, but the output is 3 seconds away from that point.</p> <p>Because of the longer GOP it has, AVCHD will ask for more accurate editing tools. That is why the frame accuracy will be necessary to the industry.</p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-editor-wanted#post-50587 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:14:39 +0000 EarlC 50587@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Not all wedding video producers are "desperate wedding videographer(s)" as there are many who may be placed in a more tenable category than perennially acerbic zoobie tends to imply. I really do not understand zoobie's tendency to almost always use negative-sounding responses in most post replies on the Videomaker forums.</p> <p>Many in the video production field elect to focus entirely on offering editing services, making this their business model rather than opting for being all things (like me) and including shooting, editing and producing video. There are plenty of non-desperate professionals who prefer to shoot only, edit only, or even produce/package with quality graphic design and mass production capabilities in limited quantities more affordable and practical to independent video services providers opting for sub-contract arrangements.</p> <p>It is a personal insult, as well as industry-wide insult, to lump people open to offering editing and other specific services into a "desperate wedding videographer" category when many have developed a solid business model that incorporates wedding and event video production alongside a valid duplication, editing or other side to their business.</p> <p>While this does not address your desires and needs by specifically offering contacts with whom you can negotiate services, I felt a need to point out that desperation isn't a significant factor in finding them. And, while I personally do not focus on Craig's List or other similar forums for acquiring the business I pursue, I realize that in spite of the "desperation" factor many postings there and on the Knot and other places would tend to imply, not all are such.</p> <p>Use some respect, zoobie, when referring to people in the video industry who maybe do not always climb to the heights to which you aspire, or belong in an elite category in which perhaps you have placed yourself in a moment of misguided narcissism. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-editor-wanted#post-50579 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 11:13:35 +0000 birdcat 50579@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Subcontracting out is an option but if someone is going to put their name on it and their reputation behind it, I would think they would at least want to record it themselves - If there is a problem with the editing, you could throw it out and start over with someone else - At least you are guaranteeing the source material. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-editor-wanted#post-50572 Fri, 04 Sep 2009 06:18:59 +0000 zoobie 50572@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You could probably sub-contract out the whole shabang to a desperate wedding videographer these days and not lift a finger </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-editor-wanted#post-50559 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 15:50:13 +0000 abhra_m 50559@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ </p> <p>I think a bit of both. I just moved to AVCHD but looks like I have more or less figured out that part. I was just hoping to get out more and run after business than sit in front of the computer you know. But i would still buy that Upshift, so thanks for that. </p> http://videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/avchd-editor-wanted#post-50557 Thu, 03 Sep 2009 07:46:41 +0000 zoobie 50557@http://videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I think you just want them converted. Editing would be a final production. Like birdcat said, just find a way to convert them to a more manageable format and use a free/older version editor.</p> <p>But if you actually wanted them edited into a final production, I'm sure there are tons of desperado wedding videographers out there getting ready to go out of biz that will take your money....with relish. </p>