http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ Videomaker Community Forums » Tag: avi - Recent Posts en Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:25:37 +0000 http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing/page/2#post-69996 Fri, 05 Aug 2011 20:17:03 +0000 Ian James Smith 69996@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> 'Kate59588': Just to update a previous posting, I have been carrying out a similar process to the one you mentioned, using h264, which gives small files and very good results. The original footage was in 16:9 aspect-ratio, squeezed to 720 x 576px, as is usual. Using 'Virtualdub', I uncompressed the footage to a format of 1024 x 576, as I understand that is what my camcorder 'saw' originally. To eliminate any losses I set the 'sharpness' setting very low (eg '22') and recorded the stuff back to AVI type-2.</p> <p> From there, TMPGEnc 'Video Mastering Studio 5' did all subsequent processing, upscaling to 1280 x 720 in x264 with aac audio. The original footage in DV AVI was pretty good to start with and seems to have lost little in the upscaling. The tad of extra sharpness, in fact, has added noticeable detail which originally 'wasn't there'. I am not kidding myself that what I have produced is 'High Definition'; I know it isn't, but it's damned good 'SD' for all that. By the way, why I used 'Virtualdub', (which might seem a bit on the 'steampowered' side), is because it has an excellent monitor which allows side-by-side viewing of the outcomes. There you are actually ABLE to see the extent of any improvements; not so, with most monitors.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/exporting-to-avi-takes-forever#post-69653 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:11:58 +0000 pseudosafari 69653@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Yeah, I have upgrade to CS5.5.  I can't wait!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/exporting-to-avi-takes-forever#post-69651 Sat, 23 Jul 2011 10:57:43 +0000 Charles Schultz 69651@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Psuedosafari, you will love the GPU rendering, takes a good chunk out of the render time. </p> <p> </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/exporting-to-avi-takes-forever#post-69643 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:06:48 +0000 pseudosafari 69643@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>oh, also--try taking 18 mins worth of different clips ALL SHOT WITH THE SAME CAMERA (which would therefore likely have the same codec) and rendering that into one file, about that same length.  i bet that will render much more quickly.</p> <p>i could be wrong here but i really think it's just taking time due to different codecs.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/exporting-to-avi-takes-forever#post-69642 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 11:04:17 +0000 pseudosafari 69642@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>each of those .AVI files could be a different codec, requiring all kinds of time to sort out and code into a new file.  i'd bet that's what it is.</p> <p>try taking one of them and rendering just that one clip into a new clip.  if it renders pretty quickly, then your software is probably okay.  it's probably slowed down by the large number of clips and different formats.  this is what makes fast computers, lots of RAM, and CS5's ability to use the video card to render, too, so appealing.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/exporting-to-avi-takes-forever#post-69640 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:54:44 +0000 BruceMol 69640@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I use CS3 too and have experienced those types of render times depending on the avi source, the project settings, the computer speed, the RAM, the hard drive speeds, the desired output quality and stuff like that. Do you understand what avi means and what is involved in rendering?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/exporting-to-avi-takes-forever#post-69638 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 07:21:01 +0000 Gonzalo 69638@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi guys,</p> <p>First of all, I'm new in the world of video editing. I got myself a copy of Adobe Premiere CS3 and I'm trying to figure out how this stuff works. The first thing I'm trying to do is to put several .AVI clips I have together in another .AVI file, so after dragging the clips to the time bar in the bottom, I hit "export" and choose to save it in AVI format. The thing is that this operation takes almost two hours! The final clip is only 18 minutes long. Shouldn't it take much shorter, given that the only thing I'm doing is joining seven AVI clips into one?</p> <p>Thanks guys.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/final-cut-pro-exporting-in-terrible-quality-regardless-of-settingsformat#post-68824 Mon, 20 Jun 2011 10:06:05 +0000 Joey Studio 68824@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I'm having a problem which may or may not have been plaguing my small studio since day one. Every video that we edit in Final Cut Pro exports in MUCH lower quality than it was when it was imported, not only that, the file size of the newly exported video is several times the size of the original. What I end up getting is a file too large for our clients to email around. We recently had a client come into our studio with a flash drive full of 15 second avi's no larger than 900 KB, he wanted a few of them edited together with simple cross fade transitions, and even a few seconds of dead space cut out. He needed them to be the highest quality possible for a powerpoint presentation he may now be unable to give. At first I exported them as Uncompressed avi's, best quality, thousands of colors, and no sound. The resulting file was not only blurrier, but now 260.5 MB!! And that one was with zero edits! The original was 803 KB and crystal clear. So after that I decided to try a few tests. We also produce a bi-weekly hour-long local television show, which looks fine on television but now I'm wondering how much better it could and should look. I've been exporting that out as a Quicktime, Apple ProRes 442 HQ, Interlaced bottom-field-first, zero filters, both compressor native and NTSC 720 X 480. I attempted this method on the client's original 803 KB with zero edits and not only did it export a completely unusable video compared to the original, but it was now 57.1 MB. What is going on here? Is Final Cut conspiring against me?</p> <p><a href="http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/87/screenshotofavis.png/" rel="nofollow">http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/87/screenshotofavis.png/</a></p> <p>This was after I created a new project, made the sequence settings into Apple ProRes lt 30p under the audio/video settings in Final Cut, and exported it as the same with 'current' dimensions (it was listed as 850X637, maybe that was the original?) Although I did have to render the original avi itself once it was placed in the timeline which you shouldn't have to do if the setting is the same as the clip. I guess there's no way to know exactly what sort of avi my original file is so I can match my sequence to it? The 'more info' (to be fair im sort of used to 'properties') leaves something to be desired..</p> <p>Thanks everyone. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing/page/2#post-66848 Thu, 31 Mar 2011 13:20:29 +0000 Ian James Smith 66848@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Although I feel a bit of a traitor, since it has served me well, I am at last moving beyond the 720 x 576 format, (in case you wondered, I am talking New Zealand and PAL_B here), and I have been looking for a means of modernising my setup. Unfortunately, I am caught more than halfway through a long-term undertaking, a documentary series covering the entire coastline of the province (of NZ), where I live, now into its sixth year and 96th DVD of source material. Being 'far from civilisation', and having, until recently, belonged to a club which thinks video is going to meander along forever based upon the 4 x 3 aspect-ratio and the memers' 'steam-powered' methods of achieving it', I have had to do a lot of lateral thinking to secure the results I want; eg an easy pathway to having everything, (good quality standard footage included), upscaled to 1920 x 1080. Here is the outcome of some of my 'lateral thinking' on the subject.</p> <p> Beginning with the premise that the outcome should determine the method, where possible, I have settled upon  non-standard 'custom' format of my own, 960 x 540. Does that ring a bell? Linearly, it is exactly half the pixel-count in both directions, of 1920 x 1080, my desired outcome. Each square pixel, then, multiplies itself by four, making the easiest possible (if rather slow), going for 'h264' (the programme), which does the 'grunty' part of the upscaling. To create a 960 image, puts the camera output, (which has been compressed into 720 x 576), back to where it started out. I arrived at that figure both by calculation, and my experiences from having to adapt some still graphic images to fit seamlessly into an editor's timeline, with the minimum of fuss, as they, of course, had not been laterally compressed as had been the video images. 960 x 540 was where they came-out correctly with the aspect-ratio intact, although many dimensions of the correct 'x to y' ratio will also work.</p> <p> First-up the image is adjusted slightly, it has 18px lopped off top and bottom, to bring it to the exact 16:9 aspect-ratio and the correct dimensions to be an easy upscale. I have used 'Virtualdub' for both of these functions, eg the cropping, and the re-scaling. </p> <p> The problem then arises as to when to best do the cropping and processing. I feel it makes good sense to do at least 'chapters' and if the features are not overly long, say seven to 20 minutes, which is what my production breaks down into in a 'modular' fashion, possibly doing the complete conversion process on the finished product. If need be, the video/audio streams may be separated for this, and re-multiplexed afterwards. By my reckoning it makes very good sense to do it that way and so, instead of prematurely transcoding shots to mpg2 as I used to do, it pays to keep footage as DV AVI as long as possible, to keep 'Virtualdub' happy. Because most editing software, (at least at the level I am able to afford), goes 'tits-up' when confronted by DIY formats, it is best, in my experience, not to antagonise it by calling upon it to edit and render images in 960 x 540, however, as a final encoding, free of the restraints of the timeline, there should be no problem. If all else fails, it is likely TMPGEnc will be able to help with re-encoding using 'custom' settings. (For those of an inquiring frame-of-mind, AVS editing software from Britain, does at least accept 960 x 540 for editing, but my experiments have not yet gone beyond that). </p> <p> The techniques I have described are well into the advanced stages of being proven and my only worry is that 'Virtualdub' might 'choke' and fall over on really ambitious processes, with consequent crashes. So, experiments continue.</p> <p>The time taken to process, of course, will make 'over-nighters' almost inevitable rendering-wise, so it is best to simply go off-to-bed and leave the computer to-it.</p> <p> If you wonder why I went this way about the process? I had been brought up on 'widescreen', from my film days and anamorphic lenses. I foolishly started my documentary series in 4 x 3 aspect-ratio to keep in uniformity with other members of the club I belonged to. That left me with some hours of footage which had to be cropped back to 'widescreen' dimensions using 'GIMP', which for all that I love it to bits, is a bit of a grisly thing to have to contemplate when it comes to dealing with some hours of footage. The method I have described, grew out of a lot of experience of having 'widescreened' 4 x 3 and is an adaptation of a process I have carried out many times, only 'Virtualdub' makes it a whole lot easier.</p> <p> Ian Smith - Dunedin, New Zealand</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>   </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing/page/2#post-66666 Fri, 25 Mar 2011 02:52:41 +0000 birdcat 66666@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Anton - </p> <p>Long answers are very good as they contain much needed detail.</p> <p>On my SR11 I do not have MXF files (there are CPI files which I believe contain the clip information) and the raw MTS files (or MPG if recording in SD).</p> <p>What I was speaking of concerning the missing audio is a glitch (the only one I've run across) in the design of these cameras (SR11/SR12) that Robert pointed out - When recording longer segments, the camera breaks the video into maximum 2GB files and has a very small gap in the audio between each.</p> <p>I am unaware of any files on the camera which contain this missing audio and, as in Robert's case, I was curious where the MTSMERGER program acquired this missing data from.</p> <p>As for the MXF files, I was under the impression that Panasonic's flavor differs from others - I know there are NLE's that cannot read them natively (look here for a solution to that problem: <a href="http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hurwicz_michael/vegas8_raylight.php">http://library.creativecow.net/articles/hurwicz_michael/vegas8_raylight.php</a>),</p> <p>Concerning the color tweaking - I have not noticed significant differences in my NLE (Sony Vegas Pro 8) in color correcting between the HD M2T files (output from UpShift's MTS conversion) and my old captured SD AVI files.  (But that could just be these old eyes...).</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing/page/2#post-66660 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 10:38:26 +0000 tvc1598 66660@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> Birdcat,</p> <p>On my HMC150, if I import the entire folder of AVCHD files, it should import the metadata as well which includes MXF files (and tells where to span the video files from one to the other).  When I do this, I have no gap in Audio or Video.  However, if I simply import the clips from the clip folder, I have to merge them separately and do experience a little gap in the Audio and Video.</p> <p>One thing I think is important to remember about AVCHD and it being compressed is that Color tweaking in Post is more limited than uncompressed footage.  Those who are used to the feature coming from DV SD footage may be sorely disappointed.   When you shoot with AVCHD, it is ultra important to get the shot right.  </p> <p>In terms of the Adobe suite, I started with CS4 shortly after purchasing my HMC150 a little over two years ago.  version 4 was glitchy when working with AVCHD natively and I often experienced freezes and hangups..  However, when 4.1 update was released, most of these problems went away for me.   I was sorely disappointed with the performance of 4.0 and even made calls to my camera vendor (Who in turn put me in touch with the Panasonic rep who in turn put me in contact with a developer from Adobe).  He is the one who pushed me to do the update to 4.1 and I was absolutely ecstatic with the results.  Granted, I was using a Core I7 920 with 6 Gig of RAM at the time.</p> <p>When CS5 came out, I took the plunge and upgraded.   I also upgraded to 12 Gig of RAM as well as got myself a Nvidia GTX285.   The results for native editing were indeed astounding.  I am able to apply many transitions and filters and am able to preview them without having to render first and this saves me much time.   However, when it comes time to transcode to a different format for output (Through Media Encoder), This is where time is not saved, It still has to decompress the AVCHD footage and in turn, causes longer transcoding times.  Because of the nature of GPU processing (it could be described as "Quick and dirty" in terms of video rendering), it works for preview but actual transcoding is done by the computer processor.   </p> <p>Still, with mercury, time is saved by not having to transcode to edit easily.  It truly is convenient and though I still have long transcoding at the end, It really does make my workflow easier because I don't have as many "Intermediary transcoding" when applying filters or transitions to see how they look.  not only, Mercury makes it much easier to do PIP editing with AVCHD because it pretty much emulates the look on the fly (Again without having to render an edit to see how it looks).  </p> <p>I also work with Final Cut Pro at work and though all AVCHD is logged and transferred into the Pro Res medium, it seems to be a much quicker procedure of transcoding with less processing power.  The only disadvantage is that the transcoded footage is about 3 to 4 times larger in file size than the AVCHD footage.  Maintaining a larger data drive will be important for project performance and management.  </p> <p>All in all, one thing I often see overlooked in terms of Video editing performance on a PC is "dealing with Fragmentation".  Before I do a long transcode, I always defragment the drive first.  Severe fragmentation from copy large files here and there severely slows performance when it comes to transcoding large files.  To ensure quick transcoding, I always suggest defragmenting before you perform the transcode (or even render).  </p> <p>I did, as a precautionary measure, purchase Cineform and sometimes do use it (especially when combining footage from my HMC150, HMC40 and my 5d MK II).  It just keeps everything in the same preset workflow and makes things much smoother.  Other times, I will just simply edit the AVCHD footage natively. </p> <p> </p> <p>Hope this wasn't too much for my first post! </p> <p>Sincerely,</p> <p>Anton</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing/page/2#post-66649 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:02:25 +0000 birdcat 66649@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Robert - </p> <p>I guess my question would be where does it get the missing audio.</p> <p>I can crossfade in my NLE so the sound appears contiguous (although that is not optimal) or live with the approx half second audio gap - As I said, I usually pause every so often so I don't run up against this often.</p> <p>I will look up the MTSMERGER though - Thanks for the tip.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing/page/2#post-66647 Thu, 24 Mar 2011 00:00:19 +0000 Robert 66647@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Addendum/Correction to Birdcat : File is actually MTSMERGER.exe</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-66646 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:56:41 +0000 Robert 66646@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p><strong>First to XTR-91</strong>: No... during recording, say of a 2-hr event, the AVCHD SR-11/12 records in only 2GB segments, and then produces a gap of a few seconds to sort of mess up continuity before continuing its recording operation. The camcorder was never turned off or lets you know this is happening....it just records in segments, which you discover when you place the clips on the timeline to edit.  </p> <p><strong>Now for Birdcat </strong>: The good news is I just found the lost application that solves this problem of joining the segments. It is called .... MTSMERGE.exe   A great way to input all the 2-GB segments and the FREE app nicely links them together into one clip, which of course in shooting, was the intention all along. So that would seem to solve the segmentation problem. I plan on getting into editing that long one tomorrow, and I'll get back if I discover any problems.  BTW, some HD camcorders do this segmentation-recording in 4-GB segs, but either way, when doing long form video editing, that needs to be continuous, that little habit is a real nuisance.  So merging the clips is a real necessity.  </p> <p><strong>But back to the M2T file conversion</strong>, I really need to see if that conversion codec is available in CS5 Encoder, because every filter or cosmetic correction I add now to the MTS video stream takes "forever" to render, compared to good ole' DV.  So much complexity here, that it is difficult to even scrub thru the clip before rendering.  Hence, if a different file is going to be easier to edit, and we can still retain original resolution and clarity, etc.  - that should be a good way to go.   </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-66640 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 19:25:12 +0000 XTR-91 66640@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>You mean your video editing can't occupy more than 2GB of RAM?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-66633 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:40:34 +0000 birdcat 66633@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Robert - </p> <p>You are correct in the 2GB gap - I usually pause before I reach that limit but it has bitten me before.  I haven't heard of anything to solve this but it hasn't been high on my list as I try to keep clips 10 minutes or less (easier editing).</p> <p>As for batch mode, UpShift allows you to specify a directory, and will convert all files therein, sequentially, until they're all done - I've done 15-20GB at a clip when needed, albeit it took about a day on my box.</p> <p>And yes, the M2T files are also 16:9, square pixel.  Sony Vegas Pro reads the M2T files natively (it is lightly compressed MPEG2).  If you have an issue with M2T, you can also look at GearShift from VASST which does something similar but outputs various formats.  <a href="http://store.vasst.com/store/vasst-software/gearshift.aspx">http://store.vasst.com/store/vasst-software/gearshift.aspx</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-66632 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:33:33 +0000 hmueller 66632@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I edit AVCHD with no problem in PP CS4. I would imagine with your system you would have a problem. The most reliable converter is NeoScene. It is not free but it really works. You can find it here <a href="http://www.cineform.com/neoscene/">http://www.cineform.com/neoscene/</a> Even with new software and fast computer it will make your life easier if you convert.</p> <p>Heidi</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-66630 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 11:23:57 +0000 Robert 66630@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hey Birdcat....thanks for the reinforcement of the many attributes of that camcorder design, too easily taken for granted ! Not being where I should be in the vernacular department, what is the "batch mode" you describe ? .... a partially processed timeline ?  And when you convert to M2T, do you retain the 16 x 9 A/R, (or 1.0 pixel ratio?)  I'm not sure if M2T is an option in Encoder ..... will need to check. And for that conversion, does the timeline content then edit any easier than if you leave it in AVCHD (MTS) mode ?</p> <p>Another issue I did not discuss is the slight nuisance of the SR-12 recording HD in 2-GB segments or clips. This is noticeable in long form video recordings, wherein a gap is produced after each 2-Gs of recording, disrupting desired continuity (without gaps). Coming to the rescue for this, I understand that an "MTS Merge" program is supposed to connect these clips and eliminate any discernible gap.  Are you familiar with that ?  I have yet to get that into motion, but something like that is going to be necessary if I am to combine SR-12 footage with a second camera, of some genre, and not miss a beat in sync. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-66621 Wed, 23 Mar 2011 02:37:47 +0000 birdcat 66621@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>Hi Robert - </p> <p>I too shoot with a SR11 (same camera, smaller hard drive).  I have had good luck with New Blue FX's UpShift (see comment above).  It converts MTS (AVCHD) to M2T (lightly compressed MPEG-2) which I edit easily in Sony Vegas.  It can be done in a batch mode, so I leave large conversions running overnight.</p> <p>FWIW - I loves me my SR11 (wish I had sprung for the extra HD space of the SR12) as it has many features of a true prosumer camera (manual focus &amp; exposure, Dolby 5.1, headphone jack, mic jack, optical image stabilization, HDMI out, 1/3" CMOS sensor, Zebra stripes, manual &amp; auto white balance, HD recording @ 1080i, large viewscreen,  etc...) for a (high end of) consumer price.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-66618 Tue, 22 Mar 2011 23:18:55 +0000 Robert 66618@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>If I might introduce myself as a dyed-in-the-wool PC Adobe Premiere user, CS5 to be exact, I can attest that CS5 does an okay job with native AVCHD, but truthfully, I have not yet tried long form video of an hour or more.  Computer is a quad AMD with 8-G of RAM, 3-GHz processing with Blackmagic Intensity Pro, and 64 bit. (No Mercury Engine).  </p> <p>I am reading that when the computer begins to choke, which appears to happen around 40-min. or so, I do wish to consider a conversion, if that will help.  If H.264 is best, or if DV-AVI can be done to retain the 16 x 9 A/R, does anyone know which might be best to minimize image quality loss or provide best editing, or both ?  There are many conversion options built into Premiere's Encoder, but no one suggests which is best for any particular circumstance. A lot of my long form video occurs in Wedding work, where I can easily have 2-hrs or more of raw footage. </p> <p>HD Camera, BTW, is a Sony HDR-SR-12, a real sweetheart single CMOS unit with a 120-G Hard Drive, and when 1080i footage is shot at FS speed, (a higher speed than the normal SP), the image, under good lighting, is completely comparable to what is put out with much more expensive and very high end HD camcorders. </p> <p>For me, one of the big treats in using this camcorder is that the AVCHD files, using a USB cord connected to the camcorder, can copy and paste video files directly into the computer without having to "capture" the footage at real time, which I have always had to do with my PD-150 SD-DV tape camcorder. </p> <p>If, however, to facilitate editing, I am advised to convert this footage to something else, I may need to trade the bullet of saved time for easier editing in another format after conversion. </p> <p>What would seem to be the best way to proceed ?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-63726 Wed, 24 Nov 2010 19:06:51 +0000 kate59588 63726@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I've had good results converting the .mts files to .mov, with the settings h.264, 12000kbps, 1280*720, 25fps, aac. The files look good on my Mac running Adobe Premiere, edit easily, and convert well to DVD format.</p> <p><a href="http://www.pavtube.com/hd-video-converter-mac/guide/how-to-convert-hd-video.html">http://www.pavtube.com/hd-video-converter-mac/guide/how-to-convert-hd-video.html</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-63319 Sun, 07 Nov 2010 22:01:26 +0000 mailber350 63319@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>DV-AVI is generally the format with less compression and quality loss. The way I am using to conert AVCHD video form my HD camcorder is using Aunsoft MTS Converter for Mac which is the easiest and fastest program I have ever used to accomplish AVCHD video conversion.</p> <p>Step 1. Import AVCHD files to this program.</p> <p>Step 2. Choose DV AVI format.</p> <p>Step 3. Convert VRO to DV AVI for Mac.</p> <p><a href="http://www.aunsoft.com/mac_avchd_to_dv_video_converter_convert_mts_m2ts_to_apple_dv/"><strong><a href="http://www.aunsoft.com/mac_avchd_to_dv_video_converter_convert_mts_m2ts_to_apple_dv/" rel="nofollow">http://www.aunsoft.com/mac_avchd_to_dv_video_converter_convert_mts_m2ts_to_apple_dv/</a></strong></a></p> <p>Quite easy to use.</p> <p>And the most satisfied one is its high quality of output video formats.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/if-i-convert-avchd-to-avi-files-can-i-core2duo#post-63062 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:47:38 +0000 roblewis56 63062@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>With Adobe Premier Elements 7 after you import your AVCHD  clips and hit ENTER the program renders (i.e converts) them to .avi so converting them ahead of time is irrelevant. </p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/if-i-convert-avchd-to-avi-files-can-i-core2duo#post-63056 Thu, 28 Oct 2010 18:09:00 +0000 mailber350 63056@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> If you would like to edit AVCHD in Adobe, you have to convert AVCHD to Adobe formats, like MOV, WMV or MPEG. Personally, I am using Aunsoft MTS Converter which is powerful in converting AVCHD/MTS video to other editable video formats, like MOV, AVI, WMV, MPEG, FLV, MKV, and etc.</p> <p>If you would like to do some simple editing, this program will satisfy you.</p> <p>The output vieo is in high quality without the high synchronization of video and audio.</p> <p><a href="http://www.aunsoft.com/mts-converter/">http://www.aunsoft.com/mts-converter/</a></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-62811 Tue, 19 Oct 2010 12:34:24 +0000 rebekahlmueller 62811@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p> are there any free AVCHD converters for macs?</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/good-avi-editor#post-62527 Wed, 06 Oct 2010 08:31:44 +0000 composite1 62527@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>If you're using Windows, Movie Maker is about cheap as it gets and it's specifically designed to work with AVI clips for basic cuts and transitions. On a Mac using iMovie I do believe you need an AVI converter to 'friendly up' the clips before you can edit them.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/good-avi-editor#post-62517 Tue, 05 Oct 2010 17:27:47 +0000 jedichickhas1 62517@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am using Camstudio for making some computer tutorial videos.</p> <p>I was wondering which free/low cost AVI video editor is best?</p> <p>I just want to edit 2 files together, and cut out segments.</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/best-settings-for-swf-online#post-62314 Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:03:11 +0000 XTR-91 62314@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I am looking to put any video that goes on my website in the SWF format? It seems like I've been able to do it in Vegas before, but now that my computer's crashed and I had to re-install, I cannot save in the SWF or FLV format.  I just want something handy where the user does not have to install software (or wait through long buffers).</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Is there anything free that will convert DV-AVI to SWF?</strong> <em>(p.s. I'd like it to add controls which their display can be turned off).</em></p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-57529 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 01:14:35 +0000 sirbobls 57529@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>so, i have purchased the HMC150, downloaded the panasonic recomended transcoder and started doing some testing, Great camera! </p> <p>now, i have noticed that when i have converted the file to a DV-AVI 16:9 video, i noticed that the video is fuzzier and a few pexils wider! for all of you who need to check this out, open your choice of NLE (i use vegas pro 9), drop the .mts video and the transcoded videos on the timeline and set up multicam edit or press play to see the video, you will see the difference in the video. </p> <p>i want to properly transcode the video to keep the same video quality, just as a DV-AVI for easy editing with another camera.  please check out to see what i am talking about, and help me figure this out!</p> http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/topic/convert-avchd-to-dv-avi-for-editing#post-57283 Sat, 10 Apr 2010 17:01:11 +0000 webvideo 57283@http://www.videomaker.com/community/forums/ <p>I use <a title="total video converter" href="http://www.effectmatrix.com/total-video-converter/">total video converter</a> converting first.  </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>E.M. Total Video Converter</strong> is a piece of<br /> extremely powerful and full-featured converter<br /> software that supports almost all video and<br /> audio  formats. The software is designed to<br /> convert video for your mobile video player as 3gp,<br /> mp4, PSP, PS3, iPod, iPhone etc and also VCD or DVD player,<br /> XBOX360.</p>