avchd need to convert ,which file is best

1. william
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   Hi 

   I am new to video editing , and a bit confused already .

   I bought a avchd camcorder canon hf 200 , but my computer is to slow to edit , will buy a new computer later on , but I know now that it needs to be a fast one , so need to safe some money first 

   meanwhile I need still to work with what I have , so I guess the only solution is to convert the files

   My questions are : which files are best to use without loosing quality , and which program to use to convert them  

   for computer , will any quad core do the job , or does it need to be the i7, for non professional use

   thanks already William

    

   Posted 2 years ago #

2. Johnboy
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    get what you can afford, quad cores will do fine as long as you have a good amount of RAM as well.  Depending on what NLE Software you use, the video card may not matter in the end as some like Sony Vegas does not use the GPU for rendering.

   John

   Posted 2 years ago #

3. famering
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    If you want only to trim and merge AVCHD on a slow computer, you'd try Smart Cutter for DV and DVB.

   It is a Frame Accurate video editor. Especially, only small parts on start and end points will be re-encoded, the middle part will remain untouched. This gives highest speed while reserving highest video quality. It is just 'smart rendering'.

   You can even process HD H.264 on a pentium 1G computer with this.

   Posted 2 years ago #

4. birdcat
   Moderator

   

   I use AVCHD Upshift from VASST/New Blue FX.  It converts MTS files to M2T files which my Pentium 4 2.53GHz with 1GB RAM edits fine.

   Bruce Paul
   7Squared Productions
   http://www.7squared.com

   Posted 2 years ago #

5. jtan
   Member

   

   I use this Mod converter to convert avchd camcorder canon files to AVI, MPG, MPEG WMV, ASF, MP4, FLV, SWF, 3GP, MOV, M4V, XviD, VOB(DVD format), MKV, MP3, WMA, etc Video Audio files. It is not bad...

    

   Posted 2 years ago #

6. XTR-91
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   "My questions are : which files are best to use without loosing quality , and which program to use to convert them"

    

   The only way I know to convert the AVCHD files to a "more editable" format is converting the files to MPEG-2 or the MPEG-2 TS (transport stream) format. DV-AVI is standard definition only, where the "DV vs. HDV" term is used to express. As far as it goes for the best ease of editing with HD, editing with MPEG-2 is probably your best bet. Standard-def users (those who are used to editing DV-AVI) like to classify MPEG-2 as too highly compressed to edit, which in some regards they are correct. HD MPEG-2 will, however, provide you a better ease than editing the AVCHD content as it is.

   AVS Video Converter - http://www.avsmedia.com/AVS-Video-Converter.aspx

   Posted 2 years ago #

7. artspeck
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   http://www.cocoonsoftware.com/ for a free converter. No contest-simply the best

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   Posted 2 years ago #

8. vivili
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   U can convert the avchd files to many file formats for further editting, such as convert avchd to MOV, MPEG-4, DV, M4V, FLV, AVI, WMV, MPG, etc.

    

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   Posted 1 year ago #

9. coldwilson
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   you can try final mate  to trandfer videos to any format you want.especially when converted to MKV, this software can work in ahigh speed without lossless which means you can keep quandom quality of your video.

   Posted 7 months ago #

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