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Editing with AVCHD in Premiere
I recently purchased a Panasonic HMC150 camera which shoots in 1080p 24fps AVCHD. While the footage can be imported and viewed in Premiere, after inserting more than one or two clips it becomes disgustingly slow. Sometimes it can take up to ten minutes to cut two clips together. I have a Gateway FX7026 with an Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300. Its 64 bit and it has 4 gb of ram. Now, is it my computers fault it takes so long? Would more ram help to fix the problem? If not, what could it be?
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6 Replies
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The compression of AVCHD makes it a difficult codec to edit with on anything but the fastest machines.
A good option is to use an intermediate codec like Cineform.There are different variations of the product but I am sure there is one in your budget
read about it at Cineform.com
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I have an NVIDIA motherboard/upgraded NVIDIA video card, running at 3.4 MHZ with 4 GB RAM. CS4 handles AVCHD like an old XT running AV files. I think CS4 needs a huge FREE upgrade.
Terry Chambers
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Let’s be honest about AVCHD. It was a codec built for cheap camcorder that later be sent direct to DVD with little or no editing. Or in DSLR cameras, which again really aren’t targeted to pro videographers.
We do get the format from time to time but end up converting it to uncompressed. You could certainely use it on a high end quad core machine without issues, but its
nature just means processing power.A dual core probably won’t do a very good job. Single core CPU, forget it…
Vince Becquiot
Kaptis Studios
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Well, I’m currently installing the program that came with my camera (the HMC150PJU model comes with a free version of edius neo 2). I hear it can edit AVCHD natively, I’m not sure if that’s true but I know it certainly comes with a hefty conversion program.
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if u r using edius or premiere u can go for a capturing card of canopus ACEDVIO if ur format is DV or if ur footage is an HD u should capture through canopus HD capturing cards (visit the site)
or use a matrox RT2 for capturing the footage for optimum quality
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To use GV neo with avchd you need version 2.5(booster) available from Panssonic free if you quaify for the upgrade, or you can purchase 2.5 upgrade for$49 or less, or use cindform neo with Ppro an/or a fast machine.
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