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AVCHD to MPEG2 High Quality
Just got Adobe Creative Suite 4 and a AVCHD camcorder. Was hoping to avoid performance issues with Premiere Pro but unfortunately could not find a smooth playback solution with working with AVCHD material except, to buy a new graphic card and a faster PC. With that said, I want to start a project and have fun. Any setting recommedations in Adobe Media Encoder to convert my AVCHD files to the next best quality and edit/effects friendly? Footage captured with Sony HDR-Xr500V 1080 60i. Tried AVCHD 1080 60i to Mpeg2 HDTV 1080i 29.97 high quality- looks good and plays nice in Pro. Let me know if I am missing anything b/f I convert them all and start editing. Final output- standard dvd and vimeo HD website post. (Computer Specs in Signature)
Adobe Creative Suite 4
PC-Intel Quad Core 2.40 GHZ
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Ram: 8GB
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS
Sound: Mackie Onyx 1620
Cam: Sony HDR-XR500V AVCHD 1080 60i -
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Hi Todd,
You might wish to look into an intermediate codec such as Cineform NeoScene that is specifically designed for what you want to do. This will provide excellent quality AND a smooth workflow in Premiere.
Jeff Pulera
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I’m a very good IATSE film-cum-video editor. However, I must admit that my eyes can barely spot the difference between VHS and DigiBeta
tape. I will be doing a “student” feature shot on AVCHD, and which may possibly be transferred to film for theatrical release. I need to know to what extent, if at all, will the conversion via NeoScene
degrade the original. editorterry@aol. -
I am going to try the trial version this weekend. I will be converting a AVCHD file from my sony hdr-500 and see if I can witness quality loss. It is my mission to find that happy balance of smooth workflow and quality-at least until I am ready to build my next supermachine computer that can handle these huge files during editing and special effects.
Adobe Creative Suite 4
PC-Intel Quad Core 2.40 GHZ
OS: Windows 7 64-bit
Ram: 8GB
Video: NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS
Sound: Mackie Onyx 1620
Cam: Sony HDR-XR500V AVCHD 1080 60i -
Burn AVCHD Lite Videos to iDVD on MAC with AVCHD Lite Converter
After a video project has been completed in Final Cut Pro and exported using Compressor, it still needs to be fashioned into a DVD. This process, called [b]authoring[/b], is handled in the Final Cut Pro suite by Apple’s DVD Studio Pro software. The iDVD is for sure able to burn all the projects created by Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express. But sometimes we just want to save the editing process and create DVD project in iDVD with the footages shot by [b]Panasonic AVCHD Lite Cameras[/b] including Panasonic DMC-ZS3/DMC-FT1/DMC-TZ7, Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2, Lumix DMC-FZ35/38, Lumix DMC-TZ10/ZS7, Panasonic Lumix DMC-FX75, Panasonic LX5, LEICA D-LUX 5, LEICA V-LUX 2.. To our disappointment, mostly the iDVD refuses to load these videos. Why should this happen? Well, the Panasoninc AVCHD Lite camcorders basically save footages in [b]AVCHD Lite[/b] formats, which are not acceptable for iDVD. But we know that the iDVD works well with MPG and MP4 format, so all we need is to convert these troublesome [b]AVCHD Lite Videos to iDVD[/b] compatible format with [b]Brorsoft MAC AVCHD Lite Converter[/b] for further authoring and burning.
Now let’s focus on the conversion. Many video transcoding tools on market are able to convert AVCHD Lite videos, but [b]Brorsoft AVCHD Lite Converter for MAC[/b] must be our optimal choice for its considerate profile options and adjustable video and audio parameters (resolution, bitrate, framerate, audio channels etc) and flexible editing facilities (trim, crop, watermark, audio replace, etc). In the following guide I would like to share with you some tricks of [b]converting AVCHD Lite videos for iDVD authoring and burning on MAC.[/b]
[b]Step 1[/b]. Load Panasonic 720p AVCHD Lite Videos to Brorsoft MAC AVCHD Lite Converter.
Connect Panasonic AVCHD Lite Camera such as Panasonic DMC-LX5 camera to iMac or Macbook and transfer 720p AVCHD Lite footages from camera SD, SDHC or SDXC Memory Card to Apple hard drive. Run [b]Brorsoft Mac AVCHD Lite Converter[/b] as the best Mac Panasonic AVCHD Lite Converter and then click Add button to import files to be converted.[b]Step 2[/b]. Choose MPEG-2 Video(.mpg) as output format for [b]iDVD authoring[/b].
Select the items to be converted, and click on ‘Format’ bar and select Common Video->MPEG2 Video (*.mpg) in the pull-down list. You are not recommended to choose the HD formats, as I mentioned above, the Full HD is for blu-ray disc, not standard DVD.
Video: mpeg2video, 960*540p, 9800kbps, 29.97fps
Audio: mp2, 44.1khz, 128mbps, 6 channels[b]Step 3[/b]. Start AVCHD Lite video to MPG Conversion for iDVD.
Hit Convert button, the [b]AVCHD Lite video to iDVD[/b] friendly MOV conversion will be started immediately. After conversion you can click the ‘Open’ button to locate converted video files.For more information please refer to: [b] Burn AVCHD Lite videos to DVD with iDVD for Mac[/b]
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