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AVCHD to ProRes Benchmarks FCP7 — MUCH FASTER!
My 2.8Ghz 8-core Mac Pro with FCP7. From AVCHD files on FW800 drive and Macs running 10.5.7
ProRes Proxy – 3x real-time
– 4 minute clip in 1:24ProRes SQ – 2.26x real-time
– 4 minute clip in 1:46ProRes HQ – 2x real-time
– 4 minute clip in 2:00All 8-cores in activity monitor maxed out.
On a 3Ghz 8-core machine with FW800 with FCP 6.0.6
ProRes SQ – real-time
– 4 minute clip in 4:03So FCP 7 makes import twice as fast as it used to.
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
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Nice!
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Very nice! If only we used AVCHD… 😉
How’s the CPU load for general operations, say a few CC filters?
Erik Lindahl
Freecloud Communication
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[Erik Lindahl] “Very nice! If only we used AVCHD… 😉 “
The only AVCHD camera I use if for home movies! I’ll actually start editing some of those now!
-Russ
Russell Lasson
Colorist/Digital Cinema Specialist
Color Mill
Salt Lake City, UT
http://www.colormill.net -
Wake me when FCP can import it natively like Premiere Pro can.
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I’m sorry if this is the wrong topic to post in, if you want me to open a new topic please say so.
I’m looking into buying a budget pro-sumer camera and I pretty much narrowed my options down to the JVC GY-HM100 and Panasonic AG-HMC151 (euro version of the HMC150). The Panasonic is the better camera but is AVCHD whilst the JVC’s files can be handled natively in FCP, which would benefit the projects I intend to use the camera for.
Basically I’m looking for arguments that can help me making a decision. All the camera guys I talked to recommend the Panasonic, but what would you as a FCS3 users say? Would these faster transfer times of AVCHD make it more interesting to choose the Panasonic?
(Right now I’m still running FCS2 because I need to end a few running projects first).
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That is nice the speed… But what it is good for if the picture isn’t clear? there is still this “strobe effect” going on? but why?
is I take the sd card out of my canon hf100 and put it in a sd reader on the plasma tv it is fine.. the motion is fluent and it is clear. but i I record it to mac the motion starts to jump a bit…?? Why apple can’t handle the AVCHD codec correctly? Friend of my used pinacle on windows and there it was ok.. Fluent just like on the tv… But if I put it in FCP it is corrupted.. and i tried all settings and just could not get it clear..
Any body has an idea??THX
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More difficult, I do not really know, ha ha
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I know a step by step guide on how to convert AVCHD to ProRes with almost no loss of video and audio quality at https://videoconverter-software.blogspot.com/2012/02/how-to-convert-avchd-mtsm2tm2ts-to.html
It helps to:
Convert and import all kinds of AVCHD including DVD-based AVCHD, high definition AVCHD, standard definition AVCHD to Final Cut Pro HD/6.0/7/X no matter the Mac is Intel-based or not and not matter the AVCHD camcorder is USB connected or by via of FireWire.
Convert AVCHD with the file extension of .mts to ProRes422/4444, .mt2s to Propes 4444/422, .mt2s to Propes 4444/422.
Convert AVCHD in 1080-line 50-frame/s and 60-frame/s modes (AVCHD Progressive) and stereoscopic video (AVCHD 3D) to ProRes.
Convert AVCHD videos recorded from Sony HXR-NX5U/HDR-AX2000/HDR-SR10/ HDR-XR105E/HDR-CX560/DCR-DVD908E/DCR-SR60E/DCR-SR82E/DCR-SR300E to Apple ProRes.
Convert AVCHD to Apple ProRes from Panasonic DMC-GH2/Panasonic AF-100/Panasonic HDC-SD900/AG-HSC1UP/HDC-TM900/HDC-HS900/Lumix DMC.
Convert AVCHD to ProRes from Canon Vixia HF/HF10/HF100/HFS200/HFS10/HG10/HG-21.
Convert JVC Everio GZ-HD320/GZ-HM400/HDD/GY-HM100U AVCDH to ProRes.Hope it helps more or less
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