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avchd
I am interested in a Sony HDR-CX520V camcorder. It records video in the AVCHD format. Is this a format I can capture to FCP the same way I captured DV?
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4 Replies
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I’m afraid that there is not native support yet for AVCH in FC.
The footage needs to be transcoded.
You can have a look to the doc ” Final Cut Pro 7 Professional Formats and Workflows”.
rafael -
I shoot AVCHD on a Panasonic HMC 150, and I log and transfer instead of log and capture into any supported format I want. While it is not as optimal as using something like Sony Vegas where you just bring in the AVCHD without transcoding, I still end up with a very high quality choice of format to bring it into. ProRes “standard” works fine. I was using Prores HD but it’s not worth the extra file size unless you are attempting to show your work on huge screens in a movie house. Most of us aren’t. Determine your output needs, then transcode appropriately. Logging has it’s advantages, as you can discipline yourself to capture only what you need. Also building a log file to share with clients is very useful.
I wish that I could just bring it in without transcoding. I’ve been pondering going back to Vegas for that reason, as the transcoding process doubles the storage you need for your video efforts, but support of external drives, etc. in Windows has always led me to blue screens of death. Apple has been so much more forgiving of various external devices by controlling the hardware as they do. While I really liked Vegas, and frankly hate my FCP workflow, the trade off in problems overall has been worth it…sigh…
Alf
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I have to confess I haven’t actually used this product yet, but perhaps this may help.
https://www.clipwrap.com/overview.php
The latest version of Media 100 Suite supports ingesting of AVCHD files using ClipWrap.
Gary
This is me – this is what I do – https://web.mac.com/garymmw
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I had no idea that ClipWrap now supported AVCHD.
This can be a very good solution.
rafael
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