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  • AVCHD conversion with Voltaic and Log and Transfer

    Posted by Jerry Duvall on May 10, 2011 at 1:29 am

    Today I was experimenting converting AVCHD files with both Shedworx Voltaic and FCP Log and Transfer from the SD card. Can someone tell me why the Voltaic movie files are dramitically larger and take dramatically longer to convert than the Log and transfer method? Is What difference is there in quality, etc.? This is my first post here so forgive me if I have posted in the wrong area. Thanks

    Rafael Amador replied 15 years, 4 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Tom Wolsky

    May 10, 2011 at 3:47 am

    It depends on what the files are converted to. Why would you want to use Voltaic?

    All the best,

    Tom

    Class on Demand DVDs “Complete Training for FCP7,” “Basic Training for FCS” and “Final Cut Express Made Easy”
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  • Jerry Duvall

    May 10, 2011 at 11:09 am

    Hi Tom,

    Thanks for your reply. Maybe I should have prefaced my question with the fact that I this is the first time I have worked with AVCHD files, I’m very new to this. I had no knowledge of a preferred workflow for these files in FCP. In both Voltaic and L&G the conversion files were QT ProRes 422, but there was a hugh difference in the time it took to convert and the size of the converted file. As to why I used VoltaicHD, I was at a point where I was simply stumped on how to convert them.

    Again, thanks for your help,
    Jerry

  • Rafael Amador

    May 10, 2011 at 12:22 pm

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