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AVCHD on Premiere CS3
I just got a Panasonic HDC SD5 (AVCHD format) and I downloaded the Mainconcept MPEG Pro 3 plugin, which supports that format and Premiere CS3. However, playback is about 1/2 real time and jogging through the clip is quite slow, and even though my PC is not high end performance, but relatively fast (2.4 Intel Core 2 Duo, 4 GB of DDR2 Dual Channel RAM, Nvidia 7950 GT video). Does anybody here know of a better plugin that allows faster playback and jogging/shuttling on AVCHD?
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Cineform has a plug in that uses an intermediate codec for editing. The process takes time and tons of hard drive space before editing can begin.
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I ran into the same problem testing a Panasonic AVCHD camera.
There’s no great solution for this yet. Something to consider, might be to get a Black Magic Intensity card (about $250), and capture from the camera through HDMI to DVCProHD. This takes up a bit of space, but should allow normal editing. Another option would be to buy a Matrox RTX2 HD, which hit the street at about $1500. With this, you can capture through the analog RGB (YPbPr) HD inputs to MPEG2 I frame at anywhere from 50-100 Mbps, which is a little more manageable. It also gives you realtime effects. This also allows you to mix P2 footage with HDV, and whatever you decide to capture your AVCHD footage with, all in the same timeline without having to render non native footage or effects.
Those would be my suggestions.
Heath
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If you have Nero 7 Ultra you can use Nero Vision to convert AVCHD files to other formats such as MPEG-2 or AVI of some sort
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…OR… you could pick up Sony Vegas (even the Movie Studio version) which will edit AVCHD quickly and natively with no conversion, and no extra expensive hardware.
I’ve been trying to find a reason to use Adobe but with the lack of AVCHD support I as of yet, cannot. So until then I’m using a $99 version 9 of Vegas Movie Studio.
Another thought if you MUST edit in Adobe is to rough-cut it in Vegas and then render out the bits you want to use in your Adobe editor in something it can handle. It would be a $50-100 solution with a LOT less use of HDD space.
They have a free 30 day trial on their site.
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Sony Vegas doesn’t have a Mac version so if you work from a Mac don’t waste your time.
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