Best AVCHD converter/player?

[Matt Townley]

In no particular order, here are some that I know of to convert AVCHD on the cheap:

https://www.ifunia.com/avchd-converter-mac.html
https://www.wondershare.com/pro/dvd-converter.html

I also believe some of the later versions of Toast will convert AVCHD, but I believe I heard there was some type of “gotcha” or quirk with sync or something with that. Double check me there.

I’m sure there are other options if you just want to preview them.

[Michael Locke]

Thanks Matt,

I was hoping for a GH2 owner who possibly started with just the camera and no NLE: what did they do. Canon files play on Vista (WMP), and with Mpeg Streamclip, you can get by enough to see and set i/o. Bang for buck, I’d say Sony Vega for native codec with features.

ftp://ftp.panasonic.com/Pub/Panasonic/Drivers/PBTS/papers/AVCCAM%20Sony%20Vegas%20Pro%209%20white%20paper.pdf

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051M6I9O/ref=s9_simh_gw_p65_d0_g65_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-3&pf_rd_r=0Y58PSCRDF1WEACVFXTJ&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938811&pf_rd_i=507846

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0051M6IPI/ref=s9_simh_gw_p65_d0_g65_i2?pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_s=center-2&pf_rd_r=05CWDSE3YD9G4DKXAFKF&pf_rd_t=101&pf_rd_p=470938631&pf_rd_i=507846

unless they’ve made it less compatible since V9, it comes with Blue-Ray output too. PC only.

[Anders Larsen]

VLC (videolan.org) plays the .mts files from AVCHD just fine.

I don’t have a GH2, but I have a couple of different AVCHD-devices, and their files can all be played in VLC.