Best software to view/offload SDHC cards?

[Cg Coffyn]

Thanks Patrick, I appreciate your thoughts! I’m surprised as well that somebody hasn’t created something really user friendly with a great workflow by now, dual platform. I’m guessing AVCCAM/AVCHD has not garnered much attention from the big video companies and developers since it’s not 100% focused on professionals in the industry.

[Erik Naso]

Hit the nail right on the head. AVCHD or the what they call the pro version AVCCAM really doesn’t have a pro user base large enough to support it. Or at least pay pro prices for it.

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[Cg Coffyn]

Funny thing is that I know there must be plenty of other non-profits like us that are trying to do the best we can professionally on limited budgets. AVCHD is great for that. So I think eventually someone will come to the fore and make it happen and I hope make a profit as well so that they last a loooong time. But in the meantime we’ll figure something out.

[Guy Mcloughlin]

For PC users like myself, our NLE software handles offloading with ease…

I use Sony Vegas Pro, so all I have to do is either connect the camera or plug the SD memory card in to a reader, then use the built-in Sony Device Explorer utility that allows me to selectively import individual clips or import them all if I want, and will then automatically transfer full length clips to our hard drives and maintain the AVCHD format.

The CineForm CODEC is very useful, but mainly as an editing CODEC, though you can use it to import clips, and it will automatically detect and remove telecine pull-down encoding that many consumer AVCHD cameras use to store 24p footage.

[Cg Coffyn]

Cool, FCPX also, as I mentioned earlier, has a superb and easy interface to view and transfer a few clips or all off a card, as I found in in my tests. BUT we switched from FCP7 to Premiere Pro for many reasons.

So ADOBE are you listening? We need you!!! 🙂

[Cg Coffyn]

It looks like a very cool answer is coming for Premiere Pro users. Check out a quick glimpse of Adobe Prelude:

https://www.philiphodgetts.com/2012/01/adobe-prelude/