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Can I Import HD footage as something else? I.e noraml dvd format.
Hello,
I have an awesome camera, Canon hf-s100. Great HD footage, I’m recording in p24 mode and a 24mbs. Size 1920×1080.
I have a crappy computer that just cannot work with this level of footage in premiere.
Is there another program you recommend maybe? I’m a PC user.
Or, can I simply import the footage as something else so that my computer can handle it? Such as normal dvd quality or will this no work because the source footage is hd?
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5 Replies
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To edit AVCHD format, you need CS4, and at least a quad core desktop. Laptops typically can’t handle the real time decode requirements for this format.
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Dang.
Ok, I’m going to sell my camera, and get another less high tech one.
Are there different level of hd footage?
I want to do hd but is there a “lower class” of hd?
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Instead of ditching your cam you might want to try a intermediate codec like Cineform’s NeoScene you can download a trial copy at cineform.com If you want to use it after trying you can get it for a $C at Videoguys.com
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Thanks for the help! This is all pretty new to me so is that software that you mentioned just a Avchd converter? Or is there a little more to it then just that?
I noticed that it does something with the 24p mode, which I shoot in.
Is there another software out that will do these same things?
Thanks in advance!
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Its a converter and a codec(intermediate) for editing, AVCHD is very processor intensive, and the intermediate codec releaves processor load and interpolates the 4.2.0 8bit video to 4.2.2 10bit video, it gives you a better color space to work in, the files are about twice the size, but no problem with Sata II drives, there are other NLEs that use other methods, like GV/Canopus’s HQ codec, it accomplishes the same thing but is proprietary to Edius.
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