Canon XA-10 AVCHD format.

[Joseph Tessier]

Scott,
Don’t have SV 9.0c but it works with Vegas Pro 10 & 11. I use this cam at its highest setting (MXP) and it saves to .MTS files on the internal flash memory. I connect to my PC via the included USB cable and drag the files over. I’m able to edit with no problems. In fact, the raw MTS files off the cam play directly with Windows Media Player as well.

JPaul

System Specs: I7 3.8 Ghz Quad Core 16GB Ram Win 7 Home Prem 64 VP 10/11 x64

[Scott Francis]

I have two of the G10, which is the same camera without the XLR inputs. It works really well in SVP 10 and 11, footage is AWESOME with the highest setting. The only issue you may have is if you are doing longer shoots, the camera limits file size at 2GB, and you will have multiple files for a longer that 17mins shoot. I hate this and am still wondering why they are still doing this. They do not always seam well and can drop a frame or audio….with that said, I work around this and love the cams!!

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[Angelo Mike]

I shoot on Canon Vixia HF S21s, which seems pretty similar to the XA-10, and it shoots to AVCHD. AVCHD takes up a lot of processor power, and each version of Vegas seems to get better at running AVCHD footage faster. Unless you have a super powerful machine (and even then, because you’re not using 10 or 11, though 11 still has enough bugs where you should wait to purchase it) you’re going to have footage stutter in preview, especially if you add any effects.

What I used to do is run the footage through Cineform to turn it into avi, which also brought up the chroma subsampling to 4:2:2. The files are huge, though, but they play very smoothly on Vegas 9. Vegas 10 and 11, however, have had major problems running Cineform avi footage for me and have crashed constantly. 11 even sets all my avi footage to the wrong pixel aspect ratio.

Anyways, yes, you can run AVCHD. You should have a very fast computer and Vegas 10 to run it well.

http://www.scenethroughglass.com

[Scott Francis]

11 works pretty well for me, no more buggy than 10 for me. The GPU rendering is a but messy, but you can bypass that….overall….I would jump…

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[Joseph Tessier]

[Scott Francis] “The only issue you may have is if you are doing longer shoots, the camera limits file size at 2GB, and you will have multiple files for a longer that 17mins shoot.”

Ouch! I plan to shoot multiple cams for a 1-hour plus show (using XA10 and M41). From what you are reporting, I may need to resynchronize every 17 minutes – doable but annoying!

JPaul

System Specs: I7 3.8 Ghz Quad Core 16GB Ram Win 7 Home Prem 64 VP 10/11 x64

[Angelo Mike]

The Vixia HF S21 breaks up files into 2 GB as well, but the workaround is simple. I installed the transfer utility disc and use that to transfer files instead of dragging and dropping them to my computer. That automatically combines them without dropping frames (which is what always happens when I try to group them from the 2 GB files).

http://www.scenethroughglass.com

[Scott Francis]

What transfer utility are you using? I tried the one that came with the cams and it did not re-combine them….any help here for me is also appreciated!!
Thanks

Scott Francis
Mind’s Eye Audio/Video Productions

[Jim Greene]

If you can’t get the transfer utility to work, then combine them using the Windows command line to do a binary combine. I used to have the Panny HMC-150 and needed to do this. Go to Windows “Start/Run”, then type “cmd” to go to a command prompt. Then change to the drive and directory where your files are located, then use this:
copy file1 + file2 + file3 combined_file

where file1 through fileX (as many as you need) are the camera files, and combined_file will be the concatenated file of all the camera files. Caveat is you need to be sure each camera file is actually one that needs concatenation. So a 3 minute camera file would not, but those at 4GB most likely are.

-Jim.

[Joseph Tessier]

Mike & Jim,
Thanks for your invaluable info. I can breathe a bit easier.

JPaul

System Specs: I7 3.8 Ghz Quad Core 16GB Ram Win 7 Home Prem 64 VP 10/11 x64

[Scott Harmon]

Thank you for the reply. I work with a youth drama team and $2000 is a whole lot for me to budget. just wanted to know before i got the camera. Really looking forward to plug straight into my board.

Guess I’ll take the leap of faith and buy it. have a Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year.

Scott