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converting AVCHD files to edit on a slower computer
Thanks Stephen, your render settings worked fine, but I had to use them this way……
I put the MTs(AVCHD) files in the timeline (which play back fine on my intel core 2 6600 chip 2.40 gz possessor with 3 gigs of RAM) but would not render without glitches and stuttering…SO, I converted the MTS files to MP2 in Sony vegas using your render settings (1440 x 1080 60i) using the default bit rate and settings. Then I rendered that to an MPG4 using those same render settings. The image looked quite good. I tested it and uploaded it to youtube and it played fine and looked great. I’ve read why it’s better to encode to a loss less format like AVI but I didn’t want to deal with huge files. For my purposes (Youtube videos) I am quite happy with the results. I’ve read about the programs that can replace the “proxy” video in the timeline with the original AVCHD files, but I don’t see that much need to do that. Converting from AVCHD to MPG2 dosen’t seem to create that much of a downgrade in picture quality. I also have the latest version of Vegas 10 pro version D (I think). There may be some way to do this in the program.
Anyone have any comments or suggestions.
I also have what I think might be a faster PC with an Intel pentium 4 CPU 3.20 GZ and one gig of RAM ( could always add more RAM) Is this more powerful than the PC I’m currently running Vegas on (intel core 2 6600 chip 2.40 gz possessor with 3 gigs of RAM)
But I don’t know if either PC will be fast enough to edit native AVCHD files either, So for now I will use this work around instead of buying a super fast computer. As everyone knows in a few years even those will be obsolete as I think cloud computing will grow very fast and become the standard way of using programs that demand a lot of computing power.
WHAT DO YOU THINK!
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you can try converting them to the sony .mxf format.. that also inputs
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Jerry
Not sure what the real question is, so I have assumed you are having issues editing AVCHD in your workflow.
One ‘solution’ is to buy the gruntiest CPU you can afford, typically an AMD Hexacore CPU or an Intel i7 generation 2 CPU.
Another is to create proxy files using the Vasst GearShift plug-in. It is ideally suited for what you are doing.
My system specs: Intel i7 970, 12GB RAM, ASUS P6T, Vegas Pro 10e (x32/x64), Windows 7 x64 Ultimate, Vegas Production Assistant 1.0, VASST Ultimate S Pro 4.1, Neat Video Pro 2.6
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