Preview playback stutters

Mike Kujbida
April 18, 2009 at 4:48 pm

AVCHD is extremely hard on any computer.
RAM means very little in this situation.
What kind of CPU do you have?

Most users run their Preview window at Preview/Auto and get decent playback results.
Jeff Mcguire
April 19, 2009 at 12:15 am

Mike

Since you’re the second person who commented on the AVCHD footage, I decided to purchase the UpShift program from NewBlue.

But then I discovered that Sony’s Picture Mover program that came with my AVCHD cam converts .mt2s files to Mpeg2 or .mpg

My question is: which is better? Files converted to .mts or .mpg (Windows movie media)?

Jeff
Mike Kujbida
April 20, 2009 at 9:03 am

Jeff, I don’t use camcorders that shoot in AVCHD so I haven’t used the Picture Mover program.
I’m not sure why it would convert the footage though as it’s my understanding that it’s purpose is to “move” the footage from the camcorder’s hard drive to your computer – or am I mistaken?
Jeff Mcguire
April 20, 2009 at 12:16 pm

Mike

It does both. There are a couple of export options actually.

Comparing both files, the .mts and the .mpg, looks like the UpShift program produced a higher quality mpeg2. $50 was well worth it. The stuttering is practically gone!!

Jeff

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