Adam Chesbrough
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I have tried to import directly off the SD card as well as by plugging the camera into the computer; I can see that the files exist, FCP simply won’t let me import them to convert to ProRes
Current config:
Dell XPS 730 H2C
Quad Core Duo QX9650
Dual ATI 3870X2 Graphics Cards
6 GB RAM
Dual 1 TB Harddrives (RAID O)
Windows 7 Home Premium -
I am having the same issue. When I try and add, or drag and drop the .mts files I get the error message, unsupported file format…the .mts files are greyed out; there must be something really simple that I am doing incorrectly…or a check box that I must have missed…this is extremely frustrating, please help
Current config:
Dell XPS 730 H2C
Quad Core Duo QX9650
Dual ATI 3870X2 Graphics Cards
6 GB RAM
Dual 1 TB Harddrives (RAID O)
Windows 7 Home Premium -
I have a Canon HF100, followed the instructions above but all of the .mts (AVCHD files) are greyed out and are an “unsupported format”. I have my card in the SD reader; the video files exist as .mts files in the “stream” folder. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Current config:
Dell XPS 730 H2C
Quad Core Duo QX9650
Dual ATI 3870X2 Graphics Cards
6 GB RAM
Dual 1 TB Harddrives (RAID O)
Windows 7 Home Premium -
Whenever I change the speed of a clip the opacity keyframes dont function. Whatever opacity is set on the start of the frame remains for the entire frame. Are you having this same issue/is this what you are referring to?
Dell XPS 730 H2C
Quad Core Duo QX9650
Dual ATI 3870X2 Graphics Cards
6 GB RAM
Dual 1 TB Harddrives (RAID O)
Windows 7 RC1 Ultimate 64 Bit -
When you say that you now have no HD shutter does that mean that you are able to overlay multiple AVCHD clips and it streams correctly? I am able to stream the video but when I try and do any sort of CPU/graphic intensive effects the video majorly lags.
Dell XPS 730 H2C
Quad Core Duo QX9650
Dual ATI 3870X2 Graphics Cards
6 GB RAM
Dual 1 TB Harddrives (RAID O)
Windows 7 RC1 Ultimate 64 Bit -
I have a friend at Abobe who forwarded my concern to the tech people over there, this is the response that I was given:
The performance lag is due to a few things. A Quad core will play the video fairly straight forward on the timeline. The quality of the preview will still look like draft quality due to the fact that we are de-compressing on the fly. If his video is 1920×1080 @ 30 fps , it’s a lot of information to de-code. Some people have moved to 1920×1080 @24 to get smoother playback in previews. This is just previewing the timeline, it has nothing to do with actual HD output , still very high quality.
We have users using Adobe Media Encoder(AME) to convert their AVCHD media to P2 Movie (DVCPro HD). The user can select the Watch Folder option in AME (File>Create Watch Folder) and Select the P2 option 1280×1080 (this will still produce 1920×1080 on the output) Tonce the media is converted, he would choose the DVCProHD 1280×1080 60i preset and will have very smooth playback/preview on the timeline. This one of the main workflows our highend customers have used for years.
The real issue with AVCHD is that 4 cores still have a tough time de-coding on the fly and 8 core do a better job. There are several companies working on GPU solutions that will offset the Quad or 8 cores from having to do the de-code and letting the GPU/Graphics card do the work. These solutions are coming.
I would highly recommend adding 4 more GB ram for a total of 8.
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I have been participating in this fourm for some time and recently upgraded to vista 64bit, wipped the system, and set up RAID0 (stripped) array, and purchased Adobe production premium CS4 hoping that I would finally be able to edit at will. I have the following system:
Dell XPS 730 H2C
-Processor: Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9650 Yorkfield 3.0GHz 12MB L2 Cache LGA 775 130W Quad-Core Processor
-RAM : 4GB
-Graphics Cards: Dual ATI Radeon HD 3870X2
-Harddrives: dual 1TB HD’s running 7200 RM (I changed the setup to striped, RAID0 since that is what the back of the CS4 packaging required)
-Operating System: Windows Vista Ultimate 64bitWhen editing, my CPU usage never tops 75% and my RAM doesn’t get above 2GB; because the computer isn’t maxing out I thought it might be something on Adobe’s end. Could it be the graphics cards (isnt there a way to send all the graphics cards power to one monitor or program?, should I try overclocking the system. If I overlay two AVCHD clips on top of eachother then the video doesnt stream at all.
If this computer can’t editing HD using Premiere Pro than what can, I can’t imagine that the majority of people are going out and buying $6K+ macs
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Thanks for the advice, I’m def going to try that out. I was reading the specs for CS4 and it said that a RAID0 setup is required for editing HD content, my hard drives are currently RAID1 (mirrored), I was planning to install vista 64 bit and in the process change my RAID setup. Anyone have any thoughts as whether or not changing the RAID array will make a difference. Thanks
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Thanks for your input. My decision to possibly switch from PC to mac basically stems from my desire to go from desktop to laptop and am nervous that if this monster PC can’t edit AVCHD the way that I need it to (might be the configuration, would rather have XP) I can’t imagine that any $4K PC laptop will have any luck (the top of the line macbook pro goes for around $4k).
I just wish there was anyone at dell that I could speak with that didnt have to search for the answers to all my questions but could help make sure all of my hardware is configured properly.
Also as someone trying to get into the video and still image production market I think it might be a good idea to edit footage with final cut and images with photoshop since they seem to be the standards.
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I agree with the 64 vs 32 bit OS, but I don’t think that Adobe has a different version for 64 bit OS. I know that they have photoshop for 64 bit but but I dont think there is a premiere 64 bit.
How does Adobe premiere run on the top of the line macbook pro, mac claims that editing AVCHD is no problem on the macbook pro (2.8 GHZ)