[Jake Bird]

Thanks for all your help, Danny, I’ll give that template a go. Ideally, I would’ve preferred to have used the AVCHD format, but I guess it isn’t too widely compatible whereas mp4 is, so for sharing the video around I’ll take your advice.

[Jake Bird]

Unedited clip:

Video:
Format: AVCHD video (.MTS)
Size: 1920×1080
Frame rate: 25 fps (PAL, I’m in the UK)
Total bitrate: 22607kbps
Audio:
Bitrate: 256kbps
Sample rate: 48kHz
Stereo

Render Template:

Video:
Format: AVCHD video (.M2TS)
Size: 1920×1080
Frame rate: 25 fps (PAL)
Bitrate: 16000kbps
Audio:
Bitrate: 256kbps
Sample rate: 48kHz
Stereo

For some reason the unedited clips often have exactly the same problems in Media Player as the rendered clips do, but for some reason not all the time. Perhaps when I first tried playing the original clips there I got lucky and it played fine, although I definitely should have checked again. These videos are mainly for personal use as well as sending to a few friends/family.

[Jake Bird]

I just checked all the audio enhancements, and they were all off by default, so just to be sure I turned them on and then off again to see if that made any difference. Unfortunately, it’s still having the same problems as before.

As for the stutter, the videos did play normally inside Vegas, although I also discovered that VLC has different problems to Windows Media Player, as it turns the image grey and pixellates it as opposed to just the stutter, so I’m glad to know at least the video isn’t corrupted in that way (probably). However, I would like to be able to view the video normally, so if anybody knows of any media players that can handle Sony Vegas’ AVCHD/.m2ts files, please let me know.

Thanks a lot for your help, Danny.