[Simon Andersson]

Nevermind. I found it.

Tools – Multicamera – Enable Multicamera Editing

[Simon Andersson]

Wow! I didn’t think that that would work. But it did! Thanks a lot!

[Simon Andersson]

Oh, I didn’t think of that! Thanks! That will speed things up.

[Simon Andersson]

I think I figured out a way.

As long as I don’t edit the videos in Vegas Movie Studio Platinum, the program doesn’t crash, which means that I can render the unedited file without it crashing.

So I just place the video in the program and then without doing any editing, I save it as a .MOV-file with AVID’s dnxHD-codec (which is almost the same exact quality as the AVCHD file, but instead of taking up your processors it makes the file bigger so it’s a lot easier to edit), and when it’s rendered I just place the .MOV-file in Vegas without any trouble with the same quality. The only downsides are that I’m unable to use my camera’s 5.1 channel surround because the codec doesn’t support that (which isn’t a big deal), and also that the files can get pretty big, so, of course, it will take up a lot of disc-space. But oh well, it’s worth it.

Thanks a lot you guys for all of your help. I wan’t to render quite a lot of videos before I am completely sure that it works, but so far it looks good.

Thanks again!

[Simon Andersson]

The program from 2011 (which was actually now that i search closer, is from 2010) is, as I said before, Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum 10, and that REALLY should be able to edit AVCHD.

When you open up Vegas Movie Studio, you get to set your preferences, and one of the options, is AVCHD. I also set it to “25p/50p PAL” which is what I use.

As I’ve stated before, The editing works perfectly, without any lag or other trouble, for about 10 minutes, but then the program crashes and I can’t use it with AVCHD for more than 10 seconds unless I restart my computer.

There must be something corrupt somewhere, either in the video-file or in the program. It might also be because of that AVCHD 2.0 thing that you were talking about.

That’s what I think is wierd. A relatively new program, from the same company as the camera, with the option to edit those kind of videos, only to crash with no reason after 10 minutes. If there is one program that should be able to handle the videos, it’s that.

The same thing happens when I use Sony Vegas 9.

[Simon Andersson]

Okay I understand that your computer needs to be top notch in order to edit HD-videos, but at the same time I find that kind of hard to believe. I know many people that are able to edit HD-videos on their laptops fromm like 2007, and I know that my computer is better than theirs, but I digress.

I also find it wierd that I can edit the videos in Pinnacle Studio, but not a program from 2011 by the same company who made the camera. Oh, well.

My solution right now is to open the videos in Pinnacle Studio and same them as they are as another format, then open and edit them in Sony Vegas. It’s time-consuming, yes, and there is a risk of the quality being worse than the original, but I really don’t want to find another HD-camera that records in another format. So I guess it’s better than nothing. Thanks a lot for both of you guys’ help. Too bad we couldn’t find a better alternative than this, though.

[Simon Andersson]

Okay, I can’t use Sony Vegas 10, because my trial has already expired, so I’ve tried more products from Sony (on a friends computer which has basically the same preferences as mine), such as Sony Vegas 9 and Vegas Movie Studio HD Platinum, which both reads the file, but after like 10 minutes of edting the program crashes and I’m unable to do anything with it until I restart my computer.

I don’t see why there needs to be so many problems? I just want to to buy a HD-camera, load the files into my computer and edit them in a program that i recognize. I don’t want to either spend double the money of the camera on a computer that could handle it, or almost as much on programs and codecs.

Okay, let’s say I returned the camera to the store and bought another one. Is there any file that has the same amount of quality, but easier to edit with a computer (that really isn’t that bad AT ALL) that can’t handle AVCHD, and if so, what type of file would that be? Or am i just out of luck and can’t make HD-movies without spending 10 000 dollars on cameras, computers and programs?

Please help me! I have been looking for the perfect camera for me for about 6 months and I finally found one, and it doesn’t work the way I want it to. Now I might have to start the whole thing over again, and in that case I want to be COMPLETELY SURE that the camera will work for me.

Thanks.

[Simon Andersson]

Okay, but I don’t quite get why the processors can judge wether or not I can open some video-files in Vegas, and when I render the video to some other format I still get the glitched screen, as if there was something wrong with the raw file.

But fair enough, I will accept that it is my processors, but is there anything I can download (for free since I am unable to spend money via the internet right now) that can either make it so I can open the video in Vegas or convert it without quality-loss to another format so I can open that?

I know I’m very picky, but if I can’t open the files in Vegas I’ll have to return the camera to the store and get another one, which would be a shame, since the camera is really good.

[Simon Andersson]

Well, that seems simple enough. I’ll try that.

Thanks!

[Simon Andersson]

Ok, that’s kinda bad. Basically all I want to do is be able to edit the videos in Sony Vegas without them losing their quality. Is that even possible? Because if I payed for the quality I want to be able to use it.