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*419*
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does anyone else have a sony HD camera that films in an AVCHD format? it is a complete bitch and it doesnt work in final cut pro without a converter, even with one it still doesnt work. help?
Mar 6 2010 10:43AM
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treebeard
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my canon hf200 shoots in avchd. assuming yours records onto an sd card, just buy a card reader. i've yet to run into a problem with conversion into fcp
Mar 6 2010 10:51AM
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.jr
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what version of fcp do you have?
Mar 6 2010 11:25AM
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PeterWojnar
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When importing your footage, fo File > log and transfer. It'll take a long time and a lot of space, but it works, well.
Mar 6 2010 7:33PM
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grown-ninja
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log and transfers man super easy in fcp, also since you have a sony you could use vegas 7...theres a free torrent to it search in nsg i think
Mar 7 2010 2:05AM
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narwhal
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I have a Sony camera that records in AVCHD (HDR-SR12), and Premiere Pro reads the .mts files fine. I would assume the newest FCP reads AVCHD, the newest iMovie even reads AVCHD.
Mar 7 2010 7:58PM
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Mooserz
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same. but I import through the camera
Mar 7 2010 10:07PM
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*pbartram*
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I use premiere pro and it reads avchd files ok but the playback on the editor is really juttery and no where near smooth, to get smooth playback and easier editing you need a pc with huge processing power (8gb ram +), which is added expense. My opinion would be avoid avchd cameras if you dont want to waste countless hours of failed editing, i would love to hear from people who havent encountered these problems.
Jun 14 2010 3:50PM
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freestyledork
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I have a HF S100 from Canon which shoots AVCHD. I have had no problems with Adobe Premiere CS5. I'm recording at the highest data rate allowed for my camera 1080p   24 Mbs.   Although I do have a beefy PC.  12 gigs DDR3 intel i7 930. ATI radeon 5790.

 But one thing you should look into if your having a hard time is "raid" or setting up a "scratch drive"

Look them up if you don't know what they are.
Jun 15 2010 11:23AM
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tom.skier
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I've had this problem today actually filming in AVCHD format with my new Canon EOS 550D. I think if you're using Adobe Premiere Pro, you need to have CS4 or above for it to be able to process AVCHD smoothly.
Jun 15 2010 4:31PM
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Mooserz
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I have a hf200 also. Its a great camera and the avchd looks great. Only thing I hate is that it sucks in low light.
Jun 15 2010 4:38PM
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VT_scratch
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this
Jun 15 2010 8:54PM
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*pbartram*
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Just a quick question to 'Moozer', i was wondering what the ram on you computer was as for AVCHD to run smooth i have heard you need a massive ram.
Jun 16 2010 3:16PM
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PeterWojnar
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luckily, I have a massive ram. unfortunately it my desk gets in its way, so I can't sit at the computer comfortably.

My computer is 2gigs fast though, and it makes my ram a floppy rom every time I try to use it because its so slow
Jun 17 2010 11:48PM
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IanAvery-Leaf
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to bad the t2i does not film to AVCHD....
Jun 18 2010 12:54AM
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tom.skier
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Oh, haha. I thought that the recording to SD/SDHC cards was stored in AVHCD format. If it's not AVCHD, what format is it?
Jun 18 2010 7:09AM
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.jr
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everytime I see you post in M&A I lol.
Jun 18 2010 10:53AM
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tom.skier
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Why the hate? I was only asking a question.
Jun 18 2010 2:22PM
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eheath
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If you don't know something, either look it up or dont post, please dont guess. This isnt NSG.
Jun 18 2010 2:31PM
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PeterWojnar
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The T1i and T2i record in h.264, which is .mov
Jun 18 2010 8:25PM
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