Edit natively in cs3 with Main Concept

[douchebro]

I got my hands on Main Concepts MPEG Pro HD:

http://www.mainconcept.com/site/prosumer-products-4/mpeg-pro-hd-7850/information-7862.html

Which is working great for me in CS3. I don't know if there is a scalable quality output like with AVISynth, I'm guessing there is. Either way the footage looks great in Premiere and there's no skipping of frames. However after applying some filters it does lag more than if i transcoded to DVCPro.

They have a trial on their website if you want to check it out. It might tide you over until CS4 is out with native support for AVCHD.

[m.t.]

Any method that allows functionality is a good one, I say. Does the Mainconcept trial package leave a watermark on the footage encoded?

[douchebro]

I'm not sure. I'm borrowing a friends copy until CS4 is out haha.

[GreekStudios]

yes, it leaves a watermark.