MPEG Editing

[mezelf27]

I suppose the MPEG Edit Studio Pro that was bundled with the HD1/HD10 isn't bundled with the HD100? Shouldn't it be available for free somewhere, when you buy a HD100?

[Barry_Green]

Almost every major NLE now supports native HDV editing -- I think Avid is almost ready to launch their HDV support, and FCP and Vegas already have it, and I think Premiere has either launched or will launch HDV support soon, and Pinnacle supports it, and so does Canopus. Not really much call for using a freebie limited program like what shipped with the HD1. Back when the HD1 shipped (remember, it's been over 27 months ago!) MPEG Edit Studio was the only editing program you could use with the m2t transport stream files. It's not that way anymore -- now everyone supports it.

[mezelf27]

Well, no. The problem is situated elseware. They all can "work with" HDV, yet none of them leaves the pieces of video without any alteration the same. They all recompress EVERYTHING!
MPEG Edit Studio Pro doesn't. The full version seems to cost $5000, and that's quite a price to pay, but I can't find any other NLE-software-package that can edit without recompressing (where it isn't needed, obviously) - And that is what real NATIVE HDV editing should be able to....

... And it's not just the best picture quality I mean. With this kind of editing you can save lots and lots of time (for rendering)

[stephenlnoe]

Pinnacle and FCP are native editors of HDV. There is a huge difference in that Pinnacles timeline is I frame (and I believe FCP's implementation is similar). No recompress, only re-order the GOP. Native HDV editing is not the same as Vegas and Premiere (I have premier as well). I'm not sure how Canopus is dealing with HDV but I think it is similar to Premiere. Anyway, Liquid and FCP are the way to go right now for HDV. We'll see how Avid (If and when a buyout occurs) implements Pinnacles HDV codec and timeline rules.

good luck...

[ChuckS]

Doesn't PPro use the Cineform Codec - which converts HDV to a 10bit intermediate format with a relatively high bit-rate (approx. 100Mb/s) yielding very low visual loss?