AVCHD Transcoder to DVCPRO HD for mac

[crydercohen]

hello all-

i am trying to convert my AVCHD footage into DVCPRO HD but can't find the software that will do it for mac. the panasonic site only has software for those editing on a PC. any ideas where i can find an avchd to dvcpro HD transcoder for mac?

many thanks,

sb

 

[matt s.]

Toast 9 or 10.

Volatic

http://www.shedworx.com/voltaichd

 

[chrisgentile]

does anyone prefer toast dvcpro over prores?

 

[David Saraceno]

Panasonic doesn't provide Mac parity with some of its DVCProHD/p2 apps.

Don't know why.

 

[Dafilman21]

Do you an intel mac to use toast 10 to transcode avchd?

 

[Thomas Lew]

Pro Res is almost loss less and I think dvcpro hd losses a bit

 

[pailes]

ProRes is much better than DVCProHD when you have enough CPU power.

 

[timbook2]

Since I cant avoid having to deal with AVCHD anymore: Is there a way to watch the AVCHD PRIVATE folder on an intel powerbook without having to log the footage into FCP?

How would one use Toast 9 to watch the footage??? If there only was a simple transcoding app that turns AVCHD into ProRes I would be ok as well.
If possible I would like to avoid http://www.cineform.com/neohd/features.php for now.....or is this the best way to deal with AVCHD ?

 

[matt s.]

VLC will play the .mts files.

Toast will transcode to any codec you have available on your system.

 

[pailes]

Toast 9 can play the .mts files as well with an internal video player app, but playback is fairly slow on my machine. VLC is better.

 

[timbook2]

Ahh

Ahh

VLC will play the .mts files.

Toast will transcode to any codec you have available on your system.

Thanks matt ! got the newest VLC and youre right. This is a great timesaver for me, VLC truly rocks!

 

[Billybuzzz]

What is VLC?

 

[matt s.]

its a free media player and plays many types of media files

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

 

[Emperoryder]

My main computer is Macbook pro and I have been stealing my wife's PC to use the free panasonic AVCHD to DVCPRO software. I was going to partition my Macbook pro with bootcamp, but I think I rather install a mac software.

I'm looking to convert my AVCHD to either DVCPRO or Apple ProRes. Which software would be the best???

I downloaded voltaic, but didn't see the option for DVCPRO or ProRes. Please direct me to the right way.

I use Pano HMC150 and shoot native mostly.

Thanks

 

[Carltheproducer]

Since I cant avoid having to deal with AVCHD anymore: Is there a way to watch the AVCHD PRIVATE folder on an intel powerbook without having to log the footage into FCP?

How would one use Toast 9 to watch the footage??? If there only was a simple transcoding app that turns AVCHD into ProRes I would be ok as well.
If possible I would like to avoid http://www.cineform.com/neohd/features.php for now.....or is this the best way to deal with AVCHD ?

Hey, how do you have an Intel PowerBook? PowerBooks don't have Intel chips but unless you figured out a way, can you send me links or article on how to convert PowerBook to Intel?

Thanks!

 

[matt s.]

Emperoyder you need Final Cut Studio installed to transcode to those codecs.