Can you edit avchd directly in Neo 2 booster or is it still better to convert

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Excited to try the new Neo 2 booster editing software that came with my new hmc155. While waiting to sort out some serial number issues( ...guess I am not the only one) - I would be curios to know how many of you actually converts your avchd files first vs. just importing raw avchd directly to the timeline.

I was under the impression that with the booster (2.5 version) you could indeed edit avchd like a breeze - yet the user manual suggest converting files first.

I am running i7 core 920, 12GB 1600mz ddr3 ram on win 7 64bit.

Thanks for your input!!
 
Yes, you CAN do it. Coming from friends of mine who ARE doing it. But just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
 
PerroneFord said:
Yes, you CAN do it. Coming from friends of mine who ARE doing it. But just because you can, doesn't mean you should.
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Please please share your considerations, with almost 3000 posts under your belt, I am all ears :happy:

I also have Vegas 9 Pro - but tried to throw some mts files at it...did not go well. Was hoping Edius could be my easy editor for light fast stuff, without converting ?
 
EDIUS Neo 2 with the Booster will do exactly what you want -- fast stuff, no conversions. EDIUS Pro 5.5 (supposed to be released in April) would do it as well.

I have always held that file converting is a temporary inconvenience; 2010 looks like the year when editors will finally start to allow native full-speed editing. CS5's "Mercury" rendering engine, and EDIUS's booster, are the start. Don't expect all editors to offer it though.
 
For quick and dirty jobs, I think you are right Barry. My 8 core lets me edit AVCHD natively pretty easily.

But I still prefer to use 10bit codecs when I am more concerned about final quality (i.e. not delivering to the web for final).
 
Lat32Media said:
Excited to try the new Neo 2 booster editing software that came with my new hmc155. While waiting to sort out some serial number issues( ...guess I am not the only one) - I would be curios to know how many of you actually converts your avchd files first vs. just importing raw avchd directly to the timeline.

I was under the impression that with the booster (2.5 version) you could indeed edit avchd like a breeze - yet the user manual suggest converting files first.

I am running i7 core 920, 12GB 1600mz ddr3 ram on win 7 64bit.

Thanks for your input!!
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With that system... You'll be editing it as if it were DV/HDV. Smooth as silk.
 
Well, the thing is -- at least some editors let you do both. There are certain editors out there that force you to convert files, which limits their usefulness for things such as same-day edits. EDIUS lets you convert to CanopusHQ or to edit the native files, and the Booster brings the performance up to, as ATL said, DV-class performance.

As Perrone said, whether you CAN and whether you SHOULD are questions that should be examined, but -- at least you CAN. :D
 
ATL Media Group said:
With that system... You'll be editing it as if it were DV/HDV. Smooth as silk.
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Thats what I figured I could in vegas pro 9 :Drogar-Shock(DBG): - If Edius Neo booster does the trick without converting, then I'll be an Edius fan until Sony eventually figures out how to support their own file format.
 
As Barry stated, Neo Booster (and Edius 5.5 very shortly) will do it easily. You should get ~4 streams realtime with your setup.
 
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