CS4 just WON AVCHD editing!!

[321 rollem]

So I just found out about this update and was very excited, but I am having a couple issues I am hoping someone is willing to help me figure out. First and most importantly, when I use the 1080 30p preset on AVCHD and then I drop in 1080 30p footage, it isn't native. I don't understand what I am doing wrong. Every other preset drops in footage of coordinating type just fine and needs no rendering. I did some test shooting in the PH 1080 30P and then dragged it to the AVCHD 1080 30p timeline and I get the red line. Is anyone else having this problem or know what I might be doing wrong?

My other problem is that with the 720 24p, 1080 24p, and 720 60p modes, they are not running in real time and I am getting a lot of jumpiness. I think my computer is strong enough, but maybe not? I am running a 2.8ghz Core 2 Duo with a 64bit processor on Vista 64. I have 6 gigs of Ram. My graphics card is an ATI Radeon HD 3670.

Can anyone offer me any help? Thanks in advance!!!!

I have also red-lined under 1080 24p and when i use 1080 60i it also has alot of jumpyness - Vista 64, 8gb, Q9650, 4870 specs for reference .o and 300g Ultra SCSI 320

 

[vwolf]

I used to edit by converting to mpeg and then importing footage as hdv but once I started working with 720/60p I decided to try and import the clips directly so I got the update.
It works for me, my computer has a shared intel video card, 3 gigs of ram, 2.2 ghz core 2 duo with vista 64. It's not the best setup and I do have to tolerate some jerkiness but I am very happy with how it works. I was on the fence about getting an MBP and FCP but once I learned how to work with avchd natively I am going to stay on windows...I'm liking the sony fw, 1500 bucks gets a great spec and bluray

 

[Barry_Green]

Might want to consider getting a supported graphics card for your Windows system.
http://www.nvidia.com/object/cuda_learn_products.html

If you can pick one up for cheap, it might result in a huge processing boost for you, as compared to using a shared Intel card.

 

[cdavison2009]

I used to edit by converting to mpeg and then importing footage as hdv but once I started working with 720/60p I decided to try and import the clips directly so I got the update.
It works for me, my computer has a shared intel video card, 3 gigs of ram, 2.2 ghz core 2 duo with vista 64. It's not the best setup and I do have to tolerate some jerkiness but I am very happy with how it works. I was on the fence about getting an MBP and FCP but once I learned how to work with avchd natively I am going to stay on windows...I'm liking the sony fw, 1500 bucks gets a great spec and bluray

Trying to edit AVCHD on my PC results in jerkiness during scrubbing so I downloaded that DVCPRO HD converter and it works like a charm. I do lose some resolution and quality but the images still look good even when blown up onto the big screen, and the editing is flawless.

 

[Mark Turner]

For someone looking to buy an HMC150 shortly, what does this thread add up to then - CS4 is not as good as originally made out?

So.. given a blank slate, what would people use with this machine?

Thanks

 

[cdavison2009]

For someone looking to buy an HMC150 shortly, what does this thread add up to then - CS4 is not as good as originally made out?

So.. given a blank slate, what would people use with this machine?

Thanks

CS4 is fine, the issue is computing power. Whatever program you use you'll need a fast PC or MAC in order to edit HD. If you have a slower computer, like I do, then you'll need to down-rez the files before editing.