Multi Camera Editing using Premiere CS5.5, 2 x HMC 151 & 1 x sony Z5.... AVCHD & HDV

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Multi Camera Editing using Premiere CS5.5, 2 x HMC 151 & 1 x sony Z5.... AVCHD & HDV

Hi Guys,

I'm about to do a multi-camera shoot of a live event, using 2 HMC 151's and a Sony Z5. I find my system when editing multi camera sequeces in native AVCHD is jerky at best (like many as have read).

So Im wondering if any of you guys were in this scenario what project settings would you use? would you convert the avchd footage into DVCPROHD or AVI with the panny avchd transcoding software then drop it all into a HDV timeline?

My scenario: 2 hr long live event shooting on 2 hmc's 1 z5, to be edited and output onto normal standard def DVD.
Computer Specs: i5 quad core ivybridge 3.4, 16gb RAM, GTX560.

Basically - I need to be able to crack open the multi-camera monitor and edit live...without the terrible jerkyness of the AVCHD - with appropriate settings to mix up the formats.. hdv/avchd

Any help would be much appriciated!

Many thanks!
 
I've done tons of shoots with 2 HMC150's and a Canon XHA1. So what you are looking at can be done, alright.
I would definately convert your AVCHD files to something different. I used to use the Panasonic DVCHD Pro converter that you can download for free from their site. Seemed to work very well. Although it may not be the very best, it will work just fine. Just keep in mind your file size will grow to about a GB per minute, X 2 for 2 HMC's.
If you plan on doing this a lot, like I did, you may want to plan on getting a good i7 990 processor equipped rig or something similar.
 
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