Request for AVCHD footage

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hellboy80

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I'm really interested in this camera, but I have no experience with AVCHD format. So before I purchase this camera I'd like to 1) experimentally edit with Sony Vegas or 2) convert some (native) AVCHD footage.
I want to try how my computer (Intel Core2 6600, 2GB RAM, Nvidi GeForce 8600 GT) cope with this format (or how long it takes to convert AVCHD to more suitable format etc). If there won't be any problems, I think I'll buy this camera :) Actually, I'd like to buy AG-HMC151E (150 is not available in my country), but i suppose there is no big difference, right?
So could somebody give me a link to some AVCHD footage transfered directly from camera, please? Thanks!
 
Your specs might not be fluid editing mts files nativity - But my old setup was similar to yours and with Vegas it cut through transcoded hdv footage with no problems at all... Converting is going to be faster then real time. I would max out your memory (4gb?) - its pretty cheap.
 
I have heard or quad core and i7 (8 core) users cutting though it much better... haven't tested - I went to mac for my upgrade. :violent5:
 
I use an I7 with 6GB and it flows smoothly (Vegas 9.0b) - occaisonally will drop to 1/2 mode but not often.
 
Below is a link to some guidelines for buildign a good editing computer. Now this is from an Adobe forum so it is centered around Premiere, but should work great for most NLE's.

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/436215

Personally I would say your computer is way to slow for AVCHD editing. Like MadHMC says you could transcode and probably be fine though...

Phil
 
I have a dual core with 3 gbs of ram and a slow video card, I transcode to DVCPro HD and have no problems at all.

Also at work we have a quad core with 6 gbs of ram and it works fine with native footage shot it the "HE" mode but it doesn't hold up to well to native "PH" mode footage.
 
hellboy80 said:
And what format is not lossy?
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Either the original format , or lossless compression (e.g huffyuv, lagarith, ut, etc...), or uncompressed

Your current computer cannot handle any of the above for snappy real time editing; it will be sluggish

Another option is cineform which is "visually lossless" which is very close to lossless and stands up pretty well over several generations
 
In most cases you are going to get a little compression loss - just to what degree. Lossless footage is extremely large and if you have a big project... not easy to manage.
 
Edweirdo said:
and panasonic provides a free app that comes with the camera.
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I tried this and it just crashes on me (on pc)...

Anyone have luck with this? They also have a new viewer for the MAC that can export right to Blu-ray... going to try it out soon.
 
My export settings would be mostly PAL DV or Mpeg-2 for DVD PAL for TV (exceptionally mp4 high def for Vimeo), so I suppose that little bit of quality loss doesnt matter, right?
 
hellboy80 said:
My export settings would be mostly PAL DV or Mpeg-2 for DVD PAL for TV (exceptionally mp4 high def for Vimeo), so I suppose that little bit of quality loss doesnt matter, right?
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This is purely subjective; only you can answer that. What might look like "crap" to one person might lood "good" to another... You have to decide what is "acceptable" for your tastes
 
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For that reason I was requesting some native AVCHD footage on the internet, so I can try to play with it. :happy:
 
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