Simple PC AVCHD File Players

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lkwson

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This may have been answered somewhere here before. Are there Simple PC ACVHD file players/programs that can run on a simple ACER PC, with an atom processor 1GB Ram just for reading and playing the SD Card. This would be for location viewing only.
 
I believe VLC is about as simple of a AVCHD player as you can get. But I don't think it would run on those specs.
 
Core codec will allow you to playback in windows media player.
I have a lenovo S10 netbook with 10 inch screen that can playback 720/p footage
with windows xp pro, and windows 7 (beta testing it).

It can't playback 1080 though.

1080 will playback on my sony vaio sz750 with windows xp sp3 4 gig ram when using the nvidia video card
(that system has 2 video cards, one for long battery life, the other for speed).
 
VLC doesnt work for me at all... and when i play 720/60p in Windows MP it plays at half (or less) speed.
 
Talk about the need for a "sticky" on this HMC forum...

Every HMC user should be aware of the "CoreAVC" codec. The "pro" version costs about $15 -- and it allows for real-time, full "rez" playback of HMC "PH" AVCHD files on almost any PC. It works flawlessly with Windows Media Player.

http://www.coreavc.com/
 
VLC works great for me.... Reads the .mts files fine. The only time it doesn't work is if I try to play the DVCPro files from the transcoder
 
AGMedia said:
Talk about the need for a "sticky" on this HMC forum...

Every HMC user should be aware of the "CoreAVC" codec. The "pro" version costs about $15 -- and it allows for real-time, full "rez" playback of HMC "PH" AVCHD files on almost any PC. It works flawlessly with Windows Media Player.

http://www.coreavc.com/
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WoW. Thank you so much. I've been an avid reader here for a few months and hadn't seen CoreAVC. It's fantastic - thanks! :)
 
So I downloaded the CoreAVC, but I do not think that my Acer has the horse power to run it. I get sound ok, but the picture stops. I find the same thing with VLC player also, although it will skip and jump on HE shot files. I guess the Acer with the Atom processor is good for email etc as advertised. Maybe when there is a more efficient player for AVCHD in the future it may go.

 
I installed the K-Lite codec pack and I am able to view raw footage just fine using the bundled Media Player Classic. I just got VLC but so far I enjoy the feel of MPC and it can play virtually any media I throw at it.

(disclaimer: I do not have an HMC yet but I downloaded and viewed the small raw files posted on vontraining.net.)
 
lkwson said:
So I downloaded the CoreAVC, but I do not think that my Acer has the horse power to run it. I get sound ok, but the picture stops. I find the same thing with VLC player also, although it will skip and jump on HE shot files. I guess the Acer with the Atom processor is good for email etc as advertised. Maybe when there is a more efficient player for AVCHD in the future it may go.
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Are you looking at 720p footage? Because that will play much easier than 1080i footage.
 
lkwson said:
So I downloaded the CoreAVC, but I do not think that my Acer has the horse power to run it. I get sound ok, but the picture stops. I find the same thing with VLC player also, although it will skip and jump on HE shot files. I guess the Acer with the Atom processor is good for email etc as advertised. Maybe when there is a more efficient player for AVCHD in the future it may go.
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Forget about AVCHD and Atom. Maybe the next generation Netbooks will feature proper GPU hardware acceleration which will speed up AVC decoding but currently you have no chance at all.
 
You do need a processor with significant horsepower, or a GPU capable of AVC acceleration, to play AVCHD files. I doubt the current generation of Netbooks is up to it (but I don't know that absolutely for sure - never actually used one).

Edius and Edius Neo come bundled with a player for previewing AVCHD files, as well as a nice little utility for easily converting AVCHD to Canopus HQ. Edius Neo might be one of the best kept secrets around. For less than $200, Neo gives you good basic editing, works with AVCHD natively, and comes with the Canopus HQ codec (which also works with other apps, like VirtualDub for example). The codec alone is worth the price for for many folks, offering a very viable alternative to Cineform.
 
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