HDR-SR1, AVCHD

[marksman000]

I will try your solution javaman. However, I bought Nero 7 Ultimate and the files imported in it just fine.

Etech,

Thanks for the advice. However, being new to this ball game, I have another question. Once I burn my disc in Nero, if it is truly HD should it play in a regular DVD player. I use my XBOX to play HD Discs and the one I burned in Nero plays in both?? Although not in good of quality in the normal DVD player as in the XBox player, is it truly HD picture?

I also have virtually no playback capability with AVCHD content in Nero. It skip and stutters and sometime lock in an image and plays only sound....???? Very difficult and slow editing.


Javaman,

Your suggestions did work for VS11!!! I had serious doubts but tried it anyway. Thanks for the tip!

[etech6355]

I also have virtually no playback capability with AVCHD content in Nero. It skip and stutters and sometime lock in an image and plays only sound....???? Very difficult and slow editing.

Can't help you except that mine works. If your computer isn't HD capable then trying to playback avchd program disk on your computer is next to impossible.
Does the Xbox support AVCHD? I doubt it, AVCHD is associated more with Blu-Ray HD players (PlayStation_3).

I can't post instructions how to use Nero. I hope that ulead will do the same as Nero and start supporting burning avchd disks.

If you fill out your system specs makes it easier to tell if the computer is HD capable or not.

Very difficult and slow editing.

To edit AVCHD video you need a fast computer. Maybe I should very fast.
If you bought a video cam with the intentions of edting HD anyone on this forum would have suggested to purchase a hdcam that records in the hd-mpeg2 format to DV tape. The reason the DV tape can handle the hd-mpeg2 is they made the hd-mpeg2 the same data rate. DV is 25MBS and so is hd-mpeg2 (25MBS). Difference is the mpeg2 holds 4 times more information.

Sounds like your computer is maybe to slow to support H264 playback.

[marksman000]

[/quote]- Copy the HDR-SR1's AVCHD directory to your PC.
- Unplug the camcorder and format the camcorder's drive.
- After formatted, reconnect to the pc.
- Copy the fresh index.bdm file to the same location on the pc. You may want to rename the original file instead of copying over it, just in case. Better safe than sorry.
- Open VS11+, and import from the PC.

Make sure when you copy the index file, it's a fresh one. In other words no video on the camcorder at all or else this won't work.

Another solution is to download the files to the PC using the Sony Software. Then format the drive of the camcorder. Then upload the videos back up to the camera with the Sony Software. This will properly rebuild the index. BUT IT TAKES A LONG LONG LONG TIME. So I'd recommend you try the first option.[/quote]
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Reformatting the harddrive and copying the index file worked in VS11+...Go figure that one out?

[javaman70]

marksman, glad to help.

I had my doubts too.

From my test I found that if you delete any videos directly off your sony, it changes the index file in such a way that VS11 no longer can read it. It seems to be a bug on Ulead's side because all other software seems to work fine (Sony, Nero, etc).

I informed Ulead but got no reply (go figure).