AVCHD editing
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AVCHD editing
I have some raw video .MTS AVCHD files saved to my HD from a Canon HG10 camcorder. I installed the 30-day trial for VideoStudio 11 Plus to evaluate how it works with AVCHD. However, I cannot find information for inserting these .MTS AVCHD scenes into VS 11+. I downloaded the manual but found nothing. Please provide guidance.
Stan Jan
importing
Use ur backup utility from the Canon Backup CD. to transfer your file from the camcorder to your harddrive. It will create a folder with the current date. In that folder, there is a folder called AVCHD. remember this folder.
You then open up your Ulead VS 11 plus. Go to the Capture tap. select Import from DVD/DVD-VR, then click on Import DVD folder, go the the AVCHD folder, then click OK, just at the folder lever. Try this...
You then open up your Ulead VS 11 plus. Go to the Capture tap. select Import from DVD/DVD-VR, then click on Import DVD folder, go the the AVCHD folder, then click OK, just at the folder lever. Try this...
What do I do when the files are already in a folder on my HD and no longer in the HG10? Is this the only way to open .MTS files? Can I manually create an AVCHD folder in VS11+? What if there are files taken over several days. Sometimes I need to save the .MTS files to a portable HD and no longer have the HG10 and Canon backup software available. That is, how do I get VS11+ to recognize .MTS files?
Stan Jan
importing
No don't create AVCHD folder. Connect your HG10 to PC. Open the HG10 HD. You will see the AVCHD folder. Copy that to PC HD. Under the AVCHD there are a bunch of folders in there. On PC HD, put your MTS files into AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM folder. And try the process again...
It is best to use the HGBACKUP utility to backup to your EX HD. I found this is easiest way. The utility is just one executable file. You can just copy that onto your desktop. There is no need for any installation steps.
try that...
It is best to use the HGBACKUP utility to backup to your EX HD. I found this is easiest way. The utility is just one executable file. You can just copy that onto your desktop. There is no need for any installation steps.
try that...
71liver1,
Nice to see others helping out with this HD stuff.
To do what you want requires buying retail version of VS11+, after installing it your would then install the patches in the correct order.
The HG10 comes with MF5.6, you may be eligible for the upgrade price of VS111+. To find out, goto the upgrade process for VS11+ on the ulead website, input your MF5.6 serial number and see if it's accepted. I believe you also need to have a ulead users account setup to do this, not sure.
Give it a try if you want the Retail version of VS11+, could save some money.
After you install the patches and the HD-Pack to VS11+ retail version you can directly insert avchd files - /m2t/m2ts/mpg/mts/mp4 video files.
Nice to see others helping out with this HD stuff.
The trial will work as posted above but with limitations.That is, how do I get VS11+ to recognize .MTS files?
To do what you want requires buying retail version of VS11+, after installing it your would then install the patches in the correct order.
The HG10 comes with MF5.6, you may be eligible for the upgrade price of VS111+. To find out, goto the upgrade process for VS11+ on the ulead website, input your MF5.6 serial number and see if it's accepted. I believe you also need to have a ulead users account setup to do this, not sure.
Give it a try if you want the Retail version of VS11+, could save some money.
After you install the patches and the HD-Pack to VS11+ retail version you can directly insert avchd files - /m2t/m2ts/mpg/mts/mp4 video files.
It's the software that Canon supplies with the HG10 to read & write files back to the HG10. Canon contracted ulead to write the software to do this. It's called MF5.6SE (special edition).
The disc should have been supplied along with the HG10 camcorder.
There are also updates to the program on the ulead website. You can get this information & links from the Canon website support information.
In my opinion the MF5.6se program is good for reading & writing back to the HG10.
Personally I would buy VS11+ if you want to edit your videos, join, convert and burn standard dvd's or high definition video to various media types.
The disc should have been supplied along with the HG10 camcorder.
There are also updates to the program on the ulead website. You can get this information & links from the Canon website support information.
In my opinion the MF5.6se program is good for reading & writing back to the HG10.
Personally I would buy VS11+ if you want to edit your videos, join, convert and burn standard dvd's or high definition video to various media types.
Videography is new to me. I had to start from scratch to learn about it. I researched the various camcorders and decided on the Canon HG10 that produces AVCHD files. I also bought Pinnacle Studio 11 Ultimate because of its features and reasonable price at Amazon. This is a fantastic program but it requires a really hot PC to work with AVCHD. Being a newbie, I didn't appreciate the difficulty of working with AVCHD. Had I known, I would have opted for an HD camcorder. Having the HG10, I got a Dell PC with and Intel Core 2 Quad processor, Radeon ATI HD 2600 XT 256MB graphics card and 3GB RAM, all of which exceeds Pinnacle's requirements to work with AVCHD. (Originally I got a Vista Dell PC because the Dell person convinced me it'll work better than XP...Vista is the most frustrating OS; it's as if it were designed for imbeciles. Check out the web for what others, many others, have to say about Vista...some not so nice things.) Anyway, I returned the Vista thing and got an XP PC. Pinnacle Studio 11 editing works great but the rendering was another matter. The process would hang in different places. I was working on a 63-minute video and tried all day to render, but the hanging problem persisted. I finally got it to render by pulling back the GFX card acceleration and opened the PC case to let a fan blow away heat from the processor. Yes, there is a fan mounted on the processor, but apparently you need more cooling. Rendering is very processor intensive.
I was considering UVS11+ as a backup because the specs say it can handle AVCHD. The 30-day trial version wasn't clear how to work with AVCHD which is why I got onto this site. Since I finally figured out how to handle the Pinnacle rendering problem, I'm sticking with that.
The bottom line is that you should seriously consider whether you want to get involved with AVCHD at this time because it's relatively new. The image quality is superb but may not be worth the hassle if you do serious editing. HD is nothing to sneeze at.
I was considering UVS11+ as a backup because the specs say it can handle AVCHD. The 30-day trial version wasn't clear how to work with AVCHD which is why I got onto this site. Since I finally figured out how to handle the Pinnacle rendering problem, I'm sticking with that.
The bottom line is that you should seriously consider whether you want to get involved with AVCHD at this time because it's relatively new. The image quality is superb but may not be worth the hassle if you do serious editing. HD is nothing to sneeze at.
Stan Jan
Don't know if you have a quad computer now but it sure makes a whole of difference if your trying to edit avchd video. Even a quad processor can take quite some time depending on what your doing with the avchd video.
It you want to edit HDV video then right now it's better to buy a camcorder that records in the HDV mode to tape which uses hd-mpeg2 compression. You can work with hd-mpeg2 (HDV) on a P4 3Ghz machine. You can't use a P4-3Ghz machine to work with avchd video.
Either way you need a pretty fast computer to work with avc/h264 video to edit, convert and playback. If I had a avchd cam I would first convert the videos into a more editable format such as HDV mpeg2 format.
It you want to edit HDV video then right now it's better to buy a camcorder that records in the HDV mode to tape which uses hd-mpeg2 compression. You can work with hd-mpeg2 (HDV) on a P4 3Ghz machine. You can't use a P4-3Ghz machine to work with avchd video.
Either way you need a pretty fast computer to work with avc/h264 video to edit, convert and playback. If I had a avchd cam I would first convert the videos into a more editable format such as HDV mpeg2 format.
Maybe the fan isn't seated properly? Is this an AMD processor? If it was an Intel processor it should first lower it's cpu frequency and if that doesn't work it signals the powersupply to shutdown.I finally got it to render by pulling back the GFX card acceleration and opened the PC case to let a fan blow away heat from the processor