I have purchased VS 11 Plus. I am trying to capture AVCHD from my Sony HDR-SR7E, following the procedure described in the manual. The camcorder is connected through USB, it is detected by the PC, I can select the AVCHD folder in the "Import DVD folder" window, but Video Studio crashes (not the OS) immediately after selecting the folder and pressing the OK button.
However, when I am trying to import directly from an AVCHD DVD that I created from the same camcorder, it works fine. Any clue?
Thanks in advance
VS crashes when trying to capture AVCHD from Sony camcorder
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Might be a tech support issue. I've had similar results where I can import from disk but not a referenced folder. One case being I had to rename a file so VS wouldn't use it (that was on Vista).
I think many are using the videos directly by using windows explorer and copying the videos from the cams STREAMS folder directly to their harddisk, or where ever they are at on the cams harddisk.
Then just insert them into the VS11+ timeline like any other video file. They may have an extension of m2ts or mts, not sure, some cams are different.
A nice feature with those cams is one can also record in SD (standard definition mode), which then the cam writes standard mpeg2 video files. Because it's a HighDef cam the SD video should look very high quality.
Might be a tech support issue. I've had similar results where I can import from disk but not a referenced folder. One case being I had to rename a file so VS wouldn't use it (that was on Vista).
I think many are using the videos directly by using windows explorer and copying the videos from the cams STREAMS folder directly to their harddisk, or where ever they are at on the cams harddisk.
Then just insert them into the VS11+ timeline like any other video file. They may have an extension of m2ts or mts, not sure, some cams are different.
A nice feature with those cams is one can also record in SD (standard definition mode), which then the cam writes standard mpeg2 video files. Because it's a HighDef cam the SD video should look very high quality.
Hi etech6355,
And thanks for reply. I have tried copying the stream files from the camcorder and here are my findings:
VS works only if the folders on the PC HDD have the following structure:
Parent folder
|_ BDMV
| |_ STREAM
| | |_ videofilename.m2ts
| |_ CLIPINF
| |_ videofilename.clpi
|_ index.bdmv
Now, I can copy the stream files from the camcorder to HDD and change their extension from mts to m2ts, but I can not create the videofilename.clpi and index.bdmv files. These files can be created only during a DVD creation, directly from the camcorder, and only using the software coming along with the camcorder. In conclusion I can not import the video files by copying them from camcorer to HDD using the explorer, and my only option is to burn CDs as an intermediary step.
Pretty limiting, huh? Any other clue?
Cheers
And thanks for reply. I have tried copying the stream files from the camcorder and here are my findings:
VS works only if the folders on the PC HDD have the following structure:
Parent folder
|_ BDMV
| |_ STREAM
| | |_ videofilename.m2ts
| |_ CLIPINF
| |_ videofilename.clpi
|_ index.bdmv
Now, I can copy the stream files from the camcorder to HDD and change their extension from mts to m2ts, but I can not create the videofilename.clpi and index.bdmv files. These files can be created only during a DVD creation, directly from the camcorder, and only using the software coming along with the camcorder. In conclusion I can not import the video files by copying them from camcorer to HDD using the explorer, and my only option is to burn CDs as an intermediary step.
Pretty limiting, huh? Any other clue?
Cheers
The videos under the STREAMS folder are the videos themselves.
The smaller xxxx.m2ts video files are menu files for that disk structure.
VS11 cannot load the menu files, they are specially formatted.
On my end I can copy the xxxx.m2ts files to my harddisk.
Then in VS11+ insert them into the timeline like any other standard video.
You can't do this with the trial version of VS11+.
You can't do it with the VS11+ Retail version without installing the 2 patches.
After you update VS11+ with the 2 patches AND install the latest version of Directx 9.0C dated November 2007 it will work.
I don't know why your renaming them from m2ts to mts. It's a m2ts container, to have them in the mts container they would need to be re-multiplexed again.
Have you installed the updates to VS11+ Retail?
I use it all the time to directly insert these raw m2ts files.
The smaller xxxx.m2ts video files are menu files for that disk structure.
VS11 cannot load the menu files, they are specially formatted.
On my end I can copy the xxxx.m2ts files to my harddisk.
Then in VS11+ insert them into the timeline like any other standard video.
You can't do this with the trial version of VS11+.
You can't do it with the VS11+ Retail version without installing the 2 patches.
After you update VS11+ with the 2 patches AND install the latest version of Directx 9.0C dated November 2007 it will work.
I don't know why your renaming them from m2ts to mts. It's a m2ts container, to have them in the mts container they would need to be re-multiplexed again.
Have you installed the updates to VS11+ Retail?
I use it all the time to directly insert these raw m2ts files.