avchd editing - "choppy video" - hardware or sof

whazzapp · Post by **whazzapp** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:20 pm

I used VS in the past to edit "traditional" video. I am now trying to use VS Pro X2 to edit AVCHD video. While editing and previewing clips as I am editing, the clips are very choppy. It is almost impossible to use. The audio seems fine.

I have a modest system, so I am wondering if this can be corrected with horsepower or is this just a shortcoming of the software. Please advise.

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Fri Jul 17, 2009 2:53 pm

The preview window often looks a bit choppy when editing AVCHD, it is after all only a "preview" It doesn't necessarily reflect the quality of the finished product! Your hardware, particularly RAM will affect the preview screen so if you complete your profile as requested here:http://forum.corel.com/EN/viewtopic.php?t=16180
then more advice can be given.

Post by **Ken Berry** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 8:47 am

If your system is less than a decent Core 2 Duo, then you won't be able to play AVCHD smoothly or at all. If it is less than a Pentium 4 3.0 GHz with hyperthreading, you won't be able to edit it either -- though you could try it with SmartRender. But as I say, even if you successfully managed to edit it, then unless you have a Core 2 Duo and above, you can't play it anyway.

I am afraid that AVCHD is easily the most demanding video format out there of computer resources. It is not a question of the editing program -- you simply have to have a lot of computer grunt. Pity the camera makers don't advertise that when they publish all the advantages of their AVCHD cameras!

bankroot · Post by **bankroot** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 9:40 am

Nowadays all camera's producers think, that user is fool and lazy.
They don't assume someone wanna waste a time to do something with the footage, after it has been made (editing).

This process unfortunately is still going on.
Time to die !

Black Lab · Post by **Black Lab** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:55 pm

Nowadays all camera's producers think, that user is fool and lazy.

If you take a look at YouTube I think they are right.

Time to die !

A little strongly worded, don't you think?

mitchell65 · Post by **mitchell65** » Mon Jul 20, 2009 6:17 pm

Couldn't agree with you more Jeff. I've been wanting to say that for some time but as a newbie to Video work I didn't think I was qualified to critisize. What surprises me is the terrible quality of much of the screenshots that you see. Many are totally unreadable yet it is so easy to produce a good clear image. I use a very cheap bit of software that produces good results time after time. I use it a lot in a Computer Club forum that I run.

bankroot · Post by **bankroot** » Tue Jul 21, 2009 8:12 am

Black Lab wrote:
If you take a look at YouTube I think they are right.
I thought about users written by big U, so called conscious users (I have not been to precise in previous opinion).

Black Lab wrote:
A little strongly worded, don't you think?
You are definitely right, the world is not ended on cameras !!!