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Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

Cipo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:58:00 GMT

BenoitM:
CIPO,
I gave up trying to do this.
I ended up using the WD TV HD standalone player to play my original AVCHD files (from a Canon camcorder); when doing more serious editing, I convert the AVCHD rushes to HDV or MPEG2 I-frame 1920 * 1080i then work with Liquid. Sorry I no longer have the link to that german forum, you could try with Google.de

Ok. thx anyway :)

CIPO

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

Cipo — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 07:57:23 GMT

LewS:
You can download the Panasonic / Main Concept converter here.

I got it already, the problem is that it doesnt work if the file is not generated by a panny cam. It seems it is only checking the dir tree of the SD memory though. I am trying to find out how to trick it around :)
thx

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

BenoitM — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 20:36:56 GMT

CIPO,

I gave up trying to do this.

I ended up using the WD TV HD standalone player to play my original AVCHD files (from a Canon camcorder); when doing more serious editing, I convert the AVCHD rushes to HDV or MPEG2 I-frame 1920 * 1080i then work with Liquid. Sorry I no longer have the link to that german forum, you could try with Google.de

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

LewS — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:55:28 GMT

You can download the Panasonic / Main Concept converter here.

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

Cipo — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:40:50 GMT

BenoitM:
saw a thread on a german site explainig that you have to basically reconstruct the full files & directory structure of a Panasonic cam; using plain .m2ts from Sony or Canon won't work unless you do this

HI, I am trying to do the same. Can you help me out ? Do you have any link ?
THX
CIPO

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

BenoitM — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 07:31:09 GMT

bigrock:
You might want to check out Vasst's new AVCHD Upshift progam, supposed to work with any NLE. Here's the link http://vasst.com/product.aspx?id=bf3e2d5a-7c2e-4969-a8dd-7cee2cefba30

Just quickly tested the tool, and noticed that it produces HP@HL MPEG2 files.

When importing these in AL, I always get a red slice, no matter what T/L setting I use (e.g. HD 1920 * 1080, Uncomp. YUV or M2V).

Any way to have a T/L that would not require an extra transcoding when working with the files produced by AVCHD Upshift ?

Other tips to optimize the workflow AVCHD -> AVCHDUpshift -> AL ?

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

BenoitM — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 08:31:05 GMT

saw a thread on a german site explainig that you have to basically reconstruct the full files & directory structure of a Panasonic cam; using plain .m2ts from Sony or Canon won't work unless you do this

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

BenoitM — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:08:49 GMT

Interesting...as the goal of my tests is to evaluate my workflow before acquiring a....Canon camcorder AVCHD....

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

BobSanders — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 09:08:20 GMT

You have to be careful. Sony avchd is not the same as Panasonic avchd. There are different types and Panasonic headed off in their own direction with it. (Canon is using Panasonic's avchd BTW)

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

BenoitM — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 07:14:42 GMT

I have downloaded and installed "AVCHD transcoder v1.2 release"

When I launch it & browse to process a single .m2ts file shot with a SONY SR11, the output section of the utility remains greyed out (and I can't process the file): am I doing something stupid or is this utility checking for genuine Panasonic clips ????

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

mmyers — Thu, 22 May 2008 16:10:40 GMT

Sounds like we need both then. Any ideas where one can download the Sony software? Is Vasst's progam agnositic?

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

david@dvc.uk.com — Thu, 22 May 2008 13:52:19 GMT

Just had a customer in the office with a Sony AVCHD camera - HDR-SR12. This films in both 1920 x 1080 and 1440 x 1080. With both the panasonic program did not work. The converted files were just plain green.

The Sony program that came with the camera converts footage to more AVCHD or to SD MPEG2 no HD MPEG2.

I have used the panasonic program successfully with clips created on a Panasonic AVCHD camera only.

This customer ended up buying Studio, loading the clips into the timeline and converting them to MPEG 1080i and then loading them into liquid.

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

BenoitM — Mon, 19 May 2008 18:55:04 GMT

from the Panasonic download page: "This application software transforms AVCHD clips recorded by Panasonic camera only"

I guess this is a kind of disclaimer, but the software will work with *most* AVCHD camcorders or...?

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

smithe1 — Sat, 17 May 2008 17:58:33 GMT

Thanks Lew!..........Edd

Re: AVCHD to P2 Converter

LewS — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:41:07 GMT

Give this link a shot. Scroll down toward the bottom of the page.