Everyone understands that AVCHD takes lots of CPU, GPU, and RAM.  Some advanced functions and effects do too.  Those who are about to upgrade from P4, and who can get quad core, probably should. Just remember, though, that few pre-2008 desktops were quad core and, even today, quad core notebooks barely exist.  A 2.4 core 2 duo ...

Duncan / Winton:  your experience appears to duplicate my own.  Of course, since my DD2 attempts yield no sound at all, the fact that I get sound with PCM signifies (obviously) a 100% quality improvement.  How DD2 compares to PCM in fact, I can only guess. 

  To Jon RT and all the rest:  Is it true or false that a Studio DVD will always have sound if the user designates PCM as the output audio format? My impression is that the glitch owes to some flaw when the source audio is Dolby 5.1 (or something else) and the user selects Dolby 2 or anything other than PCM for the disc output ...

This thread addresses a case where the disk image VOB stream files have sound, and the burned disk may play back OK on a PC, but there is no sound when playback is on a dedicated DVD player.  True or false? Anyone encounter a (totally different?) problem where the project exhibits sound in PS DVD preview, but neither the VOB files on the ...

Does the IFOEDIT procedure address only cases where a DVD yields sound on a PC but not on a dedicated DVD player?  Do the VOB files have sound anyway when testing on the PC?  Lately, I've had a problem with a project that has sound on preview, but produces disk images with no sound whatever.   The VOB files are silent.  ...

NLE doodling alleviates evening bordom, but others might think it a way to dodge chores or squander time.  ''Honey, why can't you do something more productive, like cross-words, Sudoko, or fix that broken faucet?''  Aside: A well-made video takes time.  A really well-made video takes a geometric increase in effort and TLC, but ...