I have been editing SD video from numerous camcorder footage over several years now, using various versions of Pinnacle and Premiere, so I'm not a newbie in that respect. However, I now need to transition my mindset to the world of HD.
I just ordered the Panny 300TM HD camcorder so I will need to prepare myself for the necessary tools I need to support editing and authoring media using this new format.
From what I understand, the files will be MTS format. Are these similar to the AVIs that I'm used to working with? Do I just drag and drop them onto a timeline, edit, and then burn?
Speaking of burning, I don't have a Blu Ray burner, nor a Blu Ray player, only a Samsung upconverting DVD player connected to my sweet new Samsung 40-in A650 120Hz HDTV. Is it possible to burn the footage to standard DVD-R? Will I be losing much quality in the process? Or is it the case that I can fit less footage on a DVD-R.
I think that getting a BluRay burner and player will have to wait since I just plunked down $1150 for the camcorder.
Well I guess this is all for now. I suppose I'm just scratching the surface.
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well the avchd is long gop mpeg-4. not as editor friendly and already compressed. premiere pro cs4 or vegas pro 9 are your best bets. you will have to render to mpeg-2 for dvd.
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Originally Posted by coeng73
You can put AVCHD format on a DVD5 if you had a blu-ray player, or PS3. -
Originally Posted by poisondeathray
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dvd media isn't going to cut it for HD cam footage. you will need LARGE external hard drives to store it on.
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Originally Posted by minidv2dvd
I just basically need a cheap way to dump camcorder footage until I can shell out the dough for the Blu Ray burner, player, and media.
By the way, thanks for the replies. I welcome any suggestions you have. -
if you record in full quality mode - HA (17Mbps/VBR) (1920 x 1080)
that's about 9GB/hr. any video over 30 minutes won't fit on sl dvdr media.
i'd still plan on hard drive storage, cost per GB is a little higher but transfer speed/ease and usability is much better. -
Originally Posted by minidv2dvd
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Originally Posted by minidv2dvd
LG Burner $180 + Samsung BD-P1600 $280 + $7 per disk = not right now
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