Editing Canon HF11 30p/24Mbps AVCHD footage With VideoStudio 11.5+ HELP!

[tat2jr1]

I just got the new Canon HF11. I want to shoot in PF30 (30 frames progressive mode) at the 24mbps setting. I am using Video Studio 11.5+.

Video Studio is importing the files that I've recorded in 30p/24Mbps just fine EXCEPT that they are saying it's upper field first. It's not. I need it to import them as Frame Based, so I can grab stills from the video, and work with it in progressive from start to finish (I only output to DV or lower, so AVCHD or HD output in progressive is NOT needed). Input IS needed though.

I think the problem is that canon has wrapped their 30p in some kind of 60i system or something. Not sure. And I KNOW the problem with Video Studio is that it's automatically decided that my file is upper field first, because I downloaded the trial version of Vegas Movie Studio Platinum 9.0, and with that program it lets you change the field order to frame based. I can grab perfect stills... and work with it in progressive then. I need the same in Video Studio. Does anyone know a way to force VS to import a different field order, OR have a freeware program that will change the header info on a AVCHD file to make it say it's frame based or progressive?

Using Video Studio 11.5+ I know you can change field order when you export the files into different formats, but I need to change the field order on the import of these files.

I've uploaded a 1 minute clip shot in the 30p/24mbps mode from the new canon. It's 176 MB.

http://rapidshare.com/files/148179715/CanonHF11-30p.zip.html

I hope someone has an answer for me! I don't want to change from Corel as I've gotten use to it, or return this camera. Thanks in advance.

[Soopafresh]

Open up the file in DGAVCIndex and choose File--->Preview. It'll tell you about the characteristics of the file.

Check out this article http://www.elurauser.com/articles/canon_progressive_modes.jsp

Here's your file. 30p inside 60i, hence it's detected as field based video

[tat2jr1]

Thanks Soopafresh. I'm not sure what to do now. Is there a way to make this a true 30p AVCHD mts file, so I can import it into Video Studio 11.5+? I've got a workflow down using that program with the mts files.

If not, do you know of a way to de-interlace this mess so I can use VFAPI or something. I saw your other thread, but that doesn't have to do with this kind of deinterlacing I don't think. UGH - Why couldn't Canon have made this simple. I didn't know what I was getting into... and I thought I'd been through all this with learning how to edit my first generation panasonic AVCHD files.

[tat2jr1]

You know Soopafresh..... I may be thinking about this wrong. I've been outputting that video file to different formats (DV, WMV 720pHD, DVD) all as progressive (field-based), and they're all looking really good. It makes sense when you think about how this interlacing is done (progressive segmented frame). Do you think I'm on the right track with my thinking on the progressive output for videos on this file?

Now, I WON'T beable to grap stills in VS11.5+ because the program thinks this is normally interlaced video,and they look awful, but I can frameserve the files in to virtualdubmod and grab stills from there.

[Soopafresh]

Yes, output should be progressive.

Yes, you can frameserver to vdubmod, or you can save frames in bmp format in DGavcindex