Footage from Samsung HMX-H205 High-Def Camcorder to AVCHD - Sync Problem

[bmccollum]

I have a Samsung HMX-H205 High-Def Camcorder.

I believe it saves footage shot on the camcorder as 1920 X 1080 (60i).

I'm trying and trying to import the footage using multiAVCHD in order to create an AVCHD DVD on a regular DVD5 DVD.

Once the disc is created using imgBurn and I try to play it in my BluRay player, the audio is about 4-5 seconds ahead of the video.

I'm making sure I'm going into the "Transcode" option in multiAVCHD to adjust it from what it initially detects at 59.94, down to a recommended 29.97. I've also read that I should adjust it to 23.976 instead of 29.97.

HIGHLY frustrated! I'm shooting this nice footage that I can't seem at all to get over to a DVD to view!

Any suggestions are highly appreciated or should I just bite the bullet and buy a BluRay burner and convert the footage straight out of the camera to a BluRay disc using software that will of course allow me to put navigational menus on the BluRay disc and so forth?

Thanks!

[yoda313]

I'm not sure on the speed setting from 60fps. I can't help there.

BUT if you were considering getting a bluray burner does that mean you do have a bluray player?

If so then why not try avchd? You can keep the hd and put it on a dvdr. If the file is small enough to put on a single layer or dual layer disc you will not need to reencode it at all. If it is larger than a dvdr you can have multiavchd transcode it in hd to fit the dvdr of your choice (dl or sl).

If it is small enough to fit a sl or dl disc the creation of a avhcd takes almost no time at all even on a dual core pc.

Try that option first before fiddling more on the 60-30 fps issue. I am not sure on the correct answer for that for a true dvd creation. BUT with avchd you won't have to worry about that and can preserve the hd.

Just make sure your bluray player can play avchd - if it is a playstation 3 it can (I have made plenty of avhcd discs with multiavchd and my ps3 plays them just fine).

[bmccollum]

Yes, I have an LG bluray player. It will play an avchd dvd, but when doing so after processing my camcorder footage in multiavchd, the audio plays about 4 seconds earlier than the video. So, the resulting video is unwatchable.

I was under the impression that if my footage was recorded in 59.94i, I had to transcode it to 29.97 in multiavchd in order for the resulting avchd dvd to be created successfully. So u are saying I should be able to leave the footage as 59.97 while working in it in multiavchd?

[yoda313]

Try making an avchd without adjusting the frame rate and see what happens.