Is MacPro 2.oGHz enough to edit AVCHD?

I plan to get canon FHS10 and FCE4 or may be FCP.

I shoot HDV on my HV20 (PAL), in progressive mode. I capture native HDV and edit in native HDV sequences. Because the 1080p25 video is stored in an interlaced stream, I select the imported clips and my sequence, then right-click in the Field Dominance column and choose "None".
If I'm doing mostly straight cuts and want to output HDV, I'll edit and render to HDV. If I'm outputting to something better or want maximum speed, I'll edit in HDV with the Render Control > Render > Codec option set to Apple ProRes 422.
Output is normally to a QuickTime movie which I then throw at Compressor, QuickTime Player or something else, depending on the destination.
Note that in the US, the workflow for 1080p24 progressive scan video may be quite different if you need to remove pulldown. You may need to use Cinema Tools or something similar.

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The MacBook pro, enough to edit AVCHD

Ok, I am in the market to upgrade to a new Mac. The Mac I have now is a desktop, and it's not very powerful. I would get a desktop but I edit at friends houses a lot. So will the new 13" be enough with 2.7GHz dual-core Intel Core i7 processor with 4MB shared L3 cache and 8GBs of ram? Or should I just go get the 17" with 2.3GHz quad-core Intel Core i7 processor with 8MB shared L3 cache. Right now I edit 1080i @ 5mbs/second. But I will be upgrading soon enough. Also, I edit a show and I have clips from 6 episodes in the bin and premiere can't handle it on my old Mac. Will one of those MacBook pro's handle it? Thanks

Go to the system requirements page and check what screen resolution (pixel x pixel) is required
http://www.adobe.com/products/premiere/systemreqs/
1280x900 display with OpenGL 2.0–compatible graphics card

What mac do I need to edit AVCHD in FCE?

My G5 powerpc won't cut it, I get it. So, if I have the canon vixia hf11 how much computing power do I need to edit AVCHD? What mac will make it work reasonably well.

The current Intel based iMac, MacPro and MacBookPro models will all be fine.
The MacBook is a bit low end for FCE and the MacBookAir not appropriate at all.
As for configuration, I suggest 2-4GB RAM (FCE's sweet spot) and the largest hard drive you can afford (you will need it).
Budget for at least one 7200rpm external FireWire or eSata drive (depending on which Mac you purchase) for your videos. Also, if you choose a MacBookPro, upgrade it to a 7200 rpm hard drive.

Editing AVCHD

I try to figure out how is better to edit AVCHD. I observe that raw AVCHD footage is pretty slow in premiere. I was thinking to convert it to H.264 and edit. Is there any loose in quality or may be something?
Also will appreciate your recomandations about editing AVCHD
Thanks,
Chris.

>Intel i5 CPU, GeForce GTX 650 Ti video card and hard disk with 32 MB cache
A fast i7 is really best for AVCHD video... This message has a really good graphic about requirements - http://forums.adobe.com/thread/810750 click the picture to expand to readable size
Is that only ONE hard disk?
An EXAMPLE concerning trying to use only ONE Hard Drive for Video Editing
You are a music conductor, with a baton that you use to point to various parts of the orchestra... this is like Windows pointing to various parts of the hard drive to do Windows housekeeping or to load program segments for various functions
Now, at the same time and with the same hand... while still using the baton to conduct the orchestra... pick up a bow and play a fiddle... this would be doing something with your video file at the same time as all the other work
You as a person cannot do both at the same time with the same hand
A computer is a LITTLE better, in that it can switch from one kind of task to another very quickly... but not quickly enough for EASY video editing
You need AT LEAST two hard drives (separate drives, never a partition http://forums.adobe.com/thread/650708 for more on partitions) with Windows (or Mac OS) and software on your boot drive, and video files on a 2nd drive so the boot drive is not slowed down by trying to do everything
Do not try to use a USB2 external drive for video editing, the USB2 file transfer speed is too slow
External eSata or USB3 are both fast enough for video editing... eSata is better - http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1117813
ONE possibility is this dock with fan http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-SuperSpeed-Docking-Station-Cooling/dp/B0055PL2YI
And, some comparison tests http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1144620

How to open photos large enough to edit or view?

I am unable to view photos in any size larger than the basic thumbnail. When I double click, the photo remains small. When I go to full screen mode, the photo remains small but is centered in the middle of the full screen. It is very difficult to see the picture well enough to edit or anything. In past versions of iPhoto, a double click on the photo would open the photo.
I am using a MacBook Pro, 10.9.5, and iPhoto 9.5.1. I would love to return to the previous version of iPhoto but understand that is not possible.
How can I open my photos to work with them (or to even view them)?
Thank you!

Try the following:
1 - launch iPhoto with the Command+Option keys held down to open the First Aid window. Be sure to follow the circled recommendation in the screenshot.
2 - run Option #4, Rebuild Database.
If that fails copy the library over again manually by dragging it from the old Mac to the new Mac. Others have had problems with Migration Assistant and iPhoto Libraries.

Can the mac mini i7, 8gigs ram, edit avchd 1920/1080p without having to convert it?

Can the mac mini i7, 8gigs ram, external FW800 drive, edit avchd 1920/1080p without having to convert it?
Can you scrub the TL at 5x speed and not have it stutter?

By default it converts it to ProRes 422, though you can specify other codecs.
Why convert it?
Although FCP X can handle AVCHD natively, AVCHD being a "delivery" codec is not really suitable for editing.
ProRes is designed specifically for ease of editing especially with complex effects and colour correction.
If your editing is going to be fairly basic you can get away with leaving your media as AVCHD.
Note also that an hour of ProRes is around 50GB !

Editing AVCHD files in Premiere CS5 – juddery movement

Hi all,
Just got a Panasonic HDC-TM900 camcorder – it shoots 1080p @ 50fps (PAL). The format is “.mts”, with AVCHD compression.
Anyway, the issue I have is that when I import the files into Premiere CS5 to edit (Premiere says it supports the native files) – whenever the camera moving, the movement is very jerky, and also blurry during a pan. But when I play back the clip on the camcorder itself, or directly out of it via HDMI, it’s crystal clear with perfect movement.
Firstly – I am making a composition that matches the clip settings.
Secondly - my machine is very fast & can handle the files, so it’s not a processing issue.
And thirdly, they still judder when rendered (as H.264) – so it’s not just an “un-rendered media” issue.
Any Googling I’ve done seems to bring up similar issues with editing AVCHD files, but no solid solution yet. People are saying that I should transcode the files before importing into CS5 (but with no consensus on the format or software to use), and there is also a general consensus that AVCHD is a great playback format, but not the best for editing.
And what’s also odd is that the Panasonic website seems to offer the EXACT software that would seem to fix my issue, but when I click the link it’s not there!
See here: http://www.panasonic.com/business/provideo/avchd-home.asp
Scroll down to “Software” and it says “AVCHD to P2 DVCPRO HD Transcoder” – editing P2 files would be ideal, as I’ve done this before off a P2 camera - but when I click the link, it brings me to a page with all sorts of software & utilities, but I can’t even find the words “AVCHD” or “DVCPRO” it mentioned on that download page!
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
KP.

Hi John - it doesn't have a 1080i setting.
Here is a link to a file I shot on this camera - I imported it into CS5, made a new sequence to match eth footage (i.e. dragged it onto the "New Item" icon) and re-encoded the AVCHD file to a H.264 "Vimeo HD" preset in CS5.
It's blurry, juddery, horrible footage during any sort of movement!
http://www.maxtronmedia.com/grove/panasonic.mp4
Yet, on the camera's own LCD (and on a TV through the camera's HDMI output), this footage looks immaculate. And yes, I tried capturing footage through the HDMI cable into my Matrox Mini and it's interlaced all over the place & pretty-much un-usable.
Suggestions?
I just printed an Amazon returns label, so I'm probably going to send the camera back... now I just need to hope the box is still in my green bin! :/

Editing avchd video

I am using Final Cut Express and are editing avchd video. When I export this video at Quicktime Compressor, it comes out "not running Smooth". It is running choppyly. It is also choppyly when I burn it on a DVD.

Please give us more information.
Have you rendered everything in your sequence (timeline)?
*Sequence > Render All > Both* and
*Sequence > Render Only > Mixdown*
Does the video play correctly in the *FCE Canvas?*
If you plan to burn a DVD, you must export to *QuickTime Movie,* not to Quicktime Conversion.
What camcorder (make & model) did you use when you shot the video?
What *FCE Easy Setup* did you use when you used Log & Transfer to import your video from the camcorder to FCE?
What version of FCE and QuickTime do you have on your iMac? What iMac model do you have? How much free space is on your system HD? Are you using an external hard drive and if so is it connected to your iMac via USB or FireWire? Are you running any other programs the same time you are exporting from FCE?

Can I import/edit AVCHD (1920x1080, 60FPS) in Imovie 10.0.04?

Can I import and edit AVCHD (1920x1080, 60Fps) in Imovie version 10.0.04?

Thanks for the responce but unfortunately Precision Editor is greyed out just like all of the other editing tools. I hope Apple is working on a fix because I have some videos I'm trying to finish.

What's hardware should upgrade for Using Premiere CS4 to editing (AVCHD)m2ts file?

What's hardware or software should upgrade for Using Premiere CS4 to editing (AVCHD)m2ts file?
1st question: when i try to do editing by using Premiere CS4 AVCHD sequence timeline, the edting monitor seems not smooth (like wearing goggles) & delay, and when i use AME to encode m2ts file (which not yet edit) to AVI file (about 1 hour), it take 2h 13min to finish, is it normal?
2nd question: i use mpeg2 HD 1440 file to do eding, the edting monitor also not very smooth but better than using m2ts file, after editing done, i try to encode these mpeg2 HD 1440 file (which edited about long 1 hr) to a New file mpeg2 1440 X 1080i HQ or even mpeg2 Pal DV HQ file, the encoding was not runthe encoding after wait for half an hour. How many hours it take usually????
3rd question: i use m2ts file video file to export as a Bitmap, 1 frame 1 picture bitmap, it take long time too, about 1 or 2min to finish encoding, if i export more than 1 picture, it take even more time, i have experienced it, 3 or 4 pictures need about 10 or 15 min to finish encoding. i used to using mpeg2 HD 1440 file (which edited file) to export frame as picture, it not run the encoding at all. WHY ????
i'm new in Premiere CS4,so i got many question about Premiere CS4, usually i use Premiere Pro 1.5 version
my computer is: Intel (R) Core (TM) 2 Duo CPU
                         E7400 @ 2.80 GHz
                         2.80 GHz, 2.00 GB RAM
                         Graphic Card: ATI Radeon X1650 series
                        2 Hard Disks in my computer (C Drive is 300 GB (not sata) , D Drive is 500 GB sata)
4th Question: Premiere CS5 & Premiere CS4 which one is better ???
5th Question: What's different ATI Radeon and NVIDIA Card, which is better, which u suggest to. What is different Graphic Card and Video Card ?? Should i install HD Video Card ????

I don't think a core-2 will work very well with AVCHD... you need at least an Intel i7 920... or whatever is current
My CS5/AVCHD 1st Impressions http://forums.adobe.com/thread/652694?tstart=0 includes a link to the computer I built... since the GTX 285 is no longer sold, I would now go with a GTX 460 or whatever is the current "best bang for the buck" - AND I would buy 4Gig-by-3Sticks memory to be able to expand from 12Gig to 24Gig if needed
For my home hobbyist, family movies (which means that I am not trying to recreate Star Wars with video effects or many layers) AVCHD editing is "as smooth as spreading warm butter on hot toast" (also the MP4 video from wife's Flip camera)
My 3 hard drives are configured as...
1 - 320G WD Win7 and all programs
2 - 320G WD Win7 swap file and PPro projects
3 - 1T WD all video files... read and write

Editing AVCHD footage - AVCHD Converter needed !

Hey everyone,
I'm working with a new camcorder recording in 1920x1080 HD AVCHD (*.mts).
Since editing avchd material nativ requires loads of cpu speed, I'm looking
for a AVCHD converter which provides good quality and file speed.
I guess the size doesnt really matter.
I've tried Canopus AVCHD Converter, but I'm not sure if thats the best
possible tool as well as workin fine with CS4.
(What format should AVCHD be converted to?)
I'd really appreciate a few answers on how to speed up the HD workflow!
Best,
Alex

Another way you could do it, although more expensive is to use a Cineform product.
I have a SONY Handycam which will accept a 16GB memory chip and use a relatively outdated machine (Ie quad core AMD with xppro) and Cineform Prospect HD along with Premiere Pro CS3.
Prospect has a capture, conversion module (HD Link), which won't capture AVCHD files, but if I record the HD video to the chip instead of the hard drive of the camera, I can then insert the chip into a USB chip reader and the HD Link will directly convert the AVCHD files from the chip into Cineform .AVI files and save them onto the computer HD which can then be edited in CS3.
There is a minor problem with the alpha channel which can be worked around using quicktime files.
I've never looked at the Cineform product Neo Scene HD, but it may be cheaper. I'm not sure if Neo Scene converts the AVCHD files.
John Rich

PE7 Memory Issues and Program Freezes Editing AVCHD

I am suffering recurring "low system memory" warnings and program freezes and "bombs" when trying to edit AVCHD video clips captured from my Sony HDR-S11 hard drive camcorder.
I just bought a brand new computer specifically for these editing chores. The system I have is WELL above the minimums specified in the PE7 documentation. I am running Win XP SP3 (clean installation on a 500 GB hard drive), Intel 9400 quad core processor, Asus P5KSE ATX motherboard, 4 GB of RAM, ATI Radeon 3600 video card with 512 MB on-board processing, etc. I have installed only minimal software on the computer, intending to dedicate it primarily to Blu-Ray video processing.
My current project is about 1 hour and 27 minutes long. I have tried editing with both the "hard drive camcorder" and "AVCHD" full-HD presets for the project. While the AVCHD preset produces clearly better results - at least initially - by the time I reach approximately 1 hour into the import of my video clips to the Sceneline, problems begin to occur. They are usually manifested as a warning dialog box informing me that I am running low on system memory and should save my project and proceed with caution. I save what I was doing and then try to "cautiously" continue with the editing. If I click and hold on the taskbar slider to move either forward or backward in the Sceneline, I almost always get a hang-up of the program wherein it will not react to any keyboard or mouse inputs. If I persist, sometimes the program will momentarily revive but further attempts to edit often result in a spontaneous shutdown of the program wherein PE7 abruptly closes and I am taken directly to my desktop.
And during the times that I am able to edit, I have encountered the same kind of glitchy previews of my AVCHD source data that many others have reported on these forums. In scanning those threads, it looks like we are all out of luck on that one until Adobe comes out with an upgraded version of PE7.
I have worked through the Help Section procedures "Troubleshooting system errors and freezes in Premier Elements 7 (Windows XP)" with no improvement. Many of those checks do not apply to me since I basically started with a blank hard drive. I have no old codecs loaded. I have the latest drivers for my motherboard and video card. I don't have any fonts installed that did not come with Windows or PE7. I uninstalled and reinstalled PE7. My virus software (McAfee) is up to date and I performed a total system scan with no findings. Nothing has really helped me to be able to do stable and reliable edits of my source clips.
This is especially frustrating because I used PE4 for more than a year and NEVER had any freezes or bombs when editing HDV clips from my previous Sony HDR-HC1K taped-based HD camcorder. I thought that creating a capable video-dedicated computer would insure that I wouldn't have problems like these with AVCHD. Looks like I was mistaken again.

I couldn't agree more about the basic non-functionality of PE7 when it comes to handling large AVCHD projects, David. We were both taken in by our previous favorable experiences with earlier versions of PE.
My original problem came with a project similar to your own: lots of smalll files (clips) that added up to a large total project. The problems with memory shortfall occur when you pull a large number of clips from the Media window down to the project line. I had no trouble getting my 552 individual clips downloaded from my camcorder to the "Get Media" window. It was only when I dragged them down into my Sceneline that the wheels started to come off. With a great deal of patience and several reboots, I got my 552 clips loaded into my project but got into immediate and deep trouble when trying to edit the raw footage into final form. Apparently PE7 juggles the huge (in my case about 18 GB) file every time you try to do an edit and the manipulation of the big file is what eats up the memory.
As pointed out by earlier posts, AVCHD is efficient as a compression format for the raw video files but is extemely processor and memory-intensive when you try to edit a file with a lot of individual clips.
I certainly didn't know that I was biting off such a big piece of new technology when I bought my new Sony AVCHD camcorder. I don't think the shortcomings of AVCHD are very widely appreciated except by people who have confronted them head-on as you and I have done.
I fear that the solution for these difficulties will be beyond the scope of a patch by Adobe. Both you and I are using what should be a near-state-of-the-art computer with appropriate hardware and we are barely able to work on an AVCHD project. And, yes, converting your project files to MPEG format is a key part of a semi-workable solution.
The multiple project export method that I outlined above is unquestionably "cheesy" as you suggest but some vatiation on it is about the best you are going to do with AVCHD in PE7 for the foreseeable future.

Is Premier Pro CS6 better to edit AVCHD than CS5?

I am presently at Creative Studio CS5 that I have used to edit DV with Premier Pro CS5 successfully. I also use other applications in Creative Studio and mocha Pro V3.
I upgraded to a hex core computer with SSD and 2 RAID HDs to decrease rendering times and better performance for AVCHD. Now that I have upgraded from DV to AVCHD, is upgrading to CS6 a better choice to edit AVCHD files?

I don't remember any performance difference between the two, but there are several feature differences that make CS6 a worthy upgrade. Specifically, Adjustment Layers first appeared in CS6. I'd hate to go back to editing without those.

Editing AVCHD (Panasonic HDC-HS20)

Greetings,
I searched for similar issues and read about people having trouble with AVCHD, but I honestly don't understand how to edit and export a high quality video, when it comes to PAL.
The video was shot as HA (about 17 Mbps VBR - 1920x1080/50i) with a Panasonic HDC-HS20. And I'm using Premere Pro CS4. Windows 7, Intel Core 2 Duo 2.93 Ghz, 4 GB RAM, NVIDIA 9400 GT.
The new project settings I chose were: AVCHD, 1080i25 (50i) Anamorphic and it says this:
For editing AVCHD Formats recorded in 1920x1080 square pixels (non-anamorphic).
16:9 interlaced HD video at 25 frames per second.
48kHz audio.
General
Editing mode: AVCHD 1080i square pixel
Timebase: 25.00fps
Video Settings
Frame size: 1920h 1080v (1.0000)
Frame rate: 25.00 frames/second
Pixel Aspect Ratio: Square Pixels (1.0)
Fields: Upper Field First
The export settings were:
1440 x 1080i 25 High Quality
PAL, 1440x1080 25, Upper field, Widescreen 16:9, High Profile, 4.0
But the video doesn't play correctly on WMP, as if there was something bad with the frames, and it looks completely distorted when I upload it to YouTube.
I'm sorry if I'm missing something obvious here, but I really don't know what to do. Any help would be more than appreciated.
Thank you very much in advance.

>using Premere Pro CS4
In that case, you should have posted in http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere/premierepro_previous since CS5 is quite a bit different
ADDED... seems a mod has moved the message thread

Does iMovie 11 Support Editing AVCHD natively?

Does iMovie 11 support editing AVCHD files natively or conversion to an intermediate codec is needed?

Not to the naked eye.
AVCHD is a highly compressed Group of Pictures format. iMovie does all its rendering at the end when you share the project, so to edit AVCHD natively requires that it would do all rendering plus translate the compressed frames of AVCHD on the fly. This would take a very powerful Mac, so Apple does not offer it.
Final Cut Pro does rendering in the background and does not wait until the project is complete before rendering, so it can edit natively. However, ProRes422 is a very advanced codec, and most people claim that you lose nothing in using ProRes. It also uses 4:2:2 chroma sampling (rather than iMovie Apple Intermediate Codec which uses 4:2:0) which should mean higher color fidelity.
So iMovie = very good.
Final Cut Pro X = Best
For consumer level equipment, (like mine) you probably will not notice.

Is MacPro 2.oGHz enough to edit AVCHD?

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