Panasonic HDC-SD1EG-S (AVCHD format)

Hello,
Do someone know if final cut pro 5.1.4 can capture images from the panasonic HDC-SD1EG-S (AVCHD format) ?
thank you

Yes. Every time you transcode a clip there are some approximations that must be made.
Since your original footage is a heavily compressed format to begin with, it remains to be seen if using Streamclip will make it look worse.
good luck.
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I'm using a MacBook Pro - latest OS X platform
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Yes. Every time you transcode a clip there are some approximations that must be made.
Since your original footage is a heavily compressed format to begin with, it remains to be seen if using Streamclip will make it look worse.
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Do someone know if the panasonic HDC-SD1EG-S (avchd format) is compatible with final cut pro 5.1.4 ?
Thank you

Can you provide the details as to how you can capture AVCHD to FCE please.
Al

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The HDC-SD9 Panasonic is a high definition camcorder that records in the AVCHD format. Bear with me as I try to explain in layperson terms my question. I then created several Imovie events by removing the SD card from the camera and using a memory card reader to upload. I then created a separate Imovie Project by taking footage from various Events. I tried to copy the project onto a new SD card, place the SD card back in the camera and play the recording. However, the camera indicates "no data" on the card. So, a couple of questions: 1) Is this because the HD camera cannot read the Imovie codec? 2) What format/codec does Imovie convert the AVCHD to? 3) If I burn the project to a double-layered disk in High Definition will it play on a Blu-Ray DVD or a DVD that can read a high definition disk? 4) Bottomline is that I would like to edit the AVCHD footage captured on the Panasonic HDC-SD9 camcorder, burn to a disk and play it on a DVD player. Is this possible?

As you discovered, you cannot move a finished movie back to your camera for playback.
For playback on an Apple TV, shore using the LARGE preset, and you will get a 960x540 file that looks really good on a high definition TV if it has upscaling circuitry, because this is a simple upscale to 1920x1080.
If you want to burn a movie in full 1920x1080, there are several options.
1) You can create it using iMovie's "Export using Quicktime" feature and watch it on your Mac. Use a 24" iMac for best results. It will use the entire screen.
2) Same as #1 except you can watch it on a Sony Playstation 3.
2) You can get Toast 9 with BluRay plug in and burn up 20 minutes or so of movies to a standard DVD. It might be more with a dual layer DVD but I have not tried it. Create your movie and export it using Quicktime in AIC or h.264 and the burn in Toast. Most BluRay players will read the DVD.
3) If you have a BluRay burner, you can use Toast 9 to burn multiple movies up to theatrical length and maybe more.
See my post here for some details:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?messageID=7022027&#7022027

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I'm getting married soon and want to buy a Hi-Def camcorder to use during the wedding ceremony and honeymoon. I like to Panasonic HDC-SD9 but have some basic questions. Please accept my ignorance!
a) I understand that the HDC-SD9 records in AVCHD, which on conversion to AIC in IMovies 8 greatly increases the file size. The harddrive on my Macbook is only 120GB and a converted one-hour AVCHD video is likely to make a serious dent into this. What is the best way to handle this?
b) Should I use the disk utility to make a copy of the SD card and delete the files from the SD card? How do I ressurect this when I need to use the raw footage? Can I play directly from the Disk Copy?
c) Should I convert the large AIC file into another form to save it on my harddrive? What is the best format to reduce file size? How do I do this?
d) Ideally, we want to give our wedding guests a copy of the wedding footage on a standard def DVD. Can we use IDVD to make a DVD from the AIC file? How much footage can be stored on a normal DVD?
e) What programmes can be used to play the AVCHD file? Can I play it back on Quicktime 7.5.5?
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If you go the AVCHD route; My suggestion to most of the questions is to buy an external hard drive (format to Mac OS Extended) and load your footage to that and keep the drive. Then guard it with your life.
IMO: Tape is still an option that has advantages. The tape is a backup and they are inexpensive.
Most NLEs work with the formats and file sizes are smallish. AVCHD can bloat to nearly 50 gig an hour, DV, no more than 13.5 gig.
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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.
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Timebase: 25.00fps
Video Settings
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Fields: Upper Field First
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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
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I am planning on purchasing two Panasonic HDC-MDH1 cameras for weddings and events. These cameras record in AVCHD ; MPEG4-AVC/H.264 (AVCHD standard compliant) as the supplier says. Is this compatible with Adobe Premiere?
I have read some threads that said that it is not really supported by Premiere and can use some advice.
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Ok guys, I am not too good of an expert here. So I hope you can bare with me on this.
I am gonna be shooting weddings mostly with these cams. Actually, it is the price that was very tempting being around $1000. My other option is Canon XF100 which should be around double that price. Anyway here are my questions:
1. Should I go for Panasonic or Canon XF100?
2. Knowing that I might need to deliver on BluRay, what resolution should I shoot at? 1080p, 1080i, or 720p or any other res? Compatibilty with PP is important.
3. Saying I did go for Panasonic which shoots in AVCHD, what format can I convert my footage to, and which converter should I use so I can maintain as much quality as I can?
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I am looking for the best overall settings for a clean good quality image.
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RC

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