PE 9 and AVCHD Lite?

Hi - does anyone know if Premiere Elements 9 supports AVCHD Lite files from a Panasonic Lumix DMC-GF1 camera?
I have found some discussions about this format and earlier versions of PE - but nothing on PE 9.
Officially, it doesn't, as far as I can tell - but can that really be true?
Thanks.

Version 9 does have project presets for AVCHD Lite 1280x720.
You can see how to set up the program for this or any video format in part 1 of my Basic Training for Premiere Elements tutorial series at Premiere Elements support site Muvipix.com.
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/537685?tstart=0

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Aperture and AVCHD Lite support

Apple implies on their Aperture 3 features site that AVCHD and AVCHD Lite is supported. See http://www.apple.com/aperture/features/#video/ . Does anyone know if Aperture supports AVCHD Lite for video transfer from a Panasonic DMC-ZS7 to my MacBook Pro?

I bought the Panasonic DMC-ZS7 today.
I was able to use Aperture3 and import still images and motion imagery from my Panasonic DMC-ZS7 into my MBP. I was also able to do this with iPhoto and iMovie.
The camera does not support AVCHD or AVCHD Lite. However, the camera has a user selectable option in the menu to shoot Motion JEPG (.MOV) HD video.
Both the still images and motion imagery look great! I can view the motion images in Aperture3, QuickTIme, or iMovie.
GPS works well with the camera, Aperture3, and iPhoto as well.

No AVCHD lite import - really? Suggested Workflow?

Being thrilled as I was to upgrade to Aperture 3, I now find myself stuck and disappointed with one of the main features I was excited about - video import along with photos. I shoot with a Panasonic GF1 that shoots both RAW images and AVCHD lite video. This is an amazing camera for having the best of both worlds - great photos and beautiful video. But Aperture 3 doesn't recognize the video!!! Huh? There are many consumer and pro cameras that are AVCHD video enabled and it seems strange and disappointing that Apple would not support this widely used format. So now, in addition to not having A3 support the RAW format on the GF1 (which will hopefully change soon), the video is not supported either.
Does anyone have a suggested workflow for easily getting this video into a Aperture 3 project?
-dm

I found a possible solution that does not (exactly) require transcoding and allows the video to be loaded into Aperture (and edited directly in iMovie):
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2411037
The product is called ClipWrap 2 and it worked with a test file of AVCHD lite video from the Panasonic GF1. I downloaded the trial version of the software and it seemed to work perfectly with the sample .mts file. It unwraps the mts file (a H.264 variant) and rewraps into a QT format (H.264 format with .mov extension) without transcoding (it also has options for transcoding). It is VERY fast and there is no generational loss. It can be found here:
http://www.clipwrap.com/
I haven't purchased it yet, but plan to when my GF1 arrives next week (after I perform additional tests). I don't see many downsides to using this (other that spending $50!). It seems to preserve the original video quality and it imports into Aperture. The main downside I see is that Aperture regards the re-wrapping date as the creation date, so metadata is not preserved. On the other hand, you keep the small file size and video quality of the original file. You can always transcode these files if you want something to edit in FCP, although iMovie seems to handle these files without problems.
Dave

AVCHD Lite or JPEG on FCE

I am a bit confused on which video format should work. I am using a Panasonic DMC-ZS3
pocket camera:
http://www2.panasonic.com/consumer-electronics/support/Cameras-Camcorders/Digita l-Cameras/Lumix-Digital-Cameras/Technical-Specification/model.DMC-ZS3K.T#ts
It records in AVCHD Lite and Motion JPEG, not sure if AVCHD Lite is even supported by FCE, so I tried the Motion JPEG and opened it straight from the SD.
My question is my FCE is normally set up via "Easy Set Up" for a 4:3 camcorder, do I have to change the easy set up mode every time I import a movie from a different camera or is there a setting that needs to be changed on FCE before editing the movie file for each different type of video format I import?
My understanding is that the easy set up is only involved in the ingestion of the video from the camera, but should not matter if I import the movie as an MOV file but not really sure.

Great, that opens up a lot of my videos that I took from my camera in both Mption JPEG and AVCHD Lite for editing then, since both version play pn QT. They are not long clips, so rendering them in FCE is not a big deal. I just thought by reading thru the manual the video one could import was much more restrictive, but this is just for live editing. Being able to open anything QT can play and edit it with rendering opens up a lot more videos to FCE.

How do I get AVCHD Lite and AVCHD videos to play in Front Row?

How do I get AVCHD Lite and AVCHD videos to play in Front Row? They use the .mts file extension, and can be played in VLC.

You will have to be able to play them in QuickTime before they'll be available in Front Row. It looks like the current version of iMovie will edit/play AVCHD movies. Can you put one of your videos into iMovie and export it as a QuickTime file?
-Doug

Importing video clips in AVCHD (Lite) into Aperture vs iMovie

I'm trying to figure out which application I should use for importing and storing video clips shot on my Panasonic DMC-ZS7 camera. This camera can shoot in AVCHD (Lite) or in Motion JPEG. I use the AVCHD (Lite) format to shoot the videos with this camera.
The two application options I currently have for importing video clips from this camera are:
a. Aperture 3.5.1 (I'm not using iPhoto since I have Aperture).
b. iMovie 10.0.1 (I'm not using Final Cut Pro)
When I first got this camera, Aperture 3 did not support the AVCHD Lite codec. Back then, iMovie could import video clips shot in AVCHD Lite, but it had to transcode the AVCHD video clips into AIC (Apple Intermediate Codec). Some time later, one of the Aperture 3 updates made it possible to import AVCHD Lite into Aperture (without having to transode into an intermediate codec), so we started importing our video clips shot in AVCHD Lite (together with our photos shot by the same camera) directly into Aperture.
iMovie 10 released in 2013 supports importing video clips shot in AVCHD Lite without having to transode them to AIC for storing these video clips in iMovie. So, now we have a dilemma that we need help with. Which application should we use going forward for importing video clips from this camera?
When I look at the metadata for the imported videos in Aperture, I see that the format of the imported video clips is listed as H.264. However, I can't seem to be able to find any information about the format in which iMovie stores imported videos. I can "Reveal in Finder" a video that I import into iMovie, and I see the size of the file and the .mov extension assigned to the file. With video files, the extension does not always determine the codec of the file, but in my non-expert opinion, the .mov extension is not H.264; I may be totally wrong here, though. What I have noticed, though, is that a video clip imported into iMovie has the file size that is about 10% larger than the same video clip imported into Aperture.
Therefore, I have three questions:
1. What format is a video clip (shot in AVCHD Lite) stored in Aperture 3.5.1 and in iMovie 10.0.1
2. Which format (the one used by Aperture or the one used in iMovie) is better suited for transoding AVCHD videos into? The balance of the quality and file size is the main consideration for us.
3. Which applications would you personally prefer using for importing video clips to and why?
I do want to use some of these video clips to make home videos in the future, utillizing iMovie. However, it seems I can still store the raw footage in Aperture and access this raw footage from iMovie to be able to create an iMovie project and a final home video. One of the concerns is that if we keep importing our video clips into Aperture, the Aperture library could grow beyond the size that Aperture can support and we may end up losing our photos due to the database corruption. Is this a real risk?
Thank you!

I had the same question recently. Go to the right of this box and a little above, into the Search Discussions window. Type in this: Is MPEG2 the answer
You will find my question, and the great answers I got. Follow those directions and you will be all set!

When will FCE support AVCHD Lite?

As far as I can tell with several Internet searches coupled with a lot of futzing with my Lumix camera, FCE does not support AVCHD Lite. Is support for this going to happen? When?
Thanks much.
Benny

Is there an FCE support forum?
Yes, and this is it.
Feel free to ask questions on the use of FCE or search the forum for existing Q&As.
It's hosted by Apple but is a user to user forum.
It's rare for an official Apple employee to intervene unless rule/s are not adhered to.
Al

IMovie '09 won't recognize AVCHD Lite clips

I am using iMovie 09 (8.0.5) and was previously able to import AVCHD Lite MTS files from my Lumix FZ35's SD card (private folder) using Import from Camera. This no longer works and I wonder if it was an update that created the problem. When I use Import from Camera I no longer see my SD card or my USB-connected Lumix as a choice, just the iSight. When I try to Import Movies the MTS files are greyed out. Tried this on two different Macs. The only way I have to import the clips is converting them to MP4 files using Handbrake, but that is tedious as it only queues one at a time and I have dozens of little files.
Any idea why this is no longer working and what I can do to get these clips? The Apple Support site clearly states that iMovie '09 supports this camera.

G'day Steve,
We only use the SD card directly to transfer images from camera to Mac and PC.
The AVCHD file (.MTS) can be viewed and played by VLC without any problems - indicating OSX is recognising the file on the SD card.
However we have tried many ways of importing this file into iMovie and in all cases the file name is greyed out. As per the original post by JaneNYC, i Movie won't recognise AVCHD Liteclips and like Jane the Apple support clearly states that IMovie 09 supports our camera (Panasonic Lumix DMC-FT1) which is the forerunner of FT2.
I don't believe a clean install of OSX and iMovie is required as this would be a drastic move for the novice mac user especially when Apple specifically states that iMovie supports both JaneNYC's and our cameras.
Would you agree the problem is more likely to be with iMovie than OSX or are we not understanding something about importing AVCHD Lite into iMovie?
Cheers,
Ellen and Ian (New to Mac)

AVCHD-Lite no sound

Hello, I have a problem with the file type AVCHD-Lite.
When I open a file in photoshop elements 11, I can watch the video but there is no sound.
I have already installed the latest version of quicktime, but this didn't help.
Thank you for your help and suggestions!
froensberg

Thanks. I had a look earlier at the conversion recommendations (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/454585?tstart=0), which seemed to work correctly for me in Premiere Elements, and again using the Koyote Soft product. However, both resulting files still play without audio in Premiere Elements. Strange, I am able to use the (incredibly bad) software product supplied with the camera to import and play the videos with sound; but everything else I've tried has been unsuccessful. (I'll post on how I go with the new iLife 09. I see it's supposed to improve support for AVCHD Lite.)
I'll keep exploring the other FAQs you mention, but happy to hear any other tips as well. Thanks again.

Editing AVCHD Lite files in FCE 4?

Anybody using a Panasonic camera ZS7 with FCE?
I understand that the easiest way is to import video files from this camera is to use Elgato turbo.264HD to convert the video files from the camera AVCHD Lite in to 264H and edit in FCE.
Any suggestions will be appreciated

I'm using a Panasonic FZ38 ..
http://sites.google.com/site/karstenschluter/a-lite-logging-with-fc-e
teaches FC/e that feature ..
WARNING: You'll probably violate the End-User-LIcence-Agreement performing that simple Finder-operation! (depends on local laws, advice in link is meant only as a technical description)
and, Welcome, Gabriel-dh, to the  boards

Best file format to convert AVCHD lite to?

Hello,
I have been browsing for a while with not much success. I have a new panasonic camera recording HD video in the brand new AVCHD lite format. I understand that FCP and pretty much everything does not accept AVCHD lite yet so converting the file format is inevitable. I want to do some editing in FCP and I am not sure what file I should convert the .MTS files to that would be best for editing.
I have already tried .MP4 and gathering from what I have read MP4 is a not a good file to edit with in FCP. What would you suggest be better?
When I tried editing with .MP4 the program ran so slow it was inoperable...
Maybe I need more than 2Gbs of ram...
I dunno.. Please Help
Thanks

mp4 is not an editing format and more ram probably won't help. If you've got the disk space, I'd recommend prores. I've been working with avchd from panny HMC150 using the log and transfer window in fcp and fcp automatically converts to prores.
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Hack to teach FC/e logging AVCHD-lite

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/200/880637
as you probably noticed, FC/e4 isn't able to import 'AVCHD-lite', 720p recordings.
its lil' brother iMovie09 does.
found this advice at CreativeCow, tested it (works!) and like to share it - ON YOUR OWN RISK! THIS IS A 'HACK'!
• quit FC/e and iMovie09
• open the FC/e program-package by ctrl-click 'Show package content'
• 'Contents/Plugins (NOT! plug-ins)/ ..'
• you'll notice a folder called AVCHD.RADPlug
• drag this folder to a save location, in case you have to re-install it ..
• open the iMovie09 program-package by ctrl-click 'Show package content'
• 'Contents/RADPlugins/ .. '
• you'll notice a folder called AVCHD.RADPlug
• copy/crtl-drag this folder into the open location in FC/e mentioned above (replace the AVCHD.RADPlug)
= done!
works like charm here with my LUMIX FZ38 ..
reading the original thread mentioned above notices, some people can not make it work - it's a hack.

Ian R. Brown wrote:
.. I am getting tempted!
Take a gander at this extremely comprehensive review . . . . . unfortunately it doesn't test the movie capability as thoroughly:
another here:
http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/specs/Panasonic/panasonic_dmcfz35.asp
and I like to read the customers review at amazon ..
the Lumix is a 'beast', when it comes to video, due to it's a photo-cam.. other to cam-corders of same price-range, you are allowed to do that 'cinematographer' magic, playing with focus, DoF, shutter-speed.
the main disadvantages: size/handling - I'm using, aside a normal tripod, a 'shoulder tripod', the cam is very small and lays a bit 'odd' in hand, compared to a real vid-cam; no ext.mic-in; no foldable TFT (in case you like to record babies or puppies in eye-sight-highth); not that low-light strong ..
http://sites.google.com/site/karstenschluter/a-lite-logging-with-fc-e
helps to use FC/e4, ...
btw: 500mm for video .. awesome. I like it. MY cam ...

AVCHD lite playback problem in Premiere Elements - No sound

I am importing AVCHD Lite movie files from my Panasonic camera (DMC-FT1) to Adobe Premiere Elements 7. It seems to work just fine, except that it will not play the Audio of the movie files. No sound whatsoever.
I've seen many other posts in the forum regarding sound that drops, but for me, it simply is not playing sound at all.
Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks. I had a look earlier at the conversion recommendations (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/454585?tstart=0), which seemed to work correctly for me in Premiere Elements, and again using the Koyote Soft product. However, both resulting files still play without audio in Premiere Elements. Strange, I am able to use the (incredibly bad) software product supplied with the camera to import and play the videos with sound; but everything else I've tried has been unsuccessful. (I'll post on how I go with the new iLife 09. I see it's supposed to improve support for AVCHD Lite.)
I'll keep exploring the other FAQs you mention, but happy to hear any other tips as well. Thanks again.

Does final cut express support avchd lite?

Will final cut express resolve this issue, being that most of Panasonic's point and shoot cameras use avchd lite?
Reasons I bought this program:
One its good for editing.
Two it says its avchd compatible on the box.
However this does not seem to be the case.
definition of avchd lite: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AVCHD

You make a good point about the audio. I have a Canon SD870 and recently shot some stills and video with it at a birthday party. It takes great shots, but I was actually impressed with the video and audio, probably because I did not know what to expect. In fact, it gave me enough material to edit a little movie for the birthday boy,(he was 50!) in imovie9. The speeches came out clear and the video was very acceptable.
But things can always be better, and that is why I want to upgrade to FCE, and buy a still camera that can shoot HD on the fly and can be used in FCE. I have been a Broadcast Sports TV cameraman for over 25 years, and I am very tired of lugging around bulky TV camera equipment. It seems a novelty to be able to shoot and edit HD on a pocket size camera.
Thanks for you input Al, I appreciate it. I still have two outstanding questions and I apologize if you have already answered them. First, How good/bad is the video quality with HD video captured on AVCHD Lite and then converted to use in FCE? Second, where does MPEG 4 rate in all this. Thank you.
Bill

Trouble using AVCHD-Lite with iMovie '08

I am using a Panasonic Lumix DMC-TS1 to import AVCHD-Lite video into iMovie'08. Having trouble with playback running faster than normal. I've heard from another post that iMovie '09 will solve the problem, is this true? Also, am using Final Cut Express 4, this too is running the import faster than normal, any recommendations?

Understand your problem. It is said that iMovie 8 can import Avchd video, but still will bring problem. To save time and in order to get good quality I now still always convert the AVCHD file to DV, MOV formats and then import to iMovie for editing. The converter i used is Moyea HD video converter for Mac, can download free for trial.
Good Luck!

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