[MacDV] Re: Capturing AVCHD

[Ross Clark]

Sure have them save the files on the DVD as a "DATA" file do not  
convert them to a DVD playable file. You want the origina format file.  
They should be able to just copy the file to their computer hard drive  
and make a data file DVD (just like they would use the DVD to make a  
data backup) and the file should work fine. When you get the DVD just  
copy it to your hard drive and then use the log and transfer function  
to get the file into Final Cut Express 4.
Good luck,
Ross
On Jun 24, 2008, at 7:46 AM, Steve Robertson wrote:

> Thanks, sb.
>
> The client is far removed from me. Will the AVCHD files survive  
> being transferred to a data DVD so they can be mailed to me?
>
> Steve R.
>
>
> On Jun 24, 2008, at 10:31 AM, sb wrote:
>
>> For AVCHD you use Log and Transfer, via USB, not Firewire.
>>
>> AVCHD is a digital file transfer, not a "capture"
>>
>> The camcorder records on either a disk or a chip. Either way, you  
>> should be able to put the chip (a multicard reader) or the disk  
>> into your computer and just transfer the data over.
>>
>> You cannot go back to AVCHD. You must output to whatever final  
>> format your client needs (iPod/iPhone, web, standard def, DVD, etc)
>>
>> And, you must have Final Cut Express 4
>>
>> hth,
>>
>> sb
>>
>>
>> On Jun 24, 2008, at 6:41 AM, Steve Robertson wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Guys and Gals,
>>>
>>> I have a client who wants me to do some editing and post  
>>> production on raw video shot by someone else. The negotiations are  
>>> going well - until she informs me that the original video is in  
>>> AVCHD format.
>>>
>>> I use FCE, which I think is supposed to handle AVCHD. But how  
>>> would I go about capturing the AVCHD to my hard drive? I'm  
>>> assuming you need a camcorder that captures AVCHD to be able to  
>>> send AVCHD out through the FireWire to the computer. And she tells  
>>> me the raw AVCHD footage is about one gig per hour. Sounds like a  
>>> mighty small file size to me!
>>>
>>> What would happen if the client attached a camcorder using  
>>> standard DV to the AVCHD camcorder and did a tape to tape transfer?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Steve R.
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