[MacDV] Re: Capturing AVCHD

[sb]

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.