[MacDV] Re: Capturing AVCHD

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On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 10:31 AM, sb <videovideo at mac.com> 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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