AVCHD (m2ts) Files

[clivew]

Can someone help please - how do I import AVC/H.264 files into Edius Pro 4?
Many thanks in anticpation.
Clive

[jaegersing]

Hi Clive. I don't think you can do it, but there is a utility you can download from the Canopus/GV website that allows you to convert the AVCHD files into Canopus intermediary HQ codec. It works very well.

Richard

[Zorro]

You'll find the so called AVCHD-to-Canopus HQ Conversion Utility in the download section.

[clivew]

Many thanks to you all - downloaded the utility - works like a charm.
Best wishes
Clive

[Deeter2]

Zorro,
I am lost with the changeover and cannot find the place to download this utility.
Also for you and Clivew, did it preserve the quality during the conversion??
Thanks in advance

[Zorro]

Just log in

http://www.canopus.com/support/supportcenter.php?lang=EN

and then choose either the EDIUS Pro v4 or the General Utilities download section.

[THoff]

If you are going to use the AVCHD Converter with video from a Panasonic HDC-SD3, you should download an updated version (V1.02) of the converter from the Canopus Japan site:

ftp://ftp.canopus.co.jp/pub/jp/drivers/winxp/avchd_converter_v102.exe

The HDC-SD3 records more horizontal pixels than earlier models, and the AVCHD Converter on the US support site doesn't handle the video correctly.

[Deeter2]

Thanks!
Was looking in the GV website thinking that Canopus had shut down already.

[clivew]

Can anyone confirm that if you use the AVCHDtoHQ converter the converted files are 4 x 3 and not the original 16 x 9? If this is so is there anyway that the conversion can be made in 16 x 9 as per the original?
Many thanks
Clive

[THoff]

The video format uses anamorphic (non-square) pixels, that's not the same as it being 4:3. After you load the video into Edius, right click on the file in the Bin window, select Properties, Video Info, and choose 16:9.

[clivew]

Many many thanks
clive