*** EDIT - Updated 30 Dec 2012 with Patch 2418 Installed ******

Summary of PD11 for AVC 1920 1080/50 or 60p users: This is an continuation of the same review from PD10 - http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/20074.page

This thread is for AVC (h.264) 1920x1080/50 or 60fps users. Such files are being produced by a range of Camcorders such as the Pana 700, 800 & 900 series, CX560 & CX700, JVC GC-PX10 etc...+ this format is now a formal part of the AVCHD spec http://www.avchd-info.org/format/ (which is a subset of the broader AVC spec http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.264/MPEG-4_AVC ). Here are some notes on how these format is handled and produce by PD11:

Rendering Choices: The following is a summary from using the "Intelligent SVRT" under Produce which picked a correct profile under H.264/AVC. There are three options you can use to produce the final project.

1) CPU (Fast video rendering technology unchecked): This option works as you would expect and while it does re-encode the Audio and Video streams the quality and sync issues have been fixed. Looks good!

2) Hardware Video Encoder (GPU): While the original version of PD11 would use the GPU, I've not been able to test this as for the last couple of builds I get a "Production unsuccessful" error (documented later in this thread). This test were done using nVidia 310.64 drivers.

3) SVRT: How much quicker over CPU rendering will depend on the size of each of your clips and what % of the video needs rendering (more info documented later in the thread). The output of the rendered and SVRT segment looks good and there were NO transition or sync issues (even after remuxing).

Other: Couple of other related comments:
- Format: The output file is slightly "non std", I'm not sure if it is the header information in the M2TS container or the stream info (esp the Audio Stream) but some other apps don't like it much. I did create a "FixPD9" batch file that may work if you have any issues with your output but YMMV (see the prior PD9 thread on the topic here - http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/15533.page ).

- Audio: My test clips are 5.1 DD and if I check the properties from the library PD11 displays this info correctly. If I do this from the clips on the timeline, PD11 says the Audio is "unknown". Also when you use "Produce --> Intelligent SVRT" it only recommends the Video format and will render your Audio to 2.0 DD as default, so if you want to keep your 5.1 audio don't forget to click the Check Box!

- Timeline: It is fantastic that PD11 now lets you select the number of "Ticks" on the Timeline to match you frame rate for 25,30,50 and 60fps (including NTSC 1000/1001 variations). Oddly 24fps (and 1000/1001 variation) is missing yet you can produce in this frame rate.

Thanks
Nathan

==== Original Post Details on Rendering Choices ====
Rendering Choices: This is a mixed bag of issues and there is no One Best answer unfortunately. The following is a summary from using the "Intelligent SVRT" under Produce which picked a correct profile under H.264/AVC. There are three options you can use to produce the final project:

1) CPU (Fast video rendering technology unchecked): Slow (about 50% on top of real time). While it does re-encode the Audio and Video streams it keeps everything in sync even with remuxing to other formats. Unfortunately under a second test it produced many visible encoding artefacts (see subsequent post).

2) Hardware Video Encoder (GPU): Works pretty well on my setup (nvidia but have not tested either ATI/AMD or Intel). It is quicker than CPU rendering (about real time) and while the native PD11 output looks good any remuxing brings out an AV Sync issue (I presume there is a timestamp mismatch between the Video encode done with the GPU and the Audio done on the CPU). Thankfully it did not seem to produce any encoding artefacts.

3) SVRT (both with and without "Allow SVRT on single IDR H.264 video" checked) : Oddly this is now the slowest option (about a 100% on top of real time) and is "designed" to keep the content identical to the original except for the segments that are altered (eg adding titles, overlays, transitions etc) which is rendered. Given the loooong processing time I need to do some more testing as something odd is going on. The output however looks good and there were no sync issues when remuxing either.
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