AMD Radeon HD 6700 Series
Intel i5 quad core
16 G RAM
My media is GoPro mp4 files and mts files from my Canon HF200 (which AVCHD 60i). The Canon is older, so the default setting was interlaced - I have now learned its better to set it to progressive and I have done so, but I have tons of video in 60i.
My test video is 4 alternating clips from the Canon and the GoPro.
In the trial, mp4 encoding is not allowed at all, so I can't test that. The AVC look bad, but I can only test it with hardware acceleration and I understand that can cause issues with AMD. The output is choppy as is the display in the editor - compared to the originals, it looks horrible. I tried the mpg, which is supposedly fully supported in the trial, and it too is choppy. The only thing producing smooth results is the wmv format with hardware acceleration off, but it has too much compression. I find it really irritating that I can't up the quality of the HD WMV since it should be native (maybe I'm missing something).
From reading the forums, I understand that the trial version may not support decoding and encoding of my formats. If so, how will I know if it works for my system and media? Right now, Windows Movie Maker is doing a much better job, but I'd really like to take my video editing to the next level and I have no confidence at all based on the trial. Is anyone else having issues (or not) with the full version?
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