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Hi Melody,
As per Adrian, but also can you specify camera model and also computer processor specs?
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Can we assume the files play OK with another application eg Media Player?
Otherwise it may be a corrupted file or have errors in it. I have had similar problems from time to time.
A few free programmes can sort out stream errors if this is the case eg MPEG Streamclip.
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Don't get me wrong, the forum is great as is your, and many others, great advice.
On line support however.......
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Hi Adrian,
There is a problem with AVCHD rendering. Search "AVCHD" in this forum.
A couple of links are below. I haven't had much luck with on-line support about it.
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/4283.page
http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/4312.page
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I am not Adrian but I use DVD Lab - very powerful programme with extreme flexibility.
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You haven't posted the rest of the response which is a semi-auto answer to cover issues.
Dafydd
This is all very well Dafydd, but when you get semi-auto response which is often insulting to one's intelligence (I have had such experience from Cyberlink support) it is going to turn people away.
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When you compare the performance of the current generation of AVCHD camcorders with the previous ones, it's also clear that important developments and advances in image processing technology are being made - and still need to be made. That will hopefully reduce motion artefacts, for example.
What irks me is that often the improvements are firmware related, not hardware yet the consumer industry has little interest in providing support for existing/older models to upgrade their performance.
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PS I have some screen shots but they won't attach : just get a blank web page. Any tricks?
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is it only "effects" that renders faster? If i for example have my avchd files and wants to add music, is there any rendering gain with CUDA or ATI´s patch? I realy want an answer...
/Andreas
OK Andreas: here are some brief tests for you.
My specs: Core2Quad 9550 2.83 GHz 3.2 GB RAM, XP SP3, 8600GT 1024Mb
Encode 9 mins Mpeg2 1080 to AVCHD 1440 render time 15mins. No change with or without CUDA
Encode 3 mins AVCHD 1080 Colour Painting video effect overlayed on entire 3 mins: CUDA on = 30mins, CUDA off = 7mins.
Yep that's right : 4 times longer with CUDA activated!!!!!
Processor utilisation for the above Colour Painting test : CUDA on = 30%, CUDA off = 100% (all 4 cores equal)
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AVT support seems to have even more promise. AMD demonstrated a pc encoding four HD video streams to h.264 in real time. Compare that with a top of the range Intel Quad taking ten hours for a single stream, and you can see the potential benefit.
My Quad core isn't real time but encodes a 9 min video clip (HD 1080 Mepg2) to AVCHD 1440 in 15 mins. (see next post)
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The work around I have used is to add the completed videos you want on the DVD into another project. eg 3 separate videos back to back on the time line (easiest in storyboard view).
Go to chapter room and use the option of auto chapter at start of each clip.
You now have 3 chapters at the start of each video.
In the create disc module you can't get rid of the chapter menu but now it has a chapter or link to the start of each video. I change the "play" to something like "play all" and then change the "chapter" button to "select one" or the likes.
You must remember PD is not a DVD authoring programme and hence the authoring side of things is not too flexible.
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Depending on what you need to cut you can either place the video in the PIP track and "overscan" it by enlarging the video.
Secondly you can overlay a colour board over the video by adding it to the PIP track then adjusting the size to cover the area you don't want.
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my suggestion (which probably won't work) is to change the extension to .pds and see what happens.
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Thanks Adrian and Jeff,
I tried both suggestions and the 2writers time generator suits my needs perfectly.
Thanks for the help. ![]()
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Hi All,
it there a way to make a time counter overlay which displays real time ie continues to count, not static?
Thanks
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Have a read of this thread. http://forum.cyberlink.com/forum/posts/list/4312.page#16518
Also use the search and type "AVCHD" and have a read about problems people are having.
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If you are converting to mpeg2 then you will get a larger file size as AVCHD is more compressed than mpeg2. If you render as an AVCHD file does the file size change greatly?
edit: I wonder if you are thinking the .MTS or .m2ts files are mpeg2 encoded? They are in fact mpeg4 AVCHD in a transport stream container.
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Not all AVCHD files are created equal ![]()
What source are the .m2ts files from? Have they been converted or copied onto the pc?
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I am a concurrent VideoStudio & PD user (although I favor PD now).
The flexibility to change encoding parameters is not there vis Video Studio, but what you tell me it is not a problem anyway.
If you were using mpeg footage to start with it might matter but as you are editing in DV codec then changing to mpeg2 for DVD, ALL video has to be re-encoded, irrelevant of the bitrate.
Your pc can handle it :![]()
I would skip the create file step and burn to DVD using HQ setting (or smart fit if you are exceeding the 4.7 /8.5 Gb). The reason I suggest this is that I have seen more artifacts encoding to file than encoding to disc (this shouldn't be the case but is for my AVCHD files).
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My only other suggestion is to use another programme to burn the DVD.
1. produce a HDD DVD folder using PD ie at the burn stage create DVD folder not burn to disc.
2. Use other burning software to burn the DVD eg Nero Recode
Otherwise I am out of ideas ![]()
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I don't quite understand this:
Also try creating a DVD folder and playing it off the HDD using your PC based DVD player to make sure it is a burn problem not a rendering problem.
Do you mean to test it will play as a file on the HDD using media player?
Exactly. Trying to work out whether it is a PD render problem or a DVD burn problem. If PD creates a HDD "DVD" which plays OK you may be able to use another programme to burn this to DVD disc.
Also have you tried playing back the burnt DVD on the computer or a stand alone DVD player?
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