PD7 Compatible With Sony HDR-SR11

jadyx

Newbie Joined: Feb 20, 2009 16:20 Messages: 2 Offline

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Feb 20, 2009 17:05

I recently purchased a Sony HDR-SR11 camcorder and I am looking for video editing software. Looking at buying PD7 but my HD Camcorder isn't listed as a supported AVCHD camcorder on the Cyberlink website. Is that just because the website isn't updated enough to list this camcorder or will PD7 not work with my camcorder? I am hoping to publish movies to both DVD and Blu-ray discs as I own an LG Blu-ray burner. Is PD7 what I need? Thanks.

pjc

Senior Member Location: Aus Joined: Sep 12, 2008 03:48 Messages: 262 Offline

Feb 20, 2009 17:59

Download the trial and see what you think.

PD has problems with AVCHD rendering and SVRT for AVCHD but is has great features and is easy to use. Two work arounds for AVCHD rendering quality is to use GPU rendering or render to Blu-ray mpeg2. These preserve good quality in my experience.
Unfortunately all the NLEs I have tried don't do a good job of downscaling to standard definition DVD.
PD also lets you make AVCHD DVDs which are playable on many Blu-ray players and is much cheaper than blu-ray media.

jadyx

Newbie Joined: Feb 20, 2009 16:20 Messages: 2 Offline

Feb 23, 2009 09:25

Thank you very much for the information, I downloaded the demo and will give it a try.

-Jim-

Member Location: West Coast of Canada - Home of the 2010 Winter Olympics! Joined: Mar 29, 2009 13:32 Messages: 57 Offline

Apr 05, 2009 03:09

Jadyx,

Please post again how you made out as I have a Sony HDR-SR12 and have been testing PD7 as well.

It's close to being what I want at the moment. Not quite as flexible or with as many bells and whistles as Pinnacle Studio 12, but it does render AVCHD Files using CUDA on my EVGA GTX 260 Video Card which reduces rendering (transcoding) times.

This is going to be a tough choice...

Regards,

Jim

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