Backup AVCHD To Blu-Ray Playable DVD

DanVM wrote on 9/23/2008, 5:53 AM
I'm new to AVCHD and wondered how best to archive my video. I keep copies of all my video at home and another location and wondered how best to handle it.

I found the following article that details how to backup your AVCHD (m2ts) files to a DVD that can be read by your computer but ALSO played on a newer model Blu-Ray player.
See: http://www.elurauser.com/articles/avchd_to_bluray.jsp

I have yet to try it but am thrilled about the possibility. I'm hoping, however, that there is a utility to do this (perhaps Nero?) but have resolved myself to making use of the procedure detailed in the article if there is none.

Comments

Eugenia wrote on 9/23/2008, 10:46 AM
Vegas Platinum 9 does the exact same thing with a single press of a button.
DanVM wrote on 9/23/2008, 7:18 PM
OK... You've got my attention. What button in Vegas Platinum 9 allows you to make a DVD with unaltered m2ts files that can play in a Blu-Ray player but also allow access for archiving purposes? Sorry I'm such a neophyte at this but this program is new to me.
Eugenia wrote on 9/23/2008, 7:48 PM
They are not unaltered from what I know, as Vegas doesn't support smart rendering for AVCHD. You just put your .m2ts files in the timeline, and then you burn a plain DVD with that AVCHD video (re-rendered) using one of the burn options in the main menu.
richard-amirault wrote on 9/23/2008, 8:07 PM
The question was .. what is the best way to archive ... ?

I don't do anything but standard def .. but I "archive" my work by exporting my finished project back to the camcorder (with a new, blank tape)
Eugenia wrote on 9/23/2008, 9:01 PM
Export in a lossless codec, like Huffyuv. It's a free lossless codec.
DanVM wrote on 9/24/2008, 9:19 AM
Thanks, all.

My camcorder uses a hard drive and memory cards which really concerned me with respect to archiving. Most people told me to just store on external hard drives. Not a bad idea except that I also store my media at a 2nd location. I was thinking using DVD's at the remote location and external hard drives at home would work out well.

Glad to learn that VMS is not re-encoding the AVCHD. Looking forward to giving it a try.
Eugenia wrote on 9/24/2008, 2:49 PM
I didn't say that Vegas doesn't re-encode the AVCHD once in the timeline and exporting. I think it does.

BTW, get two hard drives in two locations. A drive is a better backup device than a camera.
Keyan wrote on 10/1/2008, 8:51 AM
I just copy the files to a DVD...unless you are going to be watching them at the remote location, making them blu-ray playable doesn't really matter. Either that, or there are some MASSIVE flash drives out there (16gb) that can be had for about $50. Of course, flash media will degrade in about 10 years whereas DVDs are more permanent.

In my case, I just save the files to an internal HDD and that folder is auto-backed up to an external HDD, and then I will get out some DVDs and just burn the original files to DVDs to take elsewhere.