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4eyes wrote on 10/11/2007, 8:36 PM
I would contact Sony Media for an answer. I know that VMS 8 Platinum will import avchd files from Sony cams, not sure about other avchd cams.
Eugenia wrote on 10/11/2007, 9:36 PM
No, Platinum 8 does not support Canon's version of AVCHD. I tried myself .m2ts footage from the HG10 on VMSP and it couldn't read it. However, Vegas Pro 8 could.

I have no insider information, but you could *assume* that IF there is going to be another VMSP v8 update, they might use the Vegas Pro mpeg4 plugin decoder which is a newer version that supports Canon's AVCHD. VMS and Pro are coming from the same source code, so there's hope that if there's going to be a an 8.0b version of VMS, the feature might be there. That's just some wishful thinking at this point though, nothing more.
4eyes wrote on 10/11/2007, 9:46 PM
Eugenia,
Thanks for pointing this out with Vegas Pro 8. I think your correct that the next release of VMS should have this feature. More of the other less expensive software is starting to catch up to this new format. I'd like to shoot some video with the HG10 and compare how well the motion holds up compared to my HDV cam. The other ones I tested record pretty good until you pan the cam, even slow pans weren't that good of motion.
Eugenia wrote on 10/11/2007, 10:56 PM
There is some footage here if you like to test it:
http://dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=101059
If you install a pre-May version of ffdshow, Windows Media Player can playback the files with minimum problems. The new ffdshow nightly builds are buggy though and they have broken .m2ts support. I emailed the ffdshow developers a few days ago about this problem, but have replied nothing for the subject. VLC can't play these files.

I will be moving to Canon's AVCHD in 2 years from now or after my HV20 goes busted, so I am trying to research these cameras: http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/09/30/hdv-vs-avchd/
4eyes wrote on 10/12/2007, 5:29 AM
Thankyou, big help, I downloaded & checked out the videos, not bad.
Nice thing about the new cams is not many moving parts, should have a long MTBF life.
I still prefer HDV mpeg2.

I find that ffmpeg (vlc's main codec), generates a segmentation fault when trying to read these files created on the consumer cams. Yet, if the avchd files are generated/created by Nero & others then ffmpeg can read & convert them. I can take the m2ts files that nero creates and using ffmpeg put them into dvd format or convert to other formats. The files created on the consumer cams must be constructed differently.
FFMpeg reports 2 audio tracks from the consumer cams.
FFMpeg reports only 1 audio track from the software based programs.
Maybe I should try using the Map command for FFMpeg, but I shouldn't have to do this.

Anyway, thanks, I now know the difference between MTS & m2ts. Appears to me the MTS files are Program Stream while the m2ts are Transport Stream. At least that's what my program is telling me.
RogerB1 wrote on 10/12/2007, 8:29 PM
Thanks to all of you for your imput. It is great to have such a good group of people on this forum. Blessings....... roger :o)