AVCHD to P2 DVCPRO HD Transcoder software
 

I did a search and didn't find this posted anywhere. I just got an email about this...

Panasonic released this cool (windows only) app that converts AVCHD to P2 DVCPRO HD. The app was developed by main concept.

The best part: It's Free.

https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro...load.htm#avchd

This is interesting, I'm surprised I haven't seen anything mentioned about this convertor elsewhere.
I'd like to hear what others who've used this have to say about it.
Although, I'm kind of dissapointed that it will only apply to Panasonic cameras.

I've used this transcoder with the Canon HG10 AVCHD footage and it works very well. I have to process one clip at a time as it will not do "all clips at a specific Folder/Drive. Somewhat time consuming if dealing with multiple clips. But, it's doing what it's supposed to do and the quality is just like the original.

How do you edit DVCPROHD??

Most pro NLEs support DVCPRO HD. It's actually less CPU intensive to edit then AVCHD or even HDV. It's also a keyframe only format, which means it's cleaner in multi-generational editing.

It does loose some resolution though - 720p is really 960x720 and 1080i is really 1280x1080. Sketchy!

~MiSfit

That sounds great Bob, thanks for the info.
Have you transcoded from 24P in AVCHD to 24P in DVCProHD?
About how long would you say on average does the process take to transfer an hour of footage?

I have used this to import AVCHD into an Avid Media Composer, works great, just a bunch of steps.

The only problem is that it doesn't work quite right at the moment. Here's an email from MainConcept support (dated 2/7/08):

The link no longer works and I've tried looking up a newer version off of Panasonic's website. So far the results are not good. They need to step-up there support for this otherwise AVCHD is going no where...

Link just worked for me.

or try this one:
https://eww.pavc.panasonic.co.jp/pro...e/download.htm