AVCHD vs. HDV Editing and Performance at DVinfo.net

Brian Tori · April 25th, 2008, 09:33 AM

What NLE's are people using to edit AVCHD natively? How does the performance during editing compare to HDV native editing? Assuming the same machine and software, is the playback and rendering similar in performance? I was reading that AVC is more processor intensive than HDV.

Jack Zhang · April 25th, 2008, 04:34 PM

You are true, a single core processor is fine for HDV but AVCHD needs dual or quad core processors to edit natively.

I have yet to know of one NLE that could input and output AVCHD. But currently non-native intermediate editing is more effective.

Tony Spring · April 26th, 2008, 12:07 AM

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Originally Posted by Jack Zhang

I have yet to know of one NLE that could input and output AVCHD.

Sony Vegas Pro 8b can.

Laurence Kingston · April 26th, 2008, 07:14 AM

If you add the excellent Gearshift script (from VASST.COM) you can edit very smoothly with proxies and yet get a one generation AVCHD to AVCHD render from Vegas 8b.

Brian Smith · April 26th, 2008, 04:32 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Brian Tori

What NLE's are people using to edit AVCHD natively? How does the performance during editing compare to HDV native editing? Assuming the same machine and software, is the playback and rendering similar in performance? I was reading that AVC is more processor intensive than HDV.

This thread might cover a few of your questions.

http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?t=119998

Never done HDV, but for pinnacle studio 11+, my amd athlon x2 4400+ (s939) win XP, 4 gig, takes 20 minutes to convert 1 minute of avchd to wmv 1280x720 60p.

It's choppy in the preview, and I have to pause after about 5 seconds for it catch up.

April 25th, 2008, 09:33 AM	#1
Brian Tori Regular Crew Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Detroit, MI Posts: 186	AVCHD vs. HDV Editing and Performance What NLE's are people using to edit AVCHD natively? How does the performance during editing compare to HDV native editing? Assuming the same machine and software, is the playback and rendering similar in performance? I was reading that AVC is more processor intensive than HDV.

April 25th, 2008, 04:34 PM	#2
Jack Zhang Trustee Join Date: May 2005 Location: Burnaby, BC, Canada Posts: 1,054	You are true, a single core processor is fine for HDV but AVCHD needs dual or quad core processors to edit natively. I have yet to know of one NLE that could input and output AVCHD. But currently non-native intermediate editing is more effective. __________________ I dream of 3 1920x1080 global shutter sensors capturing in AVC (High 4:2:2 Intra profile) at 200Mbps in 1080p60 recording to 96GB SxS cards in the .mxf container.

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April 26th, 2008, 07:14 AM	#4
Laurence Kingston Major Player Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Clermont, FL. Posts: 788	If you add the excellent Gearshift script (from VASST.COM) you can edit very smoothly with proxies and yet get a one generation AVCHD to AVCHD render from Vegas 8b.