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Khaled Abdulhamid · June 22nd, 2009, 01:47 AM

I recently purchased canon's HF200... I need a tool to merge the files imported from the camera without reencoding... Image mixer coming with the camera does that but unfortunately it stores the files imported from the camera in a bizzre way i couldn't find them with ease by windows explorer... any help?

Tripp Woelfel · June 22nd, 2009, 07:23 PM

It seems that Image Mixer is designed to be the portal through which you access the files on the camera's SDHC card. My guess is that the cards use a file system something like FAT32 because you can see discrete files on the card but max out at something like 2GB each, if I remember correctly. The software will knit them back together into a single file that will be easier for you to deal with.

I record 4-5 continuous hours on my HF100 and the software serves up a single file for me. I'll transcode that into QuickTime/DNxHD so I can use it in PP CS3.

June 22nd, 2009, 01:47 AM	#1
Khaled Abdulhamid New Boot Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Cairo, Egypt Posts: 12	Tool to merge AVCHD without reencoding I recently purchased canon's HF200... I need a tool to merge the files imported from the camera without reencoding... Image mixer coming with the camera does that but unfortunately it stores the files imported from the camera in a bizzre way i couldn't find them with ease by windows explorer... any help?

June 22nd, 2009, 07:23 PM	#2
Tripp Woelfel Trustee Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: North Conway, NH Posts: 1,745	It seems that Image Mixer is designed to be the portal through which you access the files on the camera's SDHC card. My guess is that the cards use a file system something like FAT32 because you can see discrete files on the card but max out at something like 2GB each, if I remember correctly. The software will knit them back together into a single file that will be easier for you to deal with. I record 4-5 continuous hours on my HF100 and the software serves up a single file for me. I'll transcode that into QuickTime/DNxHD so I can use it in PP CS3.