I'm planning to purchase two new cameras for my primary videographers here at the college. They will be shooting documentaries, classroom lectures for online classes and programs like graduation that will air on the campus tv station. I'd like to spend between $4000 - $6000 per camera. I have...

I just finished converting my JVC's .mts AVCHD files to DNxHD, and when viewing them realized they have terrible interlacing issues - that thing where a truck drives by and its all stripes a fraction of a second apart. How do I deal with this? I am converting to 1080i/59.97, the same settings it...

Hey there, I have a Sony NX5. I'm capturing at 1080/24p (24Mbps) What would be the best import method in Avid? I see 35Mbps and 50, for XD cam. Then a bunch of DNxHD resolutions. Not sure which is best for a 24Mbps clip. I'm running MC5, options are: AVC-Intra 100 DNxHD 36 DNxHD 115 DNxHD 175...

I think I may have some settings off, which are causing me great grief. Any suggestions? Anyone seeing a failure point in my workflow? The green bar referred to above flickers to different shades, and sometimes blue, and covers the bottom half of the screen. 1. TMPGEnc 4.0 express conversion from 104mb...

Oh no, another customer with AVCHD footage... Sorry to ask this again, I know this has been widely discussed already, but I cant find the exact info I need, so maybe someone can help: How's the best approach to privilege quality : mts to P2 (panasonic converting to dvcpro HD tool) or mts to quicktime...

I have read that with Version 5 I can import AVCHD. Is there someone already working with V5 and AVCHD? How is the workflow? And how do I get the material out of the editing system (DVD, or can I convert it to SD?) Thanks Thomas I've got the material on two Canon HG20A (one PAL the other NTSC) and...

Im having a little trouble here. My Canon HF s-10 camcorder shoots avchd video and I loaded it into my computer. I then imported it into avid using the DNxHD 145 (HD1080I) setting The video shows up in my source monitor but stays on a still frame while playing-you can hear the audio fine. And when i...

It's actually a 10TB partitioned RAID 5 so i can only use 8TB. XP doesn't even recognize it when i try to go to system manager to partition it, i don't see it. i probably bought the wrong hardrive, in retrospect, but w MC going to 7, i'm hoping these problems go away. Doesanyone have...

Hi all, I know this thread is pretty old so you may have all figured this out already but just in case.... Bob Russo has an excelent video all about overcoming this problem at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=clfVn6YXnc4&feature=related You can download the application he talks about at http://www...

While we wait for AMA support of AVCHD there is an improvement that I found that some may know but I thought I would share it here for those that missed it. Step one - Convert AVCHD (.mts etc.) file to avi using Cineform Neo Scene. This $100 product is gaining alot of attention because other NLEs are...