HD video help

[Gaza]

Help needed as have started shooting short HD videos but files are so large at around 2-3GB, what is the best software or way to reduce these files to a more user friendly size for uploading and posting on web, any advice would be appreciated, thank you.

[jimslip]

Welcome to the world of compression! What format are you shooting on, AVCHD? You say they are "Short clips" how short? Are you using PC or Mac?

[Gaza]

yes shooting in AVCHD, using pc at the moment and clips are about 10-15 mins long averageing 2-3Gb, and this is a new venture for me as have always shot stills before.

[jimslip]

I do everything on Mac. Maybe join the forum or Google "AV forum", under Home Elecronics theres a section on camcorders and editing, might be a good idea to ask on there for advice.

[bgafdfan]

Hi Gaza.

I think you will find Jo Juggs can help you with this one mate.
I dropped you an e mail but never heard from you.?

Regarding location's , Not everyone can aford a Mac but my friend use's them & they are great

Best of luck.

[videokim]

Hi Gaza

Try Pinnacle 15 it sails through AVCHD really easy, its also great for capturing clear 1920 x 1080p pictures from the film.
Give me an e-mail as i have another prog that converts AVCHD to various formats.

Kim x

[Benson_Media]

On a Mac: AVCHD is H.264 so you should be able to transcode the footage into FCP 6.0 or higher, log and transfer then select "Apple ProRes 422" as your sequence preset.

[Benson_Media]

..doh. Sent by mistake.

Then edit as usual and save as 'compressed' WMV or DivX.

[Gaza]

Thank you I will give Jo a call and I am sorry if I never got nack to you regarding your email on locations to be honest I do not remember it but posibly recieved when having some domestic problems all resolved now so my appologies.

[Gaza]

Thank you to all for your help and advice, I do have a Mac desktop just use pc as laptop so looks like I am going to have to get on the Mac for this one, thank you.