AVCHD Converter Utility
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1. ee Introduction Panasonic and Sony jointly announced the creation of the AVCHD format in 2006 as a consumer HD recording format for camcorders using red laser 8cm DVD recording media AVCHD uses MPEG 4 AVC H 264 compression and encoding for video recording Because AVCHD encoding is more complex than MPEG 2 based compression schemes for example HDV it requires considerably more processing power to decode a stream This means that realtime playback is difficult even with today s CPU processing power The AVCHD Converter utility is provided by Grass Valley for the purpose of converting AVCHD files to the super fast high quality Canopus HQ codec for realtime editing in EDIUS Also converting to HDV and MPEG2 PS are supported as the new feature in version 3 of this utility HDV Players Network Editing System Canopus AVCHD converter Gai AVCHD GI Realtime and fle Bach multi format Editing HDV WMV HD QuickTime MPEG AVI EE DVD R Authoring HD SDI HDCAM DVCPRO HD distribution Need HD SDI o ue DESEN such as HDW This utility requires EDIUS version 3 0 or later or EDIUS Neo version 1 0 or later It has been tested with both Panasonic and Sony variants of AVCHD files This utility is provided free of charge to EDIUS users and as such it is not covered within the scope of technical support The AVCHD converter will also work as a plug in with Sony s Picture Motion Browser2. How To Guide AVCHD Converter Utility Converting AVCHD files to the Canopus HQ AVI HDV MPEG2 files We VideoFiles File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q Back e Ki s Search Key Folders EEF Address DB C WideoFiles Folders CO Intel LC Program Files ao ProgramData LC Project SWSetup H O System sav CO Tools gt Untitled H Users O util VideoFiles a WINDOWS GE A Preview Convert with AYCHD2HQ Preview with AVCHDPRY Scan with AVG Free Open With Send To Cut Copy Create Shortcut Delete a CH WinPE ales ep New volume D v Properties cr gt Type M2TS File Date Modified 3 5 2008 6 29 PM Size 10 8 MB 10 8 MB d My Computer deorop oraso valey NOLO ON Dores oona Fordo oven com 2008 Thomson All rights reserved Grass Valley is a trademark of Thomson All other trademarks are properties of their respective holders All specifications are subject to change without notice How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 2 Table of Contents Idee E ME 3 RT CIE gn e WEE d PAM E 7 KN EEG E E 7 2 2 Previewer ug e Soca seceepsecinesectenitiogbanedaetiogneasneieateyefeeiasbanmessdusgsame toncioutinte Eaa Ea iaai 8 Je ONAN EE 9 a OM Ee EE e e ae TE 9 ee Ee SING EE 10 4 Parameter eee CONIC E 12 4 1 Canopus HQ Codec Setup EE 12 BZ MPEG EE 13 APPENA rete ain see we carne cic nc E 14 How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 3
3. AVCHD converter InstallShield Wizard Ready to Install the Program The wizard is ready to begin installation Click Install to begin the installation IF You wart Io review or change any of your installation settings click Back Click Cancel to exit the wizard InstallShield AVCHD converter InstallShield Wizard Setup Status The InstallShield Wizard ts installing AVL HI converter How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 6 AVCHD converter InstallShield Wizard InstallShield Wizard Complete The InstallShield Wizard has successfully installed AVCHD converter Click Finish to exit the wizard installshield Once installation is complete two shortcut icons will now be available on your desktop bei AVGHDOPRY AMHIDZb S How to Guide AVCHD Converter 2 Preview AVCHD files can be previewed to check the content before converting Page 7 Note Multiple core processors Intel Core 2 Quad or better are required for a smooth preview 2 1 Previewing Drag and drop the AVCHD M2TS or MTS file onto the AVCHDPRV icon or right click the desired AVCHD file and select Preview or Preview with AVCHDPRV from the popup menu Video Files File Edit View Favorites Tools Help Q pack Q Ki P Search 7 Folders Address Q c Wideo Files Folders x LP m2ts RS EST MZTS File L My Documents Paraka z e My Computer or A 314 Floppy 4 Local Disk CH 4 com
4. software Please refer to the manufacturer s manual for more information The AVCHD converter utility is comprised of two elements e AVCHDPRV file viewer the source file preview utility e AVCHD2HO converter the conversion utility and configuration panel Important Note These applications will only work on systems that have a licensed full version of EDIUS or EDIUS Neo installed oo How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 4 a 1 Installation The AVCHD Converter utility is compatible with Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems By double clicking the setup exe application found within the extracted ZIP archive you will be guided through the following sequence of setup screens Note First of all if the earlier version of this utility is installed in your system remove it via Add or Remove Programs If you are installing this software in Windows Vista system a User Account Control dialog box may appear Simply click Continue button to continue the installation If you started this program continue Setup exe Macrovision Corporation e Details User Account Control helps stop unauthorized changes to your computer AVCHD converter InstallShield Wizard Welcome to the InstallShield Wizard for AYCHD converter The InstallShield Wizard wall install AVCHD converter on your computer To continue click Next installshield How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 5
5. 80 1280x1080 1280x720 960x720 720x480 576 704x480 576 352x480 576 352x240 288 WAVE 16 bit PCM 6ch 2ch AVI MPEG1 Layer2 HDV MPEG2 Program stream Dolby AC3 MPEG2 Program stream
6. D2HOQ icon If your CPU has multiple cores all cores are used to be able to convert in the shortest time using this method VideoFiles File Edit view Favorites Tools Help Back e gt S s Search Key Folders Er Address B C WideoFiles i i P m2ts HA f 12TS File AYCHD2HQ i 4 138 912 KB E Online Services O Outlook Express E E QuickTime E CH SigmaTel 5 Windows Media Player E O Windows NT O xerox VideoFiles H CH wInpows See New Volume D 3 DVD RW Drive E E e Removable Disk E E G Control Panel How to Guide AVCHD Converter et 3 2 2 Right clicking Page 11 Right click the highlighted AVCHD file or files as this also works for multiple files and select Convert with AVCHD2HQ from the popup menu When using this method if you choose more than one file to convert and your CPU has multiple cores each core will convert a separate file within the queue if the Right click option in AVCHD converter Settings is checked all free cores are assigned to one conversion Note If you plan to use other applications while converting make sure the number of files you select to convert is at least one less than the number of cores that your multi core CPU has VideoFiles File Back bk 4 Si ES Search Edit View Favorites Tools Help Wey Folders EBk Address EH C WideoFiles aa BE Folders V E3 mi g OO Intel 9 Program Files C Progra
7. e decoder Hardware Change to software mode if no available hardware Decode mode is changed to software mode automatically if the card is already being used for another previewing or converting How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 9 3 Convert 3 7 Conversion settings If double clicking AVCHD2HOQ icon AVCHD converter Setting screen appears You can configure AVCHD converter on this panel AVCHD converter Settings Target Folder C Documents and Settings 4dministrator My Documents My videos Select W Inherit Folder structure Save into EDIUS Project Folder when EDIUS is running Output Format e AVIHOLPCM2ch 7 AVI HO LPCM Sch HO set C HOY F20x480 576p HOV 1280x7209 HOY 1440x1080 MPEG2 PS MPEG set Right click 1 One conversion with cores up to limit Hardware Iw Use FIRECODER Blu Target Folder By clicking Select button the following screen will appear and to specify where you would like the converted file to be saved Browse for Folder Target Folder Select My Computer if it is same as source F Desktop d d My Computer Hs Local Disk Cs cee New Volume Ds sa Removable Disk E H DVD RAM Drive E E Control Panel 9 Shared Documents H E Administrator s Documents a My Network Places og Recycle Bin J FA K SC Do not select My Computer if you import a source footage from your camera or media directlry If M
8. mData Project 9 SwSetup C System say 4 C Tools C Untitled OO Users C util 9 videoFiles CH WINDOWS LC WinPE S Mew Volume Ds a m ILI ra fe 4 x A e Convert with AVCHDZHO Send To Preview with 4viCHOPRY Scan with Ovo Free Open With uk Copy Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties Type M275 File Date Modified 3 5 2008 6 29 PM Size 10 8 MB 10 3 MB of My Computer Regardless of whichever method is used to convert the file s the following dialog box will appear with a progress meter indicating that the conversion has started Fo AVCHD2HO ezsm_ha mzts Target Folder Same as Source Output Format AYI HO LPCM 2ch How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 12 4 Parameter Settings Clicking parameter setting buttons HQ set and MPEG2 set in the AVCHD converter Settings window to adjust compression parameters 4 1 Canopus HQ Codec Setup The following window will be appeared by clicking HQ set button Canopus HO Codec Setup Color space conversion Ce RGB has ITU R BT 604 range C Convert RGB range 0 255 as IRE 0 100 CODEC settings C Online SuperFine Online Fine C Offline Custom o Q 4 Max Size 40 see setting info below Q 19 Max Size 4 see setting info below Custom Q indicates the quantization applied and gives an indication of picture quality It is important to no
9. paq O DiscCapture B Documents and Settings EDIUSTemp E i386 Novadigm 4 Program Files CH swWSetup 4 5 SYSTEM SAV C Temp Preview Convert with AVCHD2ZHQ Preview with AYCHDPRY Scan with AVG Free Open With Send To b Cut Copy Create Shortcut Delete Rename Properties The AVCHDPRV application will automatically open and begin preview playback of the chosen file AVCHDPRY x2 LP m2ts decoding 63 H Elapsed 00 00 02 Length 00 00 10 10 51sec video 1440x1080i 29 97fps Audio 6ch 48kHz AC E RT 2008 2 28 Thu 15 21 28 How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 8 ee o u 2 2 Previewer Settings If double clicking AVCHDPRV icon AVCHD previewer Setting screen appears You can configure AVCHD previewer on this panel AVCHD previewer Setting Audio W Down mix to 2ch Video l W Deinterlace Software Iw Giving priority to speed Iw Enable drop mode Hardware ee Iw Use FIRECODER Blu Cancel By checking the options in this panel to select the following behavior Audio The audio of chosen file is mixed down to two channels Video The source video is playbacked in deinterlace mode Software Lessening CPU load make up for lowering preview quality in order to preview smoothly Hardware Use FIRECODER Blu If the FIRECODER Blu is installed into your system it is used for hardwar
10. te that the lower the Q number the better the picture quality Because HO is a VBR variable bitrate codec the data size can vary with each frame depending on the complexity of the image In order to cap the data size the Max Size limiter can be applied from 7 minimum to 100 maximum How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 13 ee 4 2 MPEG2 Settings The following window will be appeared by clicking MPEG2 set button MPEG Settings no change 352x240 268 50 C lt LB f lt EC s52x400 5765Q lt LB lt EC 7042480 576 5Q C lt LB f lt EC 720x400 5765Q lt LB lt EC 960720 f 1280x720 1260x1080 1440x1080 C 1920x1080 Pull down r Bitrate e disable f 2x of origin over 60p 50p f 2 5 of origin over SOUS 3x of origin cancel Audio o Set the audio format either MPEG1 Layer2 or Dolby AC3 Select footage size no change means same as source and SO LB and ECmeans as follows SQ Squeeze conversion LB Letter box conversion EC Edge clop conversion Pull down If the chosen file has 24fps you can enable pull down conversion Bitrate Set the bitrate of converted file How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 14 Appendix The AVCHD Converter input output specifications are as follows Audio Type Canopus HQ 1920x1080i 1920x1080p 1440x 1080i 1440x1080p 1280x720p HDV 1440x1080 1280ix720p 720x480 576p MPEG2 Program stream 1920x1080 1440x10
11. y Computer is selected source footage might be lost by overwriting exported file How to Guide AVCHD Converter Page 10 Check boxes in Target Folder By checking the options in this panel to select the following behavior Inherit folder structures If the source file has sub folder inherit the folder structure to the destination folder Save into EDIUS Project Folder when EDIUS ts running If EDIUS version 4 5 or later or EDIUS Neo version 7 0 or later is installed the converted file is saved into EDIUS project folder Output Format Check options to select the video and audio format of exported file Also by clicking HQ set or MPEG2 set button to set compression parameters for Canopus HO AVI or MPEG2 program stream Refer to Parameter settings chapter to know the detail of each parameter Right click If this is checked all free CPU cores are assigned to one conversion Hardware Use FIRECODER Blu If the FIRECODER Blu is installed into your system and this is checked it is used for decode of the chosen file Hardware Change to software mode if no available hardware When this is checked decode mode is changed automatically if the card is already being used for another previewing or converting 3 2 Converting AVCHD files can be converted to Canopus HO AVI or HDV or MPEG 2 in two ways 3 2 1 Drag and drop Drag and drop AVCHD file or files as this works for multiple files too onto the AVCH
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