[megaphone]

hello all this is my first post on this forum.

I have been tasked with putting together a basic camera & editing set up. Programming will be 30 min talks and demos which will be played back through an IPTV system.

The camera I am looking at is the Panasonic AG-HMC150 which records in AVCHD format onto SDHC cards. Although final broadcast will be in Std Def I like the convenience of recording to SDHC cards.

Editing will be done on a Mac, probably an iMac. Does anyone use a Mac for this? Does iMovie work with this format? What about Final Cut?

One of my problems is playback of edited material. I may have to upload them onto the IPTV server, probably in Mpeg2 SD. Can I finalise/export from the Mac in Mpeg2? How quick?

Alternativley I could use external players. I see the Panasonic Bluray player will play back SDHC cards naitivley. Can I export an edited programme back to an SDHC card in AVCHD format? Or can I export to a HDD media player that will play AVCHD files?

Sorry for all the questions.

[StevieBuck]

My sony HD camera records HD in AVCHD format - but you can also record in SD which is in DVD compliant MPEG-2. Perhaps that would be easier/quicker than playing around with HD video when you don't want or require it?

[megaphone]

Originally Posted by StevieBuck

My sony HD camera records HD in AVCHD format - but you can also record in SD which is in DVD compliant MPEG-2. Perhaps that would be easier/quicker than playing around with HD video when you don't want or require it?

That makes a lot of sense. I would like to have the option of editing in HD, maybe for future use.

[senu]

Originally Posted by megaphone

That makes a lot of sense. I would like to have the option of editing in HD, maybe for future use.

Be aware that not all AVCHD camcorders shoot SD.
Sony's seem to
Canon HG10 did not, Im not sure the Panasonic's do either