Hi Guys,
I'm about to buy a camera (Panasonic HDC-TM10) and I want to get into editing, and also to be able to play back footage on my PC - not just through the camcorder itself.
My PC is very low end. It's a 5 year old P4 2.8Ghz, 1G RAM, that my employer was throwing out and I took home. We use it as a media centre - it's fine for watching DVD's, itunes, basic digital photo editing etc.
I've downloaded some mts files to test - and predictably, my PC can't handle them. VLC = nothing. My editing suite - Cyberlink Power Director 9 runs the files jumpily. Editing them won't be possible.
I will aim to upgrade my PC when I an afford to.
Temporarily though, I want to film in AVCHD, and convert all files to a format that will be more managable by my PC - so that I can learn how to edit etc - and then decide whether I want to plunge the £££ into the new hobby.
Can anyone recommend what would be the best format to convert the mts files to? And recommend a decent file conversion program?
Many thanks,
Brad
I'm about to buy a camera (Panasonic HDC-TM10) and I want to get into editing, and also to be able to play back footage on my PC - not just through the camcorder itself.
My PC is very low end. It's a 5 year old P4 2.8Ghz, 1G RAM, that my employer was throwing out and I took home. We use it as a media centre - it's fine for watching DVD's, itunes, basic digital photo editing etc.
I've downloaded some mts files to test - and predictably, my PC can't handle them. VLC = nothing. My editing suite - Cyberlink Power Director 9 runs the files jumpily. Editing them won't be possible.
I will aim to upgrade my PC when I an afford to.
Temporarily though, I want to film in AVCHD, and convert all files to a format that will be more managable by my PC - so that I can learn how to edit etc - and then decide whether I want to plunge the £££ into the new hobby.
Can anyone recommend what would be the best format to convert the mts files to? And recommend a decent file conversion program?
Many thanks,
Brad
Last edited: