vansmith
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Hey everyone,
I'll admit right from the get go that A/V is outside of my comfort zone so be gentle.
I'm working with a few people on a research project that involved, in part, some interviews. These interviews were recorded on some hi-def cameras that gave me some delightful (and I don't really mean delightful) AVCHD files. For those of us who use a Mac (this is a university so most of us), this isn't a problem since QT can open and play them without any issue. However, Windows users seem to be having some troubles playing them. As such, I'd like to convert them into a more platform neutral format. I'd also like to do this since the video files are huge (one is 16GB, the other 12GB) and ideally, part of these would be used online (so I need something smaller to work with).
I tried using Handbrake since apparently it can handle AVCHD files. As I quickly learned, that's not the case. I chose the videos as the source and it failed to do anything. So, HB is a no-go. Ideas? Suggestions?
- van
I'll admit right from the get go that A/V is outside of my comfort zone so be gentle.
I'm working with a few people on a research project that involved, in part, some interviews. These interviews were recorded on some hi-def cameras that gave me some delightful (and I don't really mean delightful) AVCHD files. For those of us who use a Mac (this is a university so most of us), this isn't a problem since QT can open and play them without any issue. However, Windows users seem to be having some troubles playing them. As such, I'd like to convert them into a more platform neutral format. I'd also like to do this since the video files are huge (one is 16GB, the other 12GB) and ideally, part of these would be used online (so I need something smaller to work with).
I tried using Handbrake since apparently it can handle AVCHD files. As I quickly learned, that's not the case. I chose the videos as the source and it failed to do anything. So, HB is a no-go. Ideas? Suggestions?
- van