Please correct me if I'm wrong, John, but I don't think QTChange can do
anything with the AVCHD file structure -- I believe it only works its
magic with quicktimes.
Thanks,
--Michael
On 13-01-16 10:17 AM, johnrobmoore wrote:
>
> Sounds like some of the functionality that QT Change provides for
> offloading card and organizing files. Just a great program and I only
> use it to add QT and burn in TC. There is a bunch of stuff for
> batching cards imports. IIRC. Check VideoToolshed.
>
> --- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com ,
> Michael Brockington wrote:
> >
> > How are folks dealing with consumer AVCHD cameras that don't allow
> > setting custom clip names or prefixes? Every time a memory card is
> > formatted, the camera starts capturing another series of identically
> > named clips -- "00000.MTS", "00001.MTS" etc.
> >
> > If I AMA these clips into Avid and transcode, they appears to retain
> > timecode, but I think the identical clip names have the potential to
> > cause me grief when I try to relink to the original files. (Am I being
> > too paranoid?)
> >
> > Currently I convert such files externally, creating new DNxHD175
> > quicktimes, using Adobe Media Encoder CS5.5.1. These effectively become
> > my new master footage. I batch rename the output quicktimes to add a
> > unique cardname prefix to the filename then AMA the hi-rez quicktimes,
> > and transcode them to lower-rez DNx36 for offline editing. There are a
> > few downsides to this approach:
> > 1. Large DNx175 files clogging up my hard drives
> > 2. Two transcodes instead of one is time-consuming
> > 2. Adobe Media Encoder doesn't appear to pass AVCHD timecode through
> > to its Quicktime outputs in any way that Avid can understand.
> > Discarding that info makes me nervous.
> >
> > Is there a better approach?
> >
> > Is there a utility that would allow renaming of clips within the AVCHD
> > file structure without breaking the structure, for instance?
> >
> > Is there a better software choice for transcoding that would at least
> > preserve timecode from AVCHD files in the transcoded quicktimes?
> >
> > Thanks for any suggestions,
> > --Michael Brockington
> >
>
>
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