Trouble compressing from AVCHD

beallio · Apr 25, 2009, 01:32 PM

I'm trying to find a quick way to take .MTS files from my Panasonic HDC-SD9 camera and convert them to a Quicktime friendly file. I'm using a Macbook 2.4 Ghz with Quicktime Pro 7, Final Cut Express 4, and Toast 9.

Every time I convert the video, any fast movement gets blurred. I've attached a JPEG of a video frame of my son I took the other day, if you see his hand, that's my problem- it's blurred. In FCE, when I go frame by frame, it's not blurred, so it's doing it during compression.

How should I be compressing my video and avoid blurring?

Currently I've tried H.264 (720p and 1080i) and DV. Nothing has worked, I'm a newbie at this I guess and any help would be appreciated. Thank you.

bertoa · Apr 27, 2009, 02:56 AM

He Beallio,

I got the SD5 for a while now. What you can do. Record in 1440x1080 and convert in Toast 9 to HDV 1080i.
Work in FCE in HDV and export after to the playback standard you wish. Working direct in H264 gives
blur and raffles.

DoFoT9 · May 7, 2009, 12:01 AM

have you tried deinterlacing the movie? sorry for the late reply

hopefully this thread will help

http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=509036

Apr 25, 2009, 01:32 PM	#1
beallio macrumors newbie Join Date: Mar 2009	Trouble compressing from AVCHD I'm trying to find a quick way to take .MTS files from my Panasonic HDC-SD9 camera and convert them to a Quicktime friendly file. I'm using a Macbook 2.4 Ghz with Quicktime Pro 7, Final Cut Express 4, and Toast 9. Every time I convert the video, any fast movement gets blurred. I've attached a JPEG of a video frame of my son I took the other day, if you see his hand, that's my problem- it's blurred. In FCE, when I go frame by frame, it's not blurred, so it's doing it during compression. How should I be compressing my video and avoid blurring? Currently I've tried H.264 (720p and 1080i) and DV. Nothing has worked, I'm a newbie at this I guess and any help would be appreciated. Thank you. Attached Thumbnails
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May 7, 2009, 12:01 AM	#3
DoFoT9 macrumors P6 Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: CWB, Hong Kong	have you tried deinterlacing the movie? sorry for the late reply hopefully this thread will help http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=509036 __________________ Official MacRumors IRC @ irc.krono.net #macrumors (Or http://kewlirc.net:9090/) 2012 2.5GHz Mac Mini Dual - 16GB RAM Win8 PC - i5-3570k - 16GB RAM - SSD
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Apr 27, 2009, 02:56 AM	#2
bertoa macrumors newbie Join Date: May 2008	He Beallio, I got the SD5 for a while now. What you can do. Record in 1440x1080 and convert in Toast 9 to HDV 1080i. Work in FCE in HDV and export after to the playback standard you wish. Working direct in H264 gives blur and raffles.
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