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Canon HG20 AVCHD help

Oct 23, 2010 2:10PM PDT

I'm a newbie to AVCHD, just bought a Canon HG20. I shot some video which I've downloaded a few times using various software, and depending on which software I use for playback, it has a problem on every one. Usually it's the video running in "slow motion", or should I say a "strobe effect", like it's missing every other frame, and the audio has an intermittent echo to it, like a DJ "scratching" repeats. Sometimes the video is still and the audio is running fine, and sometimes the video is OK but no audio. I've tried downloading with 4 different programs and it's the same problem.

Since I'm having problems with numerous download and playback programs, and since the source video/audio is OK when I play it back on my camera, I assume my problem is in my PC's drivers. I'm converting the raw .m2ts file to an .mpg file and I have no problem playing those on my PC otherwise.

I have a P4 2.4GHz CPU & 1GB RAM and I'm running Win XP Home. It's a older system, but it serves me well otherwise.

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too slow
Oct 23, 2010 5:30PM PDT

your computer is much to slow to playback the video correctly

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Then how . . .
Oct 24, 2010 2:52AM PDT

Then how can I play back other .mpg video with no problem?

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Failed to mention . . .
Oct 24, 2010 3:26AM PDT

I failed to mention that if you'll read my first post closely, you'll see that I'm converting the raw .m2ts files to .mpg before I view them, and the .mpg files are where I'm seeing these problems. I can see other .mpg files with no problem, but not these.

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Still might be that PC.
Oct 24, 2010 11:12AM PDT

HD video can over tax most single core P4 machines. Be sure to try these files on a more modern PC.
Bob

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Hd video is no problem for me
Oct 26, 2010 10:54AM PDT

I watch HD video on YouTube all the time. I also watch MPG files I've created using my old camcorder. I still think I have something else missing, maybe a codec or a video card issue, I don't know --- if I knew, I wouldn't be here, eh?

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That's nice but
Oct 27, 2010 6:29AM PDT

HD and AVCHD files are often too much to decode and watch on single core machines. I suggest a test run on some i3 or better machine.
Bob