im not sure if your dell has the specs to play avchd. you really need a quad core machine
try this avchd player: http://mirillis.com/splash.html
if money is of no bother get sony vegas pro 9
Hello, I have been searching since I started using my Sony HDR-CX100 Camera last month. I need to know the technical details on filetype conversions and what-not. Here is the run-down.
I am currently using a Dell Inspiron 1525. The Video files are saved on a 500gb Iomega Go External HDD. I am using Adobe Premiere Pro CS4.
First of all, I cannot find a program to even play back the AVCHD files. Everything I get is super choppy. I heard Windows Media Player 11 can get a codec for it, but in a whole different story, I got scammed on eBay and recieved an illegal copy of Windows and am currently going through stuff to get that fixed, so windows cannot be verified to even download WMP11.
My default player is the AVS Player, which is REALLY choppy playing them and I have tried about 5 other players that failed miserably. Most of them just played sound with a scratchy looking green screen.
Either way on the playback it doesn't really matter right now. But Adobe Premiere Pro CS4 does not allow this new Hi-Def filetype. So I am needing to convert them into a filetype that will not take away quality and let me edit the video very well in the program.
If someone here could let me know a program to do this, money is really no issue, and the exact conversion stats i.e. AVI, Mpeg etc. and also the specifics ... Bitrate, FPS etc. Also the sound conversion stats. I'm sure if your responding you are going to know exactly what I need anyways so I won't bore you with me typing anymore examples of what I need.
If anyone can help that would be so so great, this has been so tedious while currently trying to put together these videos I need done. IF you need anymore specifications from me, feel free to ask. Thank you.

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