Where did you offer any solutions?

Post #332,839 by drook 9/20/10 4:39:02 PM Reply	Where did you offer any solutions? Note that I'm not asking you for any, or expecting any from you. But you don't seem to think I want any. Sure I'd like a solution. My whole point when I started this thread was that I've spent a bunch of time looking for a solution, and found instead all the reasons why I'm not going to get it. And those reasons annoy me. Right now it looks like the best solution is to find a Mac that can handle AVCHD. I knew when I started that I could always throw money and new hardware at the problem, but I'm trying not to do that. -- Drew
Post #332,845 by static 9/20/10 7:57:01 PM Reply	Maybe you simply posted in the wrong forum. :-) I mean, if you'd started this thread in "Flame On" then the direction it took wouldn't have been a surprise. Wade. Q:Is it proper to eat cheeseburgers with your fingers? A:No, the fingers should be eaten separately.
Post #332,849 by beepster 9/20/10 9:02:21 PM Reply	What about this? http://cinelerra.org/ Sure, understanding today's complex world of the future is a little like having bees live in your head. But...there they are.
Post #332,850 by folkert 9/20/10 9:04:25 PM Reply	He has looked at it and tried to use it. Its gotta lotta deficiencies. Plus the learning curve is great. I agree. But its the closest he'll get for free.
Post #332,868 by drook 9/21/10 10:03:11 AM Reply	On deficiencies http://renomath.org/ejolson/video/avchd/ The creation of the high definition mpeg2 files from AVCHD source runs at about 15 frames per second on my computer. This means transcoding AVCHD to a format Cinelerra can edit is slower than capturing HDV from tape. AVCHD source can be losslessly authored to BD5 with reencoding necessary only for rendered effects and transitions. Therefore a workflow with essentially zero transcoding is possible. See Lossless AVCHD Editing in Linux for more information about such a workflow. So what about that lossless editing? http://renomath.org/...chd/lossless.html Do not use any transitions or filters. For transitions and filters refer to Editing AVCHD with Cinelerra. [AKA: recursion: see recursion] This might be changing though: "I've been working like hell on patching Cinelerra," he told me, as well as using other tools, such as Blender. Montgomery sees one of his short-term goals as getting the overall quality of FOSS video tools improved, while he tackles his more forward-reaching goal: opening up the untamed frontier of video development. http://www.itworld.c...r-despite-mpeg-la This is a great development, but the timeline doesn't help me any. Maybe it will pay off in time for the next upgrade. -- Drew
Post #332,857 by crazy 9/20/10 11:20:29 PM Reply	Or you could have found a bunch of other people to fund the change. I wasn't kidding. I simply don't know if it is worth the effort to you, or if it is possible. I like to see people pay open source developers for specific features.
Post #332,867 by drook 9/21/10 9:47:14 AM Reply	Working on that Well, working on other people to fund things, anyway. Of course, I'm just looking for people to fund me to get the hardware I need. -- Drew

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