Panasonic Announces HDC-SD1 AVCHD Camcorder

Guy Bruner · April 8th, 2007, 05:40 PM

Copy the .MTS files over to your hard drive using HD Writer. Then, you can open them in Nero Showtime. You'll have to use ALL FILES to open them as Nero still doesn't recognize the .MTS extension.

Michael Eskin · April 9th, 2007, 09:49 AM

While I can use Nero Vision to convert the files to MPEG-2, is there some trick to getting Nero Showtime to play the files with proper A/V sync? I've got a pretty fast system, AMD Athlon64 4600X2 with 2GB RAM, ATI X800 graphics card (no h.264 acceleration). PowerDVD seems to have no problem playing the files.

Guy Bruner · April 9th, 2007, 08:59 PM

I haven't had that problem with Nero Showtime, Windows Media Player or PowerDVD7. I am running an Intel E6300, 2GB RAM, and an ATI X1600-based, hardware accelerated video card.

Erik CaPaul · April 9th, 2007, 09:34 PM

I have problems with AVCHD audio not quite in sync, and some skips.

I have an Intel E6600 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo, Nvidia 8800GTS, 2GB 667Mhz DDRII RAM, playing from a 7200RPM SATA drive fully defragged, with nothing running in the background. Clean install of Vista, and clean install of Nero upgraded to the latest version.

Nero claims to be Vista compatible. Not sure what the problem is. I have a tech support request in to them.

Windows Media player plays it much better-though a couple of glitches sometimes.

I can covert the file to HD2, Mpeg2 and it plays fine then.

Erik

Guy Bruner · April 10th, 2007, 06:01 AM

Ah. Vista. There are lots of problems with that OS.

Erik CaPaul · April 10th, 2007, 09:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Guy Bruner

Ah. Vista. There are lots of problems with that OS.

Agreed, I'm sure they'll work out the bugs down the road--but Nero shouldn't be claiming Vista compatibility too soon if they need to get the major bugs out yet.

However, Michael is having similar problems as me--Michael, do you have Vista or XP?

Erik

Michael Eskin · April 10th, 2007, 09:29 AM

XP... PowerDVD plays them just fine, its only Nero ShowTime that has A/V sync issues. I've got an ATI X1950 graphics card on its way, will be interesting to see if it makes a difference having the hardware h.264 acceleration.

Guy Bruner · April 10th, 2007, 11:00 AM

I'm running Nero 7 on both my core duo laptop (X1600 video) and core 2 duo desktop (X1600 video). No stutters or sync issues since Nero updated to Ultra Enhanced. It did stutter on my laptop at CES until I got the new software. BTW, I'm running XP on both well into the future.

April 8th, 2007, 05:40 PM	#76
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	Copy the .MTS files over to your hard drive using HD Writer. Then, you can open them in Nero Showtime. You'll have to use ALL FILES to open them as Nero still doesn't recognize the .MTS extension.

April 9th, 2007, 09:49 AM	#77
Michael Eskin Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 73	While I can use Nero Vision to convert the files to MPEG-2, is there some trick to getting Nero Showtime to play the files with proper A/V sync? I've got a pretty fast system, AMD Athlon64 4600X2 with 2GB RAM, ATI X800 graphics card (no h.264 acceleration). PowerDVD seems to have no problem playing the files.

April 9th, 2007, 08:59 PM	#78
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	I haven't had that problem with Nero Showtime, Windows Media Player or PowerDVD7. I am running an Intel E6300, 2GB RAM, and an ATI X1600-based, hardware accelerated video card.

April 9th, 2007, 09:34 PM	#79
Erik CaPaul New Boot Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Madison, WI Posts: 17	I have problems with AVCHD audio not quite in sync, and some skips. I have an Intel E6600 2.4Ghz Core 2 Duo, Nvidia 8800GTS, 2GB 667Mhz DDRII RAM, playing from a 7200RPM SATA drive fully defragged, with nothing running in the background. Clean install of Vista, and clean install of Nero upgraded to the latest version. Nero claims to be Vista compatible. Not sure what the problem is. I have a tech support request in to them. Windows Media player plays it much better-though a couple of glitches sometimes. I can covert the file to HD2, Mpeg2 and it plays fine then. Erik

April 10th, 2007, 06:01 AM	#80
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	Ah. Vista. There are lots of problems with that OS.

April 10th, 2007, 09:29 AM	#82
Michael Eskin Regular Crew Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 73	XP... PowerDVD plays them just fine, its only Nero ShowTime that has A/V sync issues. I've got an ATI X1950 graphics card on its way, will be interesting to see if it makes a difference having the hardware h.264 acceleration.

April 10th, 2007, 11:00 AM	#83
Guy Bruner Major Player Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Ashford, AL Posts: 937	I'm running Nero 7 on both my core duo laptop (X1600 video) and core 2 duo desktop (X1600 video). No stutters or sync issues since Nero updated to Ultra Enhanced. It did stutter on my laptop at CES until I got the new software. BTW, I'm running XP on both well into the future.