General Discussion - AVCHD camcorder video luluqian - Sun Dec 26, 2010 8:20 pm Post subject: AVCHD camcorder video
AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) is a format for the recording and playback of high definition video which developed jointly by Sony and Panasonic, the format was announced in 2006 primarily for use in high definition consumer camcorders.
The AVCHD format records video using the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codec, and audio in Dolby AC-3. Other than the video and audio codecs, AVCHD also contains menu navigation, slide shows and subtitles. The menu navigation allows access to individual videos from a common intro screen, the slide shows consists of a sequence of AVC still frames accompanied by background audio track, and the subtitles are used to timestamp recordings.