General Discussion - Convert Sony, Canon, Panasonic AVCHD to video files vivian201223 - Tue May 22, 2012 7:42 pm Post subject: Convert Sony, Canon, Panasonic AVCHD to video files
"I have a full HD SONY handycam but i records in a file called .AVCHD im just wondering what would be the best file(in terms of quality) to convert it to I WANT QUALITY NOT COMPRESSION. Cos videos look nice when connected to the TV but I cant upload AVCHD files to YouTube or i think i cant...."
Before talking about converting AVCHD video, we need to first get to know what’s AVCHD? AVCHD is actually a kind of high definition video, a kind of special video that mainly shoot from digital camcorders like Canon, Sony, Panasonic, JVC camcorders. AVCHD can’t be imported from your camcorder to your computer directly, because it is not compatible with your computer.
Then, in order to import your AVCHD camcorder video to your computer, you need to find a program convert your AVCHD video to a proper format that can work with your computer. And for Windows, the most commonly used format is AVI, WMV, MPG or ASF.
It is advised that you may as well try AVCHD Converter if you are still struggling of find a program to help you complete the process. It can convert your Sony, Canon, Panasonic or JVC camcorder AVCHD videos to any popular video format you want like AVI, WMV, MPG, MOV, MP4, M4V, MKV, FLV, 3GP, RM etc with fast conversion speed and best output quality.
After converting your AVCHD video to other video formats with AVCHD Converter, you are able to import the video to Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media Player, Sony Vegas for playback or editing on your computer or put on various devices iPod, iPhone, iPhone 4S, iPad, iPad 2, Apple TV, Kindle Fire, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Samsung Galaxy S2 or other popular smartphones or tablets.
Besides converting AVCHD, AVCHD Converter is also good at editing your AVCHD video, help you customize your AVCHD video with the built-in video editing functions like video clip, video merge, video crop, video effect, video snapshot etc. Just feel free to explore more.
Step by step to convert AVCHD video with AVCHD Converter
Step 1: Free download AVCHD Converter, install and run it on your computer
Step 2: Click Add File button to import AVCHD files, then click Profile option to choose your desired output format, choose an output path by the Output to save the converted video.
Step 3:Clip and edit (optional)
AVCHD Converter supports Clip(set start and end), Crop(set aspect ratio 16:9/4:3), Merge(join several AVCHD files into one), Apply effect(adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation etc), set output parameter(adjust resolution, Frame Rate, Encoder and Bitrate ), Snapshot, Rotate etc.
Step 4: Setting
Finish the settings below before converting