AVCHD Converter

[THoff]

think Canopus should remove the right click as its of no use. Why would anyone want a slower encode?

No, they should fix it so it does the same thing as dragging a file onto the converter icon.

[Ron Evans]

Well by draging the file to the Icon it starts to convert at a speed that would be faster than realtime except it will not go past a file size of about 12G. I know the file should be almost 4 times that size when converted. I have tried 4 times now and it stops at the same place. It is now converting the slow way to see if it stops at the same place.

Ron Evans

[Ron Evans]

Perhaps not everyone has a system they can simply devote time to just encoding video? (with all available resources)

Do I understand from this that the intent of the right click is so that processors are available to do other tasks while the encode is taking place using just one processor? IF that is the intent then that is not well stated either. Over many years I have found that while encoding I do not do anything else on the PC. One task at a time leads to a lot less problems. More processors to me mean more power not more tasks. Yes I do have several PC's one for email and browsing, one for editing, one for audio and one for all my important household stuff like internet banking etc.

Ron Evans

[GrassValley_KH]

I believe the other purpose of this function is that you can right-click on another AVCHD file, and convert it.

So you're processing two files simultaneously. This is how it was explained to me, at least.

[Ron Evans]

Well now I know how to get it to convert fast ( should have read the instructions I know!!!). By dragging the file to the Icon the converter encoded to HQ a 1 hour and 9 min file in 50 mins. I think I am a happy camper now knowing I can upload from the SR11 at about 4 times realtime and then encode to HQ in just under realtime. A 1 hour file should take about 1 hour and 15 mins to get into HQ format from the camera. I can live with that. CPU was at 100% for the whole time so I expect the only way to do it faster is with faster CPU. Hard drive utilization was at about 25% so no real pressure on the hard drives at this conversion rate.

Ron Evans