Which player for AVCHD video files?

KANNIS · 18th June 2012, 12:10 PM

I can't seem to get any of my AVCHD files to play no matter what program I use, VLC, Splash, WMP.

They always stutter, warp, pause, change colour and sometime just freeze. The sound works fine but the picture never plays.

The Camera I use is a Sony 120gig Handcam records in 1080HD Video.

Any recommendations?

Cheers.

Squeezer · 18th June 2012, 5:07 PM

Are you copying them to the hard drive first ? and assume your PC isnt a dinosaur ?

Renza · 18th June 2012, 6:21 PM

I have a similar camera from sony that records to a hard drive. I can play back over USB fine with windows media player with ffdshow installed.

KANNIS · 19th June 2012, 9:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Squeezer

Are you copying them to the hard drive first ? and assume your PC isnt a dinosaur ?

I use the stock program the camera came with called Picture Motion Browser. That copies it to the hard drive and through that program you play it, if you can. That doesn't work so I try other programs, they stutter too.

The pc is a bit of a dinosaur but the laptops are not and they struggle too.

The only improvement I saw was with Splash. Apparently its built for playing AVCHD but it still stuttered a lot.

a1ring23 · 19th June 2012, 12:58 PM

VLC works fine for me with no lag etc

The only issue is that it doesn't display the time elapsed on the video at all. Strange.

KANNIS · 19th June 2012, 4:33 PM

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Originally Posted by a1ring23

VLC works fine for me with no lag etc

The only issue is that it doesn't display the time elapsed on the video at all. Strange.

Mine just stumbles constantly. Cant watch any high def video on it which is above 1.2gig...

Does the video card play a part in playing HD video smoothly???

Squeezer · 19th June 2012, 4:41 PM

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Originally Posted by KANNIS

Does the video card play a part in playing HD video smoothly???

Definitely - My Dads 3 year old Netbook struggled with HiRes DSLR files. Most newish laptops though the onboard Video card is quite capable of playback

KANNIS · 20th June 2012, 1:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Squeezer

Definitely - My Dads 3 year old Netbook struggled with HiRes DSLR files. Most newish laptops though the onboard Video card is quite capable of playback

Im in the process of building my new PC hopefully this video card will be enough for what I need. The AMD website recommends it for specifically this kind of use.

Gigabyte Radeon HD7750 Overclock 1GB- http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=19676 - $119

Unframed · 23rd June 2012, 4:56 PM

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Originally Posted by KANNIS

I can't seem to get any of my AVCHD files to play no matter what program I use, VLC, Splash, WMP.

They always stutter, warp, pause, change colour and sometime just freeze. The sound works fine but the picture never plays.

The Camera I use is a Sony 120gig Handcam records in 1080HD Video.

Any recommendations?

Cheers.

What's it encoded as?

raprex · 23rd June 2012, 5:18 PM

VLC used to struggle with AVCHD (1080p 50fps, 24mbps) on my core2quad. windows media player then seemed to work better but would sometimes BSOD.
VLC has been updated and now plays them much better without dropping too many frames.

of course i only preview them a little before editing in Vegas and exporting to MP4.

glenpinn · 25th June 2012, 6:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Unframed

What's it encoded as?

his files have not been encoded (yet) his camera films in AVCHD and he is trying to play those files.

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Originally Posted by KANNIS

Gigabyte Radeon HD7750 Overclock 1GB- http://www.pccasegear.com/index.php?...ducts_id=19676 - $119

an Ati 6450 will be just as good for around $30 if you want to skimp a bit.

also, if your building a new intel based pc and your using an i5/i7 cpu of some sort, remember those chips have built in HD2000/HD3000 graphics which is absolutely ample for any kind of High Def playback, including AVCHD.

my new encoding pc has the 3770 cpu in it, with HD4000 graphics integrated, so i dont even have a dedicated graphics card, no need for it, unless your going to game.

intel graphics utilizes Quick Sync for video encoding, and depending on what editing/encoding software your going to use, the quick sync process is super fast if your software supports it.

thorpee · 25th June 2012, 6:15 PM

If you want to edit it or render it to a better format I find Sony Vegas family of products work with it fairly well.

clonex · 25th June 2012, 9:24 PM

I have problems with my sony nex-5 files using VLC, actually same goes for gopro files but windows media player plays everything fine.

Unframed · 26th June 2012, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by glenpinn

his files have not been encoded (yet) his camera films in AVCHD and he is trying to play those files.

I was more referring to the file extension. When AVCHD was new tech I remember hearing about people having issues due to the file extension of some cameras (mts and m2ts usually work fine).

KANNIS · 26th June 2012, 5:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Unframed

I was more referring to the file extension. When AVCHD was new tech I remember hearing about people having issues due to the file extension of some cameras (mts and m2ts usually work fine).

Yes it says .m2tS at the end of the videos I have recorded.

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thorpee Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Gold Coast Posts: 388	If you want to edit it or render it to a better format I find Sony Vegas family of products work with it fairly well.