Lee, I do not have the same model camera but it also records on SD cards only. A friend has another Sony model recording the same way, so I can only assume that Sony would do things the same on other cameras and suggest to Tim to check his manual how he should get his footage onto the computer. When I got my camera I also thought to simply copy the files over in Explorer but had to learn different. The file structure on the SD card is rather complex. There are hidden files which are needed as well but I have not figured out for what . The metadata files are apparently also needed for editing but they are not accepted by Premiere and editing works without them.
Once you get used to the Sony software it is as easy as in Explorer to get the files across and it has a few other nice features. Why Sony do it that way only they will know. The other stupidity is that my Sony software only works with a 32bit system, so I will need one computer for getting the files onto a HDD and one for editing once I have changed to CS5. So much for modern technology. Now that is the one part, whether CS3 accepts the files I don't know, CS4 does. With CS3 it may be necessary to convert them to something else. Uwe > Uwe > > Ok, thanks. Since you have that camera you will be a great help to > Tim. Just > for the record, my JVC's record to its internal hard drive, and they also > split video files, keeping them to around 3.4GB max which is about 13-14 > minutes (at 1920x1080i). With JVC, that is no problem: no frames are > lost. I > offload the files (Windows Explorer works just fine), run them through the > TOD -> mpeg converter, then import them into Premiere Pro. Since the > camera > time-tags the files I know which is part 1, part 2, etc., and when > placed on > the sequence timeline, they snap together perfectly; audio and video are > correct with no lost frames or duplicate frames. > > So why Sony thinks they have to "stitch" large files together into ever > larger files escapes me entirely. > > Lee > > From: [email protected] > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com>] > On Behalf Of Uwe Soltau > Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 5:49 PM > To: [email protected] > <mailto:Adobe-Premiere%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [AP] Importing HD from SD Card > > > Lee, > Using Explorer is exactly what you should not do. > You MUST use the Sony software. > When Tim wrote that the file was MPEG, I assumed that he had recorded > in SD. > If he records in HD (AVCHD) he should get an .m2ts file and also a > separate file containing the Metadata > which in my case is again a .cmuprops file. > There is another reason to use the Sony software. > The SD card will be formatted FAT32 which means a maximum file size of > 2Gb. > If you copy the files with Explorer you will loose frames. The Sony > software will stitch long recordings to > one file again. > Tim, did you record SD or HD? > Uwe > > > > > > > I assume the Sony has a USB > > connection, so you should be able to offload the mts files from your > Sony > > camera either by Sony software, or directly by using Windows Explorer in > > XP/Windows 7, after which you let your new AVCHD converter software > > convert > > them to mpg's - which CS3 will handle just fine! > > > > Hoping this helps > > > > Lee > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Adobe-Premiere/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
