Hello, Background: Well it's time for a new camcorder rig. My old sony (sr42) allowed me to mount the hard drive and copy the files around the net using standard linux commands cp or scp.... very cool even if not intended. I would then plug the usb cable into the shoe (cradle for the camera) into the xp pc and use the one touch button sony software to burn a dvd. Nice and simple. A raw copy of the mp4 files on a linux system, and burned DVDs that just worked everywhere. Point kaffine to a dir, and it auto plays the files in sequence, like a movie. Simple and cool.
<enter blueray and MP4-AVC> NOW. AVCHD is the camera version of H.264. I guess I need to burn these to blueray to keep the high res (HD 1920 x1080) wide screen format. How do folks process this sort of video and what software do you use? What camcorders? Do you burn the blueray disc on a gentoo system? If you use PC software, what is the best to use? Move the finished movie over to a linux system for storage and replay; any issues? Any discussion is welcome, as I really want a Gentoo centric solution to using a high end camcorder. I'm looking at Sony gear just cause I have an sony tripod that may not even work with the newer sony cameras........ Sony HDR-CX550V (low end) and up (Sony NEX-VG10), but other suggestions are most welcome. Recording on to the linux multimedia server is paramount for me. If I have to use DOZ to process the video, I can live with that, but would prefer to do the post processing of the H.264 files on Gentoo. My target applications is sports recording, particularly basketball games in high resolution, so any advice on wide-angle issues is also of keen interest to me. James
