The people I'm doing the video for know less about the stuff you are talking about than I do- which isn't much. I just copy and pasted the data from the card in my AX100 to the hard drive they provided.īoth Play Memories Home and VLC were installed on the computer that I tried to play the video on. If I shoot using AVCHD both sound and video play normally. If I shoot using XAVC S HD I get normal sound but the video will play, stop then jump ahead to catch up with the sound. If I shoot in 4K there is no sound or video during an attempted playback. It's not my idea- it's what happens during playback. The AVCHD codec alone has nothing to do with what the computer can handle. Other than AVCHD typically supports resolutions up to HD. Those two have nothing to do with each other directly. Find out what do they plan on doing with it, where and with what kind of hardware. Next time, ask and what they need the video for beforehand.

So unless they ask specifically for those codecs, don't do it. Which is unlikely, given that they're using an old computer. Unless they ask specifically for the SOOC files which they'd edit themselves, knowing what they're getting into. Some standalone converters can do it, too, if you really intend to deliver unedited footage.ĭelivering the video material to the end user in AVCHD (or XAVC) codec makes little sense, whether it's in HD or UHD. You need to export the 4K footage into HD resolution, preferably in a generic format like. Is there some simple s/w that can convert 4K to AVCHD?Įven if there was, that's not the way to go. It might be able to handle regular HD, though. The computer software may lack proper support for that codec. XAVC is not a generic playback format, either. It will play XAVC S HD but with constant video freezing. Your NLE should have enough delivery options you can render the footage into after you've edited, or at least trimmed it.Īfter all, you did do at least some basic editing before delivery, right? Maybe in full HD, too, depending on the age of the hardware. Typically most older computers can handle at least 720p HD in an. There's no point in delivering them some UHD video and in some proprietary codec like XAVC if/when they're limited to old computer hardware and software. Other than AVCHD typically supports resolutions up to HD. The AVCHD codec alone has nothing to do with what the computer can handle. 4K is a marketing term used to describe a pixel resolution, a.k.a. It is an older compression and delivery codec. The highest resolution it can handle is AVCHD.ĪVCHD is not a pixel resolution.

I shot an event in 4K thinking they might want to do some frame grabs but it turns out it made their computer gag. I did this for some friends not knowing how old their computer was.

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