they do provide a program for that, one came with my panasonic HDC-SDT750. however I found that Vegas reassembles the clips seamlessly on the timeline.
Barry --- In [email protected], Uwe Soltau <lenseye.uwe@...> wrote: > > Bob, > If that is how the guys at Panasonic expect you to work, they should be > locked up. > With a Sony camera you get a program for copying the clips to the computer. > When you copy a long clip that is broken up into sections the individual > short clips are AUTOMATICALLY stitched > without loss of frames or any other problem. > You better tell Panasonic to do the same - this is 2011. > This would be a good enough reason for me not to buy a Panasonic camera. > Uwe > > > > > I recently made the switch to HD, with Panasonic AVCHD camcorders, and > > was immediately faced with the issue of 4GB limits to recorded clips. > > > > When I assembled consecutive clips in Premiere CS5, there was a > > half-second loss of audio and a three-frame freeze of the video. > > > > Miraculously, I finally reached someone at Panasonic pro/broadcast > > tech. support who provided me with this solution. It works perfectly! > > But it does require a little familiarity with the Windows command > > line. If you don't want to deal with that, scroll down and I'll > > describe another way that I gradually figured out. > > > > I hope this saves someone the major frustrations I went through, > > Bob > > > > Symptom: > > Due to FAT32 limitation of the SD card file system, recordings made in > > the camera are limited to 4GB file size. > > To combine the clips into one file and eliminate the loss of audio > > and/or video frames audio at the end of the clips follow the procedure > > below. > > > > Solution: > > Follow the procedure listed below to combine recorded clips into one > > complete clip. > > 1)Press WIN+R > > 2)Type cmd and press Enter. > > 3)Navigate to the folder where the files are located (STREAM Folder). > > 4) Type Command: > > "copy /b 00000.mts+00001.mts+00003.mts v:\CompleteClip.mts" > > (00000.mts,00001.mts, etc are the clips you wish to combine) (The > > destination file in the example is v:\CompleteClip.mts, you can change > > this to anything you want) > > 5)Press Enter > > 6)Wait until it is done. (It takes several minutes to complete). > > > > Detailed Steps: > > The following assumes drive "V" is the destination video work drive, > > and the source is drive "F". > > Also the destination file will be named, "cam1.m2t". Type the command, > > without the quotes, so "command" is simply typed as command. > > > > Important Note: The destination drive (V:) must be a non-FAT32 file > > format, such as NTFS. > > > > Regards, > > Panasonic Solutions Company > > Unit of Panasonic Corporation of North America > > Technical Support Center (USA) > > pbtscservice@... <mailto:pbtscservice%40us.panasonic.com> > > > > Here's another way if you want to avoid dealing with command/DOS prompt: > > > > Use the Media Broswer in CS5 (maybe CS4 too) to import the entire > > PRIVATE folder from the Panasonic camcorder. Then click on it, and > > Premiere will put the files together seamlessly. Easy, no? Just be > > sure to import using the Media Browser rather than importing files > > directly to the Project panel. > > [One of my camcorders, the Panasonic HDC-TM700, doesn't have a PRIVATE > > folder if I record to its built-in memory. In this case, I create a > > PRIVATE folder and copy all the camcorder's other folders to it. The > > file structure for video recorded to SD cards, either with this camera > > or my AG-HMC80, begins with a PRIVATE folder.] > > > > > > > > [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/
