When I finish an AVCHD-based 1080p video production in Premiere, I have some difficulty playing it back in other venues. When I worked in HDV, it was a simple matter of rendering the finished video back to HDV tape on my camcorder, hooking up the camcorder to monitors or projectors wherever I'm presenting videos, and then playing back the video from the camcorder.
Now I render back to an AVCHD file, but my Canon XA10 will not accept any AVCHD files that it didn't record itself, so I can't use my camcorder for playback. I use a laptop, instead, playing back the AVCHD file using VLC Media Player. A laptop's not ideal. It's big, bulky, and occasionally stutters on playback. It's a recent model and high-powered, so I'm not sure if it's something running in the background or if AVCHD in 1080p still chokes some CPUs. I found this intriguing device when searching for solutions: http://www.meritline.com/1080-p-hd-mini-media-player---p-77300.aspx It looks like an ideal solution: plug it via HDMI into a high-res monitor or projector, plug a self-powered USB drive into it, then let it play back the AVCHD videos. It's so cheap, though, I'm very suspicious. Has anyone had any experience playing back high-quality hi-res video from a portable media player? If so, how well did it work? Any recommendations for other units? I guess at US$43 it's not a big risk to try, but if I can avoid throwing it away on something that doesn't do what I want it to, I can buy a big round of beer for friends instead. Thanks, Mike Boom ------------------------------------ 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/
