Thanks for the feedback, Uwe. Looks like Mede8er isn't available in the U.S. I checked out Western Digital, but it looks like 1080i - 30 fps or 1080p - 24 fps is the best they support, not 1080p - 30 fps, which is what I'm shooting right now.
It gives me hope, though, that there might be other media players out there than can munge the data flow for 1080p - 30fps. I'll start doing some more Google searches. The whole business of playing back what you create has me thinking about how people shooting 4K cameras are going to get their 4K work in front of audiences or, for that matter, themselves. It took forever to get digital 1080p adapted as a broadcast standard so people would support 1080p monitors and disk players. Maybe downloadable 4K content will leapfrog broadcast standards so people will want 4K monitors, but then there's the choke factor for ISPs transferring 4K video files. The brave new world takes a stout infrastructure. Mike Boom At 01:53 PM 5/30/2012, Uwe Soltau wrote: >Mike, > >I am using a Mede8er media player and am extremely happy with it. >It did cost a bit more though. Different models are available. >The cheapest model needs external storage media like a HDD, >the more expensive ones have a built in HDD (I think up to 2TB). >Mine has a 500GB built in HDD. When you connect the player to the >computer via USB it works like an external HDD and you can copy files >across.. > >I do not put any videos on BR discs (don't trust discs). All my H.264 movies >are stored on HDD and the media player is a additional back up. > >Western Digital make very good media players as well. > >I don't know whether Mede8er and WD players are available in the USA. >I don't want to miss mine. > >www.mede8er.com > >http://www.wdc.com/en/products/homeentertainment/mediaplayers/ > >Uwe > > > >On 5/30/2012 9:11 PM, Mike Boom wrote: > > > > 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 > > > > > > >[Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >------------------------------------ > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > ------------------------------------ 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/
