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From: Roger Darlington on 21 Mar 2010 07:37

How do I view AVCHD movies (as recorded in HD on a Panasonic HD video
camera) on an iMac in HD (full screen)?

What software do I need?

From where?

Is it Free?

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From: Elliott Roper on 21 Mar 2010 09:47
In article <2a5c73fb50.rogerarm(a)rogerarm.freeuk.com>, Roger Darlington
<rogerarm(a)freeuk.com> wrote:

> How do I view AVCHD movies (as recorded in HD on a Panasonic HD video
> camera) on an iMac in HD (full screen)?
>
> What software do I need?
Built in Quicktime Player X if you have OS X 10.6, otherwise, I think
you need the Pro version of Quicktime Player 7. Pro is the same
software. �25 or was it $25 unlocks full screen and a bunch of other
stuff.

In both X and 7, hitting cmd-f puts it in full screen. esc gets you
back.

If you are on an obsolescent OS X and you don't want to spring for QT 7
Pro (if you can still get it), you might try VLC. Find it via
versiontracker. It is as ugly as sin, but full of hidden magic.

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From: David Empson on 21 Mar 2010 16:05
Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:

> In article <2a5c73fb50.rogerarm(a)rogerarm.freeuk.com>, Roger Darlington
> <rogerarm(a)freeuk.com> wrote:
>
> > How do I view AVCHD movies (as recorded in HD on a Panasonic HD video
> > camera) on an iMac in HD (full screen)?
> >
> > What software do I need?
> Built in Quicktime Player X if you have OS X 10.6, otherwise, I think
> you need the Pro version of Quicktime Player 7. Pro is the same
> software. �25 or was it $25 unlocks full screen and a bunch of other
> stuff.

You don't need QuickTime Pro to do full screen playback. (This used to
be the case, but Apple removed this requirement some time in the last
two or three years.)

QuickTime Pro is now only needed for editing, saving, and similar
operations.

This may be a moot point, because I can't see any evidence that
QuickTime can play AVCHD at all.

Apple added AVCHD support to recent versions of iMovie ('08 and '09),
Final Cut Express and Final Cut Studio. Using AVCHD with these requires
an Intel Core Duo processor or better. They could convert the AVCHD to
something the computer can play.

Toast Titanium 10 can apparently also convert AVCHD to something else,
as can the software sold here:

http://www.avchdplayer.org/avchd-player-for-mac.html

(This software explicitly states that QuickTime cannot play AVCHD.)

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From: Elliott Roper on 21 Mar 2010 17:22
In article <1jfqz8l.1yafuirelk8wN%dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz>, David Empson
<dempson(a)actrix.gen.nz> wrote:

> Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > In article <2a5c73fb50.rogerarm(a)rogerarm.freeuk.com>, Roger Darlington
> > <rogerarm(a)freeuk.com> wrote:
> >
> > > How do I view AVCHD movies (as recorded in HD on a Panasonic HD video
> > > camera) on an iMac in HD (full screen)?
> > >
> > > What software do I need?
> > Built in Quicktime Player X if you have OS X 10.6, otherwise, I think
> > you need the Pro version of Quicktime Player 7. Pro is the same
> > software. �25 or was it $25 unlocks full screen and a bunch of other
> > stuff.
>
> You don't need QuickTime Pro to do full screen playback. (This used to
> be the case, but Apple removed this requirement some time in the last
> two or three years.)
>
> QuickTime Pro is now only needed for editing, saving, and similar
> operations.
>
> This may be a moot point, because I can't see any evidence that
> QuickTime can play AVCHD at all.

You are right. I should have checked before posting.
Neither version of QUicktime Player wants to deal with a .mts AVCHD
file I just downloaded for testing.

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From: SM on 21 Mar 2010 19:59
Elliott Roper <nospam(a)yrl.co.uk> wrote:

> > This may be a moot point, because I can't see any evidence that
> > QuickTime can play AVCHD at all.
>
> You are right. I should have checked before posting.
> Neither version of QUicktime Player wants to deal with a .mts AVCHD
> file I just downloaded for testing.

VLC will play them - just checked with the latest VLC version on Intel.

Stuart
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