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Originally Posted by bm bradley
this is a weird deal here. vegas handles 'mts' files fine.... why would I need to spend $130 and convert them?
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Assuming your computer is fast enough to edit AVCHD natively, and the video does not require intensive effects, you probably don't need it. I think
this post is a good summary regarding this program, though a bit out of date. I was making the assumption that the computer the OP was using might be a bit older and was having trouble editing the AVCHD natively. In such a case, Cineform would definitely make the video easier to edit. I will quote part of the post above:
"What Cineform does is transcode the mpeg2 long gop to a frame-based lossless compression format and expands the colour space from HDV native 420 to 422. Whilst this doesn't make the image any better in look it does make it technically better with greatly expanded colour space and this can be a huge benefit when doing lots of chromakey, effects work, compositing, motion graphics or heavy colour grading. Cineform is also great if you're mixing a lot of different formats like HDV and AVCHD because it unifies everything into a single lossless format and everything runs smoother - especially AVCHD which is a nightmare to edit natively....
Short answer is, if I'm working fast on a project that doesnt involve several layers or compositing or heavy colour effects i work native HDV in Vegas. if I'm doing layers, composits and heavy colour grading then i use Cineform for the benefits of the extra colour space and format robustness...."