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Get AVCHD M2TS and burn M2TS to DVD on the Mac

Tue, 03 Nov 2009 12:00:00 PST

The .m2ts(AVCHD H.264,VC-1, MPEG-2 HD) file format is given to video/audio files created by certain Sony Camcorder models. How to Burn M2TS to dvd on Mac?

FIRST LOOK: JVC HM-100u

Wed, 21 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

The JVC HM-100u ProHD camera may be small in size, but it's packing three Full HD (1920 x 1080i/p) CCDs that capture great image quality, and it uses Sony's SxS/EX technology to deliver a tapeless workflow on affordable SDHC media cards. Plus, if you're a Final Cut Pro user, you can shoot directly to QuickTime for even faster importing and editing.

Roxio Creator 2010

Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Roxio Creator 2010 is a jack of all trades suite of media creation, archiving, and management tools all hooked in via a single launch point. The Swiss army style software has been around for many years, and seems to be one of the last integrated suites of its kind standing.

Love story: my parents' 25th anniversary DVD presentation

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

When I was a child, my family wasn't rich at all, but I just remembered that no matter how difficult it was, my father and mother loved each other very much. They worked hard to bring me up and give the best to me. Therefore, the happy scene will never fade from my memory. Now, next weekend is my parents' 25th silver anniversary. As their sweet heart, I plan to give a surprise to them with a silver anniversary DVD presentation.

Pegasys, Inc.'s TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress with Leadtek SpursEngine Hardware accelerator

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 12:00:00 PDT

TMPGEnc 4.0 Xpress is a video encoder application along the lines of Sorenson Squeeze, Apple's Compressor, and Adobe's Media Encoder. It has been around for quite a while, but doesn't seem to get the press that the other tools get, despite the output quality being very good. The application offers support for NVIDIA's CUDA technology as well as Leadtek's SpursEngine hardware accelerator.

Sony Vegas Pro 9

Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:00:00 PDT

When a software program matures into its ninth iteration, you expect big things from it. I've been on-board Sony Vegas when it was an audio-only, version one application. It's been really interesting to be a part of the software's growth. As my go-to app for many years, I was excited to give the newest version a test drive. This review looks at Sony Vegas Pro 9.0b 32-bit (VP9), the second (free!) update since its release at NAB earlier this year.

First Look: Panasonic AG HMC150 AVCCAM camcorder

Thu, 20 Aug 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Back in 2005, my aunt asked me to videotape her wedding. Now I am not a professional videographer, but rather, over the years I've enjoyed shooting video with all types of cameras, be it via my digital camera, my Flip video camera, to a variety of miniDV cameras. So I agreed to tape her wedding.

Dutch TV-technology positions Intel to enable broadcasters to deliver next-generation TV services

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Last week, British interactive service provider, Miniweb, announced a collaboration with Dutch based Metrological Media Innovations and Intel.

Mac Workflow: Create a Blu-Ray disc with Roxio Toast 10 Titanium Pro

Wed, 22 Jul 2009 12:00:00 PDT

It's very easy to create a basic Blu-ray Disc (BD) on a Mac with Roxio Toast 10 Titanium Pro and OWC's Mercury Pro BD/DVD/CD Burner. Last time, I explained how to do this with Adobe Encore CS4 and Apple Final Cut Pro 6 (FCP) with great results

Elgato's Turbo.264 HD

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 12:00:00 PDT

Elgato's Turbo.264 HD is a pretty cool and affordable hardware USB accelerator and software video encoder for the Mac. Easily create high-quality (and small in size) H.264/MPEG-4 movies from your existing videos, and from an AVCHD video camera. You can even use it from within Final Cut Pro 6.x and QuickTime Pro, plus iMovie for those of you working in Apple's consumer editing app!