Hello. I am new to this forum and new to video editing. I have a Canon HF S100 HD Camcorder, an Acer laptop 6930, and an external disc burner. I recently shot hours of vacation videos ( MTS Files, H264 ). After 3 weeks of hell trying to view and then edit the videos, I've finally starting to make some progress. In addition, I'd went thru editing programs such as Nero, Windows, Sony, etc. I have finally settled with Corel. It is more easier to use and the video is not too " choppy " while editing. The only thing I don't understand is " WHY DOES IT TAKE SO LONG TO ENCODE "? I did my first 45 min chapter last night ( in AVCHD 1440x 1080 ) and it took my computer 12 some hours overnight, would love to get a blue ray burner when I figure this out. With all the available technologies, why can't there be a system to streamline the encoding and burning process to a more reasonable amount of time. Is the great amount of time due how files interact and convert during the encoding process. Are there editing programs that will edit/burn videos and minimize the encoding process? I understand that I may need a faster computer, but this laptop is only 6 months old. Or am I doing something wrong? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
If you just need to cutout scenes try using avidemux. If the mts files are using the h264 codec, avidemux will open them up. It will edit without reencoding, so it will go quickly. It can also join files as long as they are the same resolution/bitrate. Laptops aren't the best hardware for editing video, especially HD. It's better if you have a quad cpu, and also 2 drives for the input and output files.
If you want take less time to finish encoding, proper settings for Output is quite important. Please do not set too larger bit rates for video and auidio. Your original source has been good enough, so you need not have values in such larger numbers.
