After months of staring wistfully from outside camera stores, I finally went ahead and bought the Canon Vixia HF10 (uhuh, High Def). Shooting has been a somewhat humbling experience but I’ll get there. Sooner or later.
Moving files around has been a tad tricky so I thought I’d document (sort of) what I did.
Linux:
If the device doesn’t mount, try ‘dmesg‘
# mkdir /camera
#mount /dev/sdb1 /camera
#cd /camera
MPlayer supports AVCHD (.mts) files, but you’ll need to compile MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/dload.html) from source.
Windows:
Couldn’t install the proprietary software that comes with the camera because my netbook doesn’t support the minimumm resolution. So I had to convert the .mts files to .avi.
First, install the AVISynth base and then this (mts_2_xvid.rar) . Unpack the .rar file and copy the .mts files from the camera into the folder and run the batch file _multi_demux_mts_Xvid.bat. That nifty little piece of code compresses the video to .avi and saves it in the same folder.
Trust me, it’s way simpler than it sounds.
So you finally figured it out. Its times like these when you realize how much better Windows is when compared to Linux.
Dude, seriously?? That’s the most geek I have ever heard you speak =P! Awesome… btw, started a youtube channel so that you can share some of that HD goodness?
@The Mute Oracle: Honestly, Linux still kicks ass. Once you get around the minor kinks, it’s so much better. And so much more fun.
@Guru: I can hold my own in a nerdy convo any time of the day dude. Also, when I do feel the world is ready to see my ‘work’, I think I’ll post it on Vimeo instead of You Tube.