#EDITREADY MP4 MP4#
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'Back in the day' I would transcode my AVCHD clips into more editable formats like ProRes before importing them into my editing app. In that case, if the size of the converted file is slightly larger than the original AVCHD file, you don't have to worry about any quality loss. But then you'd always be shooting in the highest quality settings to begin with, whichever the format happens to be, and the whole conversion issue is slightly different, as the whole point of the conversion is to turn the format with a bunch of uppercase letters into another, more editable format. If you're going to edit your videos, you're likely to pay more attention to the final quality. Again, it sort of depends on what you wish to accomplish. Anyway, some apps simply rewrap one package into another so that it's readable by your desired player, some apps can do more. The 'worst damage' is often done in the camera already. In general, the simple conversion does not reduce the quality, at least significantly.

#EDITREADY MP4 MP4#

In case it's for direct playback only and the file sizes match, you might as well be shooting in the mp4 format. Will they be for immediate playback or uploading to YouTube, or for further editing in some NLE, for example.

If there seem to be no difference in file size or bit rate between those options, then it's a matter of taste and depends on how and where you'll be using those recorded clips.

#EDITREADY MP4 MANUAL#

I'm pretty sure the difference of those options is covered in the manual of the camera somewhere. If that happens to be the AVCHD option, use that. Therefore it would make sense to choose the option offering the highest bit rate (bytes/bits per second) option that is also making the largest file size. The mp4 option is probably offering the lowest bit rate and smallest file size, which means it's probably recorded in lower quality than the other option(s). My question is this: If I video on the AVCHD format, and then convert the files to MP4 using a video converter program, will the extra quality in the original AVCHD format files be lost in the conversion and I may as well have videod using MP4 setting, or does the conversion from AVCHD to MP4 retain the extra quality?Ĭompare the file sizes and bit rates of each option provided by the camera. , iFrame or MP4 recording formats to record motion pictures using this unit'. My panasonic videocam says this in the instruction manual: 'You can select from AVCHD. I take it you're talking about using your video clips as they are, without any editing? AVCHD converted to MP4 files - is the extra AVCHD quality lost in the conversion?

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