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SOUND ADVICE: TECHNOLOGY
Nero Video, Toast 17 Pro good options
for burning camcorder video to Blu-Ray
by Don Lindich This brings us to the second
point. If you just want to play the
Q recorded with movies on your Blu-ray players
I want to take AVCHD
without editing, there is a good
video
HFR400
Canon
my
the videos to Blu-ray discs. Your
camcorder and burn it to chance you don’t even need to burn
Blu-ray discs. I have a computer Blu-ray players or TV probably have
running Windows 10 software with a USB port or SD card slot. You can
an LG Blu-ray writer and blank use a USB card reader, or transfer
Verbatim BD-R discs. The files the files from the SD card to a flash
each fill a 16 GB SD card and drive with your computer. Then
will each be burned on a 25 GB simply connect the card reader or
BD-R disc. I can import the video flash drive to one of these USB port
files to the computer via SD card to view the videos. You can even
slot or USB connection from the edit them in software, export to a
camcorder. Can you recommend new MP4 file, then save it to a flash
a program that will work with my drive for playback on a player. This
equipment? The discs I burn will be is what I do with my own video
played back on Blu-ray players and projects now as my own experience
4K Blu-ray players. burning movies to Blu-ray was a bit
of a headache. Exporting to a new
A I would look at Nero Video While the software recommen- will soon find out when you import working with your videos in software. a better and more reliable option.
file, then saving to a flash drive was
for your projects. Nero
By the way, those blank Blu-ray
Video 2019 lists for dation is all you requested, I do have the AVCHD videos and try to work I switched from AVCHD to MP4 in
$69.99 and is currently on sale some additional information you may with them in software, it is not a all my cameras and camcorders a discs and burner make excellent
for $49.99. Not only will it allow find helpful as you work on future very friendly format for home editing long time ago for this reason and data backups as well given the
you to author Blu-ray discs and projects of this type. and video creation. Editing AVCHD never really noticed a difference in 25GB per disc capacity. A Blu-ray
burn them to recordable Blu-ray The first regards the AVCHD requires a lot of computer processing the image quality despite AVCHD’s burner can be more than a tool
media, you can use Nero Video format you are using with your power and even with a very fast, late- touted superiority. If you never plan for making movie discs, so be sure
to edit the recordings as well. Mac camcorder. AVCHD provides model computer you may find it to on editing the videos or working to explore all the capabilities it
users should look to Toast 17 Pro excellent image quality and saves be glitchy and slow at times. Your with them in a computer, and will provides you. n
from Roxio, which offers similar some space on the memory card camcorder has an MP4 recording just play the files directly from your
functionality. See them at nero.com compared to other video formats option and I suggest changing from memory cards, then leaving it on ©2019 Distributed by Tribune
and roxio.com. like MP4. Unfortunately, as you AVCHD to MP4 if you plan on AVCHD is OK. Content Agency, LLC.
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