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           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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