I have a SONY HD camcorder that produces .mts files (AVCHD). As expected, my medium-range PC is struggling to edit that video. Playback is jerky, scrubbing, seeking is extremely slow, it has become a nightmare to edit the video. All are 50i.
I read on several sites that we can export the HD files to lossless and edit with ease. My goal is to edit out unwanted footage, and possibly make DVDs. (I know it will reduce quality going HD to SD, but I will be retaining the footage in HD as a separate copy)
If I export the HD files with lossless, will my machine be able to edit it with as much ease as it does with DV AVI files?
If yes, which lossless format is suggested?
Huffyuv? Do I need to take care of any settings while exporting to
Huffyuv, given that they are High Definition files?
I also read about Cineform Digital Intermediate codec (now made free). Is it good for this purpose? Is it as lossless as Huffyuv?
Thanks.