Big difference in rendered output quality to raw.

HawaiianEye wrote on 5/9/2013, 8:02 PM

My digi vid recorder records in AVCHD.
I edited some nice video, and rendered it for best detail on computer.
It looks nice. But on reviewing the raw video, I saw detail and sharpness far beyond my rendered fare. Is there a way to retain this original sharpness after editing
in a form that need not be burned to Blueray?
Or is this why Movie Studio Platinum 12 is so affordable?
I imagine my question has a lot of info missing, but I am not going to list boring details. Whatever level you can explain, I will appreciate it.
Tricks, workarounds, dongles, and aluminum cone hats....I don't mind.
Mahalos from Maui

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musicvid10 wrote on 5/9/2013, 9:28 PM

OK, you're starting with AVDHD. That much we got.
The "boring details" you will have to list here to get any help are your complete project and render settings, and a MediaInfo report for your rendered file. Although our attributes are many, clairvoyance is not among them.
;?)

HawaiianEye wrote on 5/12/2013, 4:09 PM

Mahalo for your response!
I am not a professional. I am not an amateur.
I am a novice video editor. At this stage, I discovered as many others do, that the original sharp quality of my camera's avchd file format is lost after rendering into
the many other format offerings available with Movie Studio PL 12.
Are there any settings, or "work arounds" available to preserve the original Hi resolution quality observed on my computer screen when viewing the original avchd files?
I will break this down to a simple single file render.
Lets take a single clip and see what we can do with it:
It's an 18 second clip of girl walking up to camera from 30 feet away to a close-up of face. ( face 001.MTS ) 1920X1080 Data rate:23830kbps Total bitrate:24086kbps
framerate:29 fps size: 52.9MB AVCHD
I know how to render for YouTube. The results are not good, and after uploading to YouTube, even worse! LOL!

One of my 1st vids:

This not what I am searching for.
I want to render this to play on a computer, preserving as close as possible, the sharpness as the original file displays on the same monitor.
How would you render the above mentioned ( face001.MTS ) using Sony MSP12?
I realize of course, you don't have to let me know how you would do this, but it would be appreciated. Aloha.

musicvid10 wrote on 5/12/2013, 6:46 PM

Unfortunately, there is no way to re-encode your video for computer playback, without sacrificing some quality. The losses can be minimized, but once again, we would need some details.
Any re-encoding or rendering introduces losses.

You still have not posted any details about the renders you have done that are not satisfactory for you. I asked for project properties, render settings, and MediaInfo from your rendered files. We don't just ask for this information capriciously, but to be able to give an informed response, as opposed to guesswork or throwing darts at a board.

If you want to upload your original MTS file somewhere (not Youtube!) I'll be happy to have a look at it.

Best of luck

HawaiianEye wrote on 5/12/2013, 7:53 PM

Thanks, the simple answer suffices. i.e. "There is no way..."
I have done research and tests, and found that project properties, when matched with actual video properties works very well.
Also, avchd is good for TV since it is interlaced. My camera actually only produces at best 720p MP4 files, if I don't want Sony MS to do a bad job changing the avchd into mp4, (lots O' loss). So I can now make very nice clear 720 videos. I've tested the camera output to rendered output, and I don't see any noticeable difference in HD detail. Thanks for your friendly help! I will continue to ask questions!