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TABLE OF CONTENTS

IntroductIon........ 3

SYStEM rEQuIrEMEntS For cS4

Windows.............. 3

Mac.............. 4

Transferring AVCHD Footage To Your Computer................. 4

Copying AVCHD Footage To A Hard Drive................ 5

Transferring AVCHD Footage Directly From The Panasonic.............................................. 6

AG-HMC70 Or AG-HMC150 AVCCAM Cameras To Your Computer................... 6

EdItIng wIth prEMIEr pro................. 7

Editing Directly From Your SD Card Using Media Browser................ 8

Editing Directly From Your SD Card By Using File>Import............. 11

Converting Your AVCHD Files To .mxf Files For Editing................. 12

Using Adobe Dynamic Link.................. 13

output optIonS

Outputting To iPod Or iPhone.............. 13

Outputting To YouTube................. 16

Outputting To A Blu-ray Disc Via Adobe Dynamic Link................ 18

Outputting To A DVD Disc Via Adobe Dynamic Link....................... 21

thE AVchd workFlow ArchIVIng 23

Archiving To Hard Drive................ 23

Archiving To Blu-ray Disc................. 23

Archiving To Inexpensive SD Cards .................. 23

Archiving To Digital Linear Tape.................. 23


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INTRODUCTION TO EDITINg avChD wITh aDObE Cs4

This paper wi discss a typica AVCHD wrw r editig with ad tpttig rm Adbe Creative Site 4 (CS4).

Besides editig the AVCHD tage, we wi examie tpttig t B-ray, ad eve creatig a Stadard DVD disc. We

as at aterative deivery sch as tpttig t iPd ad Y Tbe. I additi, archivig ptis icdig cpyig

yr ctet t a hard drive, B-ray r DVD discs r eve bac t a SD card are preseted.

Adbe CS4 ctais a weath rich appicatis that aw y t mve yr prject betwee Premier Pr (r Editig),

Ater Eects (r eect wr) ad Ecre (r DVD ad B-Ray creati). Note: CS4 supplies native support forAVCHD les, signicantly speeding up your workow. However, CS4 v. 4 only supports 1080/60i footage. Adobe

says that future releases will support all PH Modes of AVCHD (1080p/24 and 30, 720p/24, 30 and 60).

sysTEm REqUIREmENTs fOR Cs4 ThE avChD wORkflOw

Y ca edit yr AVCHD tage with Adbe CS4 either a Mac r Widws based cmpter. Y ca eve wr

the same prject bth Mac ad Widws cmpters the same etwr. Hwever, each patrm has specic

system reiremets:

wINDOws* 2GHz oR fASTER PRoCESSoR foR DV; 3.4GHz foR HDV; DuAl 2.8GHz foR HD*

* MICRoSofT WInDoWS XP WITH SERVICE PACk 2 (SERVICE PACk 3 RECoMMEnDED) oR WInDoWS

VISTA HoME PREMIuM, BuSInESS, ulTIMATE, oR EnTERPRISE WITH SERVICE PACk 1 (CERTIfIED foR 32-BIT

WInDoWS XP AnD 32-BIT AnD 64-BIT WInDoWS VISTA)

* 2GB of RAM (MoRE RAM RECoMMEnDED WHEn RunnInG MulTIPlE CoMPonEnTS)

* 16.3GB of AVAIlABlE HARD-DISk SPACE foR InSTAllATIon; ADDITIonAl fREE SPACE REquIRED DuRInG

InSTAllATIon (CAnnoT InSTAll on flASH-BASED SToRAGE DEVICES)

* 1,280X900 DISPlAY WITH oPEnGl 2.0CoMPATIBlE GRAPHICS CARD

* SoME GPu-ACCElERATED fEATuRES REquIRE GRAPHICS SuPPoRT foR SHADER MoDEl 3.0

* DEDICATED 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE foR DV AnD HDV EDITInG; STRIPED DISk ARRAY SToRAGE (RAID 0) foR

HD; SCSI DISk SuBSYSTEM PREfERRED

* foR SD/HD WoRkfloWS, An ADoBE-CERTIfIED CARD foR CAPTuRE AnD EXPoRT To TAPE* oHCI-CoMPATIBlE IEEE 1394 PoRT foR DV AnD HDV CAPTuRE, EXPoRT To TAPE, AnD TRAnSMIT To DV

DEVICE

* DVD-RoM DRIVE (DVD+-R BuRnER REquIRED foR DVD CREATIon)

* Blu-RAY BuRnER REquIRED foR Blu-RAY DISC CREATIon

* MICRoSofT WInDoWS DRIVER MoDEl oR ASIo-CoMPATIBlE SounD CARD

* quICkTIME 7.4.5 SofTWARE REquIRED To uSE quICkTIME fEATuRES

* BRoADBAnD InTERnET ConnECTIon REquIRED foR onlInE SERVICES


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maC Os

* MulTICoRE InTEl PRoCESSoR

* MAC oS X V10.4.1110.5.4

* 2GB of RAM (MoRE RAM RECoMMEnDED WHEn RunnInG MulTIPlE CoMPonEnTS)

* 20.6GB of AVAIlABlE HARD-DISk SPACE foR InSTAllATIon; ADDITIonAl HARD-DISk SPACE REquIRED

DuRInG InSTAllATIon (CAnnoT InSTAll on A VoluME THAT uSES A CASE-SEnSITIVE fIlE SYSTEM oR onflASH-BASED SToRAGE DEVICES)

* 1,280X900 DISPlAY WITH oPEnGl 2.0CoMPATIBlE GRAPHICS CARD

* SoME GPu-ACCElERATED fEATuRES REquIRE GRAPHICS SuPPoRT foR SHADER MoDEl 3.0

* DEDICATED 7200 RPM HARD DRIVE foR DV AnD HDV EDITInG; STRIPED DISk ARRAY SToRAGE (RAID 0) foR

HD; SCSI DISk SuBSYSTEM PREfERRED

* DVD-RoM DRIVE (SuPERDRIVE REquIRED foR DVD CREATIon)

* Blu-RAY BuRnER REquIRED foR Blu-RAY DISC CREATIon

* CoRE AuDIoCoMPATIBlE SounD CARD

* quICkTIME 7.4.5 SofTWARE REquIRED To uSE quICkTIME fEATuRES

* BRoADBAnD InTERnET ConnECTIon REquIRED foR onlInE SERVICES

TRaNsfERRINg avChD fOOTagE TO yOUR COmpUTER.Whe y are ready t traser yr AVCHD tage rm yr camera t yr cmpter, the easiest methd is t simpy

remve yr SD card rm the camera.

kEy pOINT: COpy pROTECT yOUR sD CaRD. Yr SD card has a sma itte sider the et had side the card.

Psh this sider dw t write prtect the data yr card. This is a critica step t prtect yr tage bere y

isert the SD card it yr cmpter.

May PCs have a SD card st. I this is the case, simpy isert the SD card it yr cmpter. Sme PCs ad Mac

cmpters d t have a SD card st. I this case, se a SD t uSB reader/writer. Jst isert yr SD card it the

reader ad cect it t a uSB prt yr cmpter. It wi appear as a hard drive vme yr cmpter. Y wi

w be ready t pe Premier Pr ad begi editig.


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COpyINg avChD fOOTagE TO a haRD DRIvE

sTEp #1 mOUNT ThE sD CaRD ON yOUR COmpUTER.May pepe preer t cpy their tage t a hard drive bere editig. This rees p the SD card s that y ca

immediatey se it agai. May PCs have SD Card sts. I s, jst isert yr SD card. I yr PC des t have a SD

card st, r y are editig a Mac, se the SD t uSB reader. oce yr SD card is mted yr cmpter, it

wi appear as a n name Hard Drive yr destp ( a Mac) r a remvabe hard drive der my cmpter ( a

PC).

sTEp #2 OpEN ThE sD CaRD fIlEs.

I either case, pe p the hard drive. Y wi see a der amed Private. Simpy drag ad drp that der t yr hard

drive. It wi the cpy a yr tage. D t try t cpy rm ay ther der.


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TRaNsfERRINg avChD fOOTagE DIRECTly fROm ThE

paNasONIC hmC70 OR hmC150 avCCam CamERa TO yOUR

COmpUTER.

Y ca, crse, traser yr AVCHD tage directy rm yr camera. The ext ew steps wi shw y hw t d

this. urtatey, this ties p yr camera ad precdes y rm shtig with it whie y are traserrig.

nte: AVCCAM cameras d t have a fire Wire tpt, y uSB.

sTEp 1 CONNECT yOUR paNasONIC CamERa vIa a Usb CablE TO yOUR COmpUTER.

Note: you i need to o connect our cer to n aC oer u.

sTEp 2 - TURN ThE CamERa TO ThE pC ON pOsITION

o the AG-HMC70 camera this is accmpished by mvig the recrd btt t PC.

o the AG-HMC150 camera y mst psh the mde btt the bac the camera. The

ight wi chage rm Cam t PB r paybac, psh agai ad the PC ight wi tr .

sTEp #3 TRaNsfER ThE fIlEs.

The camera wi appear as a hard drive yr cmpter. Simpy cpy the ctets the Private fder as shw

earier. Y wi w be ready t pe Premier Pr ad begi editig.

EDITINg wITh pREmIER pROPremier Pr is a extremey pwer editr with impressive tpt capabiities. oe the icest advatages

sig Premier Pr ad a the CS4 appicatis, is that they spprt ative AVCHD es! This meas that there is

trascdig the data (ie may ther edit systems). By treatig the data as ative es, y ca edit AVCHD very

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sTEp #1 OpEN pREmIERE pRO.

sTEp #2 CREaTE a NEw pROJECT

oce Premiere Pr has aded y wi be ased t either create a ew prject r pe a existig prject. fr the

prpses this white paper, we wi create a ew prject.

sTEp #3 sET yOUR sCRaTCh DIsCs aND NamE yOUR pROJECT.

Y wi the be ased t set p yr prject ad desigate yr scratch discs.


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sTEp #4 sET yOUR pREsETs.

Here y wi set the preset r yr seece. Cic the AVCHD der.

Y wi d three ders iside the AVCHD der: 1080i, 1080p ad 720p. Cic the rmat ad rame rate that

matches yr prject. fr this paper we wi chse 720p24. nte: i CS4 y ca create mtipe seeces with

dieret settigs ad grp them tgether it a sige seece. This meas y ca have a seece that ctais

720p settigs ad 1080i settigs ad s . The rea time paybac perati ad smthess wi deped the

rbstess yr system hardware.

sTEp #5 NamE yOUR sEqUENCE.Ater y have seected yr seece settigs, y shd ame it ad the cic .

EDITINg DIRECTly fROm yOUR sD CaRD UsINg mEDIabROwsER

ftage ca be edited directy rm the SD card (this is the astest wrw) r rm a hard disc drive.

sTEp #1 fIND yOUR avChD ClIps IN ThE mEDIa bROwsER.Whe y pe yr prject at the wer right the widw, y d the Media Brwser. At this pit, we have the

SD Card mted i the uSB reader ad it appears as a Hard Drive. Mae sre the View as is ciced t AVCHD. Yr

cips wi appear i the Brwser.


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sTEp #2 vIEw ClIp IN sOURCE vIEwER.

Cic a AVCHD cip i the Media Brwser ad it wi appear i the Srce Viewer.

sTEp #3 sET ROUgh IN aND OUT pOINTs.

Y ca pay the cip ad eve set sme rgh i ad t pits.


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sTEp #4 DRag ClIp TO ThE TImElINE.Drag this cip directy t the time ie ad edit directy rm the SD card.

Y wi tice that ce y have de this, the cip w appears i yr Prject Bi.

As ted abve, AVCHD tage ca be drpped t the timeie witht ay trascdig r rederig. Ctie t

add the cips that y wat ad edit rmay.

NOTE: It is possible that a red bar will appear above the footage. This occurs when the footage does not

conform to the Sequence setting and it will have to be rendered on nal output. In this case, I have added a clip


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that is 1920x1080/30p to my 720/24/p timeline. So, my last clip has a red line over it indicating that it does not

conform to the timeline. Hwever, y ca sti paybac ad edit this tage the timeie. Agai, the stregth

yr cmpter wi dictate whether y wi see aity paybac. Y might experiece drpped rames.

EDITINg DIRECTly fROm yOUR sD CaRD by UsINg

fIlE>ImpORT

sTEp #1 Cic on fie nd ten Iort.

sTEp #2 fIND yOUR avChD fOOTagE.This wi pe a widw where y wi idicate where yr tage is crrety cated either the SD Card i a uSB

reader r a hard drive. The e der strctre AVCHD cips are as ws: PRIVATE>AVCHD>BDMV>STREAM.


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sTEp #3 COpy yOUR ClIps

ope the STREAM der ad cpy idivida r mtipe cips. oce the cips pe they wi appear i yr Prject Bi

Widw.

sTEp #4 EDIT NORmally.

Y ca view idivida cips i the Srce Widw ad/r drag ad drp the cips t yr timeie. Remember y

ca mix varis rmats ad rame rates the same timeie i e prject. Hwever, y wi see that red ie ver

sme the cips ad y wi eed t reder a tpt. Ad agai, the paybac these cips wi deped the

rbstess yr cmpter. At this pit, y are editig yr ative AVCHD tage jst ie y wd ay ther

prject i Adbe Premier Pr.

fr mre i editig with Adbe Premier Pr, visit Adbes website: http://www.adbe.cm/spprt/premiere

CONvERTINg yOUR avChD fIlEs TO .mxf fIlEs fOREDITINg

Whie it is tre that CS4 reads ad edits ative AVCHD es, editig a g grp pictres (GoP) MPEG-4 rmat ca

be smewhat tedis. Ad i act, AVCHD as a rmat, was created as a high aity, badwidth eciet camcrder

cdec. Paasics DVCPRoHD cdec (sed i the ppar P2 rmat) is a exceet ad very eciet editig cdec.

I yr crret wrw ses P2 es (which are .mx es) it is very easy t trascde yr AVCHD tage t .mx. CS4

wrs very we with .mx es.

sTEp #1 DOwNlOaD ThE whITE papER aND fREE TRaNsCODER

G t the Paasic website www.paasic.cm/avccam. uder the resrce ceter, y wi d the MaiCceptAVCHD t DVCPRo trascder white paper which wi give y detaied istrctis hw t se the trascder.

Immediatey bew the white paper is the AVCHD t P2 DVCPRo HD trascder stware. Dwad bth these t

yr PC. Note: te avChD to p2 DvCpRO Trncoder otre i or pC on. At this time there is Mac versi. I y are rig CS4 a Mac ad wish t edit yr AVCHD es i a DVCRPo HD rmat, y wi eed

t d yr trascdig a PC ad the traser the .mx es t yr Mac.


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UsINg aDObE DyNamIC lINk

CS4 icdes Adbe Dyamic li. This aws y t sed yr Premier Pr Prject t Ater Eects r Ecre.

sTEp #1. ClICk ON fIlE>aDObE>DyNamIC lINk.

The cic Sed t Ecre r new Ater Eects Cmpsiti. Yr Premier Pr Prject wi be set t the ew

appicati. Ay chages y mae t the prject i Premier Pr wi be reected i the ther appicatis.

Outut otionWhe yr prject is ished, CS4 gives y a hst ptis r tpttig yr media.

OUTpUTTINg TO IpOD OR IphONECS4 maes it easy t tpt yr ished mvie t a variety devices ad i a mtitde rmats. Here are the steps

t tpt yr mvie t pay bac a iPd.

sTEp #1 ClICk ON fIlE>ExpORT>mEDIa


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This wi pe the Adbe Media Ecder Widw.

sTEp #2 sET yOUR fORmaT.

o the right had side der exprt settigs, cic the rmat drp dw ad chse H.264


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sTEp #3 sElECT yOUR pREsET ThEN ClICk Ok.

next set yr preset t Appe iPd ad chse Vide large r Sma. The cic ok.

sTEp #4 sTaRT qUEUE

Adbe Media Ecder opes. Cic Start qee at wer right the scree

Yr cip wi w start t ecde. Y ca watch the prgress bar the bttm the scree. Whe ished yr cip

ca be added t yr ibrary i iTes ad dispayed yr iPd r iPhe.


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OUTpUTTINg TO yOUTUbE

Y might wat t share yr mvie with the wrd YTbe. This is easy t d. nte: Y mst, crse, have a

YTbe acct, i rder t pad yr mvie. As remember that YTbe species that yr mvie be ess tha 10

mites i drati ad smaer tha 100MB. Y Tbe wi accept the wig rmats: .AVI, .MoV, .WMV ad .MPG.

T prepare yr mvie r YTbe padig, w these simpe steps.

sTEp #1 ClICk ON fIlE>ExpORT>mEDIa

This wi pe the Adbe Media Ecder Widw.


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sTEp #2 sET yOUR fORmaT.o the right had side der exprt settigs, cic the rmat drp dw ad chse H.264.

sTEp #3 sElECT yOUR pREsET ThEN ClICk Ok.next, set yr preset t YTbe ad cic ok at bttm the scree.


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sTEp #4 sTaRT qUEUEAdbe Media Ecder opes. Cic Start qee at wer right the scree

Yr cip wi w start t ecde. Y ca watch the prgress bar the bttm the scree. Whe ished yr cip

ca be paded t yr Y Tbe acct.

OUTpUTTINg TO a blU-Ray DIsC vIa aDObE DyNamIC lINk

The easiest way t traser yr Premier Pr prject t Ecre t create a B-ray disc via Adbe Dyamic li. Ecre,

ie a CS4, wrs either a Widws r Mac patrm.Note: Even if you have edited your project in Final Cut Pro, you could still import it in Encore and create a Blu-ray disc.

sTEp #1 ClICk ON flIE>aDObE DyNamIC lINk> sEND TO ENCORE


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Adbe Ecre wi pe.

A ew Prject widw pes.

sTEp #2 NamE yOUR pROJECT aND sElECT yOUR aUThORINg mODE, IN ThIs CasE blU-Ray.

sTEp #3 sElECT yOUR CODEC aND DImENsIONs.fr this prject, the cdec shd be H.264 ad the dimesis mst match yr prject. Sice this prject was

720/24p, I have seected 1280x720. Cic ok.


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Ecre wi pace yr prject its time ie.

sTEp #4 aUThOR yOUR blU-Ray DIsC

frm this pit, y ca athr ad br a B-Ray disc i Ecre. fr mre irmati Ecre ad B-ray

athrig ad disc brig, pease visit the Adbe Website at: http://www.adbe.cm/spprt/ecre/

sTEp #5 REmEmbER TO sET yOUR bUIlD DIsC paRamETERs.I the Prject Widw at the tp et yr scree, cic Bid ad Seect B-ray as yr rmat.

Note: to burn a Blu-ray disc, you must have a Blu-ray burner and Blu-ray media. To play back your Blu-ray movie,

we recommend the Panasonic DMP BD35K Blu-ray player (or equivalent).


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OUTpUTTINg TO sTaNDaRD DEfINITION DvD vIa aDObE

DyNamIC lINk

Eve thgh y have sht yr materia high deiti ad edited it i HD, y sti

might eed t dw cvert it t stadard deiti t shw yr mvie. AVCHD tage

wi mae daig stadard deiti DVDs. Adbe Ecre ca easiy mae a Stadard

Deiti DVD rm yr AVCHD tage.

sTEp #1 ClICk ON flIE>aDObE DyNamIC lINk> sEND TO ENCORE

Adbe Ecre wi pe.

A ew Prject widw pes.


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sTEp #2 NamE yOUR pROJECT aND sElECT yOUR aUThORINg mODE, IN ThIs CasE DvD.

Ecre wi pace yr prject its time ie.

sTEp #3 aUThOR yOUR DvD DIsC

frm this pit, y ca athr ad br a DVD disc i Ecre. fr mre irmati Ecre ad DVD athrig ad

disc brig, pease visit the Adbe Website at: http://www.adbe.cm/spprt/ecre/


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sTEp #4 REmEmbER TO sET yOUR bUIlD DIsC paRamETERs.I the Prject Widw at the tp et yr scree, cic Bid ad Seect DVD as yr rmat.

ThE avChD wORkflOw aRChIvINgoce yr prject is ished, y wi wat t archive yr High Deiti AVCHD tage. There are a mber

ptis avaiabe at this time, depedig yr bdget ad hw g y wat t eep the tage.

kEY PoInT: THE SECRET To SuCCESSful ARCHIVInG of AnY fIlE-BASED MEDIA IS REDunDAnCY AnD

MIGRATIon. Mae mtipe cpies ad mve yr data as techgy advaces.

aRChIvINg TO haRD DRIvEThe icest ad east expesive way t archive yr AVCHD tage is t cpy yr es t a hard drive. This is

accmpished i the same way as cpyig ay ther data t a hard drive. Cpy the Private fder yr AVCHD tyr drive. The ey thig t remember is that y wat t chec that y have egh hard drive space. There are a

mber maactrers wh mae iexpesive uSB hard drives. I sggest cpyig t tw dieret hard drives (See

reddacy te abve). As, these hard drives shd t be csidered permaet g-term strage. The bricat

i hard drives wi dry t ver time. Create a regar schede t mve yr data t ewer hard drives. (See migrati

te abve).

aRChIvINg TO blU-Ray DIsCT archive t a B-ray, y wi basicay be maig a B-ray RoM data disc. T d this, y wi eed a B-ray brer,

B-ray media, ad Adbe Ecre (part CS4 site). Remember, i rder t retrieve yr data rm this archive i the

tre, y wi eed a B-ray drive. keep yr eye hw techgy advaces ad migrate yr data t ew strage

techgy as eeded.

aRChIvINg TO sTaNDaRD DvD DIsCsAthgh DVD-R media is techicay t specied as archiva media, y ca archive yr data t stadard DVD

discs. Sice these discs d t hd high amts data, this is very time csmig ad reires a t discs.

Remember, i rder t retrieve yr data rm this archive i the tre, y wi eed a DVD drive.

aRChIvINg TO INExpENsIvE sD CaRDsAs the price cties t drp SD cards, they are w becmig a viabe archiva media. Simpy cpy yr data t

the SD card, abe the card ad stre it. Remember, i rder t retrieve yr data i the tre, y wi eed sme way

t read the SD card.

aRChIvINg TO DIgITal lINEaR TapE (DlT)I y have t stre yr tage r a very g time ad wat abste cdece i yr archiva media, d what

acia ad medica istittis have bee dig r years, bac p yr data Digita liear Tape. This is a mreexpesive pti tha thse isted abve, bt it is time tested. A mber cmpaies, sch at qatm (www.

atm.cm), mae DlT tape drives ad media.

sImplE, qUICk, flExIblE aND INExpENsIvE! ThaT Is ThE avChD pRO

EDITINg wORkflOw.Pease see the AVCHD WoRkfloW ACquISITIon White Paper. Y wi d that shtig ad traserrig AVCHD

materia is agai simpe, ic, exibe ad iexpesive.

aout te autor:Bernie Mitchell is an Emmy nominated Producer/Director a Multimedia Person of the Year and member of the DVD

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