Maybe you have upgraded your Windows 7 to Windows 10, maybe you haven’t, it doesn’t matter, the general version of Windows Media Player is 12(Windows Media Player 11 for XP). When you want to play some AVCHD files in Windows Media Player, you’ll find it doesn’t work from time to time. OK, AVCHD is just a container format, the real format of AVCHD files is MTS generally. I did a search for what file types Windows Media Player supported. The picture below is a part of the list.
You can see Windows Media Player 12 only supports M2TS file which is encoded in MPEG-2 codec. So if the codec of your files in AVCHD folder isn’t MPEG-2, Windows Media Player 12 certainly won’t play them. The first solution I offer for you is Shark007's FREE Codec. This codec will make Windows Media Player 12 much more powerful and support many file types which isn’t read by MMP 12.
From the other side, in order to play AVCHD files in Windows Media Player 12(or lower 11) successfully, we could transcode them to .WMV which is the most compatible format for Windows Media Player 12/11. Here I recommendPavtube Video Converter for you. This App can not only convert AVCHD files to WMV format, but also transcode AVCHD for
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How to Play AVCHD files in Windows Media Player
Step 1. Launch this App. Click "Add Video" button on the top menu to choose your AVCHD files.
Step 2. Then click the format bar and follow "Common Video" to choose "WMV3(WMV9)(*.wmv)" as the proper format for Windows Media Player 12/11.
Step 3. Start converting files.
Click the "Convert" button in the main UI to start converting AVCHD files to WMV. When the conversion is over, you can find your videos by clicking "Open" button.
Now you are able to play AVCHD files in Windows Media Player 12/11 with no problem. Enjoy!
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Summary: This guide is about how to transcode Canon XA35 Full HD AVCHD/MP4 videos to a editable format by Premiere. Please take few minutes to read it, then your will get the way to edit AVCHD/MP4 videos in Premiere Pro smoothly.
Hi. Whenever I import my AVCHD footage from Canon XA35 to Premier Pro CS5 for editing, all I get is the audio, no picture at all. Even when I try to play it from monitor source, still no audio. Please help!
I believe there are many Canon XA35 users have the similar problem. Before giving the solution, let’s find out the cause to the problem. Canon XA35 Full HD is encoded as AVCHD format with MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec. AVCHD
is a ‘version’ of the MPEG-4 AVC specification, or H.264, though Premiere Pro
CS5 claims it supports AVCHD, but it doesn’t have the ability to handle AVCHD
files natively, so the no picture problem happened. The most suitable format for Premiere Pro CS5 is MPEG-2. MPEG-2 format can be recognized by all Adobe video editing applications.
The first solution to the problem is to upgrade Premiere Pro CS5 to the latest version – Premiere Pro CC which is able to support AVCHD files better. If you think Premiere Pro CS5 is good enough to edit videos, and don’t want to upgrade Premiere, I suggest you to convert Canon XA35 Full HD AVCHD files to MPEG-2 format, so that you can edit AVCHD videos in Premiere Pro smoothly.
Here I recommend a professional AVCHD converter for you - Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac. This program can not only convert Canon XA35 Full HD AVCHD or MP4 files to MPEG-2, but also transcode AVCHD/MP4 files to other video editing applications on Mac, like iMovie. Meantime, it also can merge several AVCHD videos into one file. If you want to know more about this software, please review Top 5 Best HD Video Converter for Mac
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How to Convert Canon XA35 Full HD AVCHD/MP4 videos to Premiere Pro
Step 1. Add Canon XA35 AVCHD/MP4 files to the program
First of all, transfer AVCHD/MP4 files from Canon XA35 to your Mac.
Click "Add Video" or "Add from folder" button on the top menu to browse and choose your Canon XA35 AVCHD/MP4 files.
Step 2. Choose the preset output format – MPEG-2
We have prepared the best format for Premiere Pro CS5, just go to the output format list, then follow “Adobe Premiere/Sony Ve…”＞ “MPEG-2 (*.mpg).”
Step 3. Merge several AVCHD/MP4 videos into one file (Optional)
You can merge several AVCHD/MP4 videos into one file by checking “Merge into one file”
Step 4. Start converting AVCHD/MP4 files to MPEG-2
Click on the big red "Convert" button in the main UI to start converting AVCHD/MP4 files to MPEG-2. You can find your videos by clicking "Open" button.
Then you are able to edit Canon XA35 Full HD AVCHD/MP4 files in Premiere Pro CS6/CS5/CS4 with no problem.
Enjoy!
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