AVCHD suported in full paid version?

Or just use ProRes or RAW, computers are getting fast enough to handle video RAW files.

I have a possible solution for playing AVCHD video, but I have none to test with - would somebody please send me a small one? - Thanks. PM me for address.

Since Adobe seems unwilling to add this vital support, can we please all petition Jeffrey to resurect his Video Assets plugin.  In LR2 it worked pretty well, and does handle AVCHD files, and also handles metadata pretty well.

Details here - drop him an e-mail/comment!

http://regex.info/blog/lightroom-goodies/video-assets

Mike

Please, please, Adobe, add enhanced cloning&healing in v3.2

Just acquired a Sony camcorder and am also interested in AVCHD playback.  An article in DP Review explains the complexity of this : "As video becomes more important many are now moving to a more sophisticated compression system, namely MPEG-4 (usually using H.264 codec). This allows higher bit rates with smaller files, and is increasingly well supported by software and operating systems. Panasonic's Micro Four Thirds system uses the same AVCHD system as many digital camcorders. AVCHD is still based around MPEG-4/H.264 compression, but uses a complicated directory system that is derived from the Blu-ray Disc specification, though is not identical to it.    The biggest advantage of AVCHD is also its biggest problem: compatibility. Whilst it offers uniquely friendly interaction with consumer electronics devices (such as DVD recorders and Panasonic TVs), the files created are difficult for computers to deal with - movies cannot simply be dragged off the camera's card and double-clicked, and they put a strain on the processing capabilities of all but the most powerful desktop PCs. With the right editing software AVCHD is ideally suited to editing and creating home DVDs, for example, but for sharing simple clips PC to PC you're still better off with one of the more common formats." From a 2009 article explaining differences between dslr and camcorder videoing.

This helps me appreciate what it would take for the Lightroom team to integrate this feature.  Just how many serious photographers are really also into video?

The paid and trial are the same program, with a serial number being the difference.

Thronsen wrote: Im currently using the full trial  version, and I noticed that there still wasnt any support for AVCHD  files. Could someone with a paid version confirm whether or not LR can  see and play AVCHD in a paid for version? It would really cripple the  usefulness of LR video if one of the most popular formats for videos  taken in cameras was not supported even in the paid version.

I don't have any AVHCD files to test for you ... but I am very certain that the trial is the same exact software as the paid version ... all you need to do is enter a serial number for the trial and it becomes "paid" ....