VLC 0.9.2 and Toast 9 plays AVCHD smoothly on Mac September 25, 2008
Posted by asimag in AVCHD, MacBook Pro, Video.trackback
Yes, the latest release of VLC player and Toast 9.2 can play AVCHD footage quite smoothly, even full HD resolution. It can also de-interlace while playing. You may require core2duo computer. I have not tested it on other cpu’s.
If you need to convert AVCHD format to any other format like quicktime intermediate codec or Apples new proRes codec you can do so in Toast. The amazing part is that toast can convert real fast as compared to Voltac stand alone converter. In results toast is at least 50x faster than Voltac converter on Intel Macs.
Happy viewing.
In my MacBook Pro 2.4GHz 2Gb of Ram (latest model) i can watch smoothly 1440×1080 AVCHD files, BUT, in just bought an CANON HG21 and i CANT whatch 1980×1080 17 Mbits movie, its get choppy. In my PC (core 2 quad q6600 3GB of RAM) i can watch this same file with highest quality on Nero or Pixela Image)… Is it possible to play avchd 1980×1080 file on MAC*