


My guess is you won't see much of a difference. You'll have to reduce the 4k resolution (likely) via rendering the footage to 1920x1080. Ultimately, your current TV displays 1920x1080.
XAVC S VS AVCHD VS MP4 MOVIE
It may be easier to work with (performance wise in Movie Studio since it is less compressed than AVCHD), but I haven't see any comparisons yet). XAVC-S can also be used for 1920x1080 video with less compression and faster bitrates than AVCHD. It can be used for 4k (or other resolutions). I'm not intending to throw 20 buckets of cold water on XAVC-S I'm just wondering if it would have any noticeable benefit for me.įirst, separate XAVC-S from 4k. And sometimes places like YouTube and FLICKR - where they get re-encoded anyway. I understand professional filmmakers want all the resolution they can get and don't care much about what it takes to get that. Or is XAVC-S a clever marketing ploy to try to convince people they need to buy 4K stuff from Sony? Do I have to change everything to be able to see the improvements 4K offers? Does XAVC-S have any benefit for 1920x1080? And if it does, what would be appropriate rendering settings for Movie Studio?
XAVC S VS AVCHD VS MP4 PC
From what I've been able to discover so far, XAVC-S is designed for 4K video, has double the bitrate of AVCHD, and the output video files are twice as big as comparable AVCHD files.ĭoes any of this make any sense for standard BluRay final output? Standard BluRay is 1920x1080 my TV is 1920x1080 my PC editing screen is 1920x1200.

So now the new Sony AX33 camcorder has a new codec - XAVC-S - as well as "standard" AVCHD. And my cameras (Panasonic GH1 and now GX7) support AVCHD natively, as does Vegas Movie Studio. I've been using AVCHD for years since it is what's on BluRay disks and that's what my final output medium is.
