How to Import and Edit AVCHD in Pinnacle Studio 19/18/17/16/15/14?

Overview

I believe most video fans know Pinnacle Studio editing program and like to use Pinnacle Studio to edit their videos to create their unique video files. But some users are still refused or have some inconvenience when importing AVCHD in Pinnacle Studio for editing although AVCHD is on the Pinnacle Studio supported list. Why? We will take Pinnacle Studio 16, not the latest version but maybe the most popular version, as the example to explain why cannot import AVCHD to Pinnacle Studio and then provide the solution to successfully edit AVCHD in Pinnacle Studio 19/18/17/16/15/14.

Why cannot Import AVCHD to Pinnacle Studio?

AVCHD is on the Pinnacle Studio 16 supported list, but compared with other supported video formats there are still some inconvenience when editing AVCHD in Pinnacle Studio 16. For example:

• You can not see the preview until rendering the background when adding transitions between AVCHD clips or using Montage themes or when adding a picture-in-picture effect to AVCHD.
• Compared with thumbnails from SD and HD codecs rendering AVCHD thumbnails may take longer.
• Do not recommend to add AVCHD Motion backgrounds in DVD menus or chapter thumbnails when creating a DVD.
• When you check the AVCHD from an AVCHD camcorder on Windows XP, sometimes you see an empty root folder and no MTS files contained within. That is because most AVCHD camcorders adopt Universal Disk Format (UDF) 2.50 defect management system, but the AVCHD content in UDF system can not be read natively by Windows XP. You need to install an UDF 2 driver to successfully read AVCHD file.

How to Easily Import AVCHD into Pinnacle Studio 16?

To avoid the above rejection or inconvenience the easiest solution is to convert AVCHD to another video format which is supported by Pinnacle Studio 16 more conveniently, like MPEG-2.

How to Convert AVCHD to MPEG-2?

iDealshare VideoGo, as the most famous AVCHD to Pinnacle Studio 16 converter, can easily convert AVCHD from Panasonic, Nikon, Canon camcorders or from other source to Pinnacle Studio 19/18/17/16/15/14 supported MPEG-2. Besides iDealshare VideoGo can also convert other unsupported video formats, especially the container formats, like MKV, MP4, AVI, VOB, etc to Pinnacle Studio 19/18/17/16/15/14 supported video format.

The following will offer the step by step guide on how to convert AVCHD, MKV, MP4, AVI, VOB, etc to Pinnacle Studio 19/18/17/16/15/14 supported video format.

Make Preparation: Free download AVCHD to Pinnacle Studio 16 Converter

Free download the professional AVCHD to Pinnacle Studio 16 Converter - iDealshare VideoGo (for Windows, for Mac), install and run it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Import AVCHD file

Click "Add file" button to import one or multiple AVCHD files to iDealshare VideoGo. Dragging and dropping AVCHD to iDealshare VideoGo is also supported.

Step 2 Select the exporting format

Click "Profile" button to select MPEG-2 as the exporting format.

Step 3 Convert AVCHD to Pinnacle Studio 16

Click "Convert" button to convert AVCHD to Pinnacle Studio 16 supported MPEG-2.