Can anyone recommend an AVCHD to DVD converter .

Hey guy's  . Can anyone recommend an avchd to dvd converter , my dad tried a free version ( AVS4YOU) but it only converts with a watermark on the converted picture.

        The reason for wanting to do this is because my dvd recorder/hdd has a pretty good edit function and when my dad loaded the converted dvd to the hdd he was able to edit out most of the special edition footage out of Empire with very good results , no more special edition footage of the Wampa ,no more Vader leaving Bespin  and  returning to the star destroyer . He also tried ANH with very good reults and he plans to try to reinsert original trilogy footage to see what the final results look like , its not going to  be a proffesional edit like Ady's but its an attempt to try and get the original trilogy , or as close to it ass possible.But like i said theres a water mark that shows up every few minutes with the convertion . :-(.

  Any recommendations ??

Moth3r said:

Suggested workflow:

1. Demux the mts to elementary streams with TsRemux.
2. Use DGAVCDec and AviSynth to downscale to DVD res and frameserve to an MPEG-2 encoder.
3. Is the audio on the AVCHD already DVD-compliant AC3? If not, you'll have to re-encode to get it into a suitable form.
4. Use Muxman to mux your audio and video together and author a DVD.

 

Although I get the impression you were looking for a 1-click app, if you have the time to learn how to use AviSynth it would be worth it in the long run.

 

 Moth3r , are all those programs mentioned freely available on the net ?

Yes; they are.  You can do the whole thing with freeware solutions. 

I know Virtualdubmod will also do the resizing, but the application Moth3r mentioned sounds interesting.   

As you are using Adywan's AVCHDs, the audio should already be DVD compliant.  I recommend you convert from AVCHD to NTSC not PAL, as the audio will be then be done already and it will play in your player; you just have to convert the video.

As an MPEG-2 encoder, you should use HC Enc.  It is great quality and free.