@Pawe-Faracik

Hi

To add to @CubeAce comment - even when as many of the settings, as described by Ray, are met and all the video clips are from the same camera with the same framerate, resolution, GOP structure, encoding etc, there is no guarantee that the Smart Copy will actually copy the video when exporting.

If you are mixing video from different cameras/devices or they have different video formats eg MOV and MP4 then Smart Copy will not work.

HTH

John EB
Forum Moderator

I have uploaded one file as a test. No cuts, no effects. Smart copy doesn't work.
Same video same settings in magix video deluxe 2013 works.

@Pawe-Faracik

Hi

. . . . Smart copy doesn't work. How to use this option for avchd (mt2s) file . . . .

Can you provide a MediaInfo analysis of one of the AVCHD files you are importing - download MediaInfo from here, install and analyse one of the AVCHD clips and post the results, see this tutorial if you are not familiar with MediaInfo on how to setup MediaInfo and analyse a video clip.

Which export preset are you using? A screenshot would help.

John EB

@Pawe-Faracik

You are trying to smart copy using MPEG-2 aren't you?

I have never seen it work in any other file format but I've only been a user since MEP 2018.

I don't have the current Movie studio 2023 but do have the VPX 14 equivalent and have been able to export using Smart copy but it is very limited and as John has suggested, a bit hit and miss.

Personally I never use it.

Ray.

@CubeAce

You are trying to smart copy using MPEG-2 aren't you?

Ray, OP's first post: "Smart copy doesn't work. How to use this option for avchd (mt2s) file."

So far I've been using Magix video deluxe 2013 plus. There this option works. I used it to simply combine snippets of movies.

@Pawe-Faracik

I wonder if it is a limitation of the Trial?

If you could post the file on Google Drive or Dropbox (or similar file sharing site) we could check it out for you on registered systems.

It is a crying shame that Magix won't, in the main, smart copy anymore (it used to smart-render MPEG 2, which was just brilliant). Despite the fact that other paid and fee programs will happily smart copy/render all sorts of formats, Magix has never done so with H264 type files, despite the fact that they are the hardest to re-encode timewise let alone the drop in quality from a re-encode/re-render.

Maybe Magix knew we would eventually have cray-like computers and 8k video where it doesn't matter if you lose a bit of quality... 😎

@Pawe-Faracik, @AAProds

Hi

. . . . I wonder if it is a limitation of the Trial? . . . .

I do not think so, no matter what I try I cannot get MMS 2023, or VPX 14 for that matter, to export AVCHD to AVCHD using Smart Copy.

One other issue is if the mts files audio is Dolby AC3 Surround Sound then they will be re-rendered to stereo, Dolby AC3 Surround Sound export is no longer supported.

John EB

test files

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-oH97Zhp4sz2yBy153qYbBE3Z6EQJTMj/view?usp=sharing, https://drive.google.com/file/d/1BG4ZRmt1LQEXVtI2kAcXtXixeCn77-Wf/view?usp=sharing

@Pawe-Faracik @johnebaker @AAProds

Hi.

The file is coming from a Sony Alpha 57 camera and although the MediaInfo data shows it has a two channel AAC audio output, in VPX 14 at least it is being read as having a 5.1 surround sound encoding (3 x two channel audio tracks) even with a silent sound track. If Movie Studio is reading the file the same way then it could be John EBs' observation is correct and that could be a reason the file is not able to be smart rendered.

Whether this is a Magix bug or not I can't tell.

Ray.

@Pawe-Faracik, @CubeAce

Hi

. . . .  Sony Alpha 57 camera and although the MediaInfo data shows it has a two channel AAC audio output . . . .

The audio is AC3 stereo - VPX/MMS do not specify which format the audio is.

MediaInfo gives:

Audio
ID                                       : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID                                  : 1 (0x1)
Format                                   : AC-3
Format/Info                              : Audio Coding 3
Commercial name                          : Dolby Digital
Codec ID                                 : 129
Duration                                 : 31 s 680 ms
Bit rate mode                            : Constant
Bit rate                                 : 256 kb/s
Channel(s)                               : 2 channels
Channel layout                           : L R
Sampling rate                            : 48.0 kHz

and VLC confirms this - note there is also a third stream in the video file.

This could be a bug or, it may be that when AC3 audio is seen then extracting 3 channels is the default action, given that AC3 is normally used as a surround sound format.

I have tested this with other known AC3 stereo AVCHD files and get the same result.

John EB

@johnebaker

Sorry John.

My typing sometimes goes into auto mode. I did mean to type AC3 but my fingers had a difference of opinion 😅.

Either way it could explain why smart copy is not available.

Ray.

@Pawe-Faracik

Hi.

If it is as I suspect the files can't be read correctly for smart copy to be enabled then you could try recording your videos in MP4 format instead that should give the audio track an aac audio file instead of an AC3 one and see if that works for you. It may still not work as the function is hit and miss as I said earlier. Even when it does work edits are often not exact as cuts must line up to the GOP structure.

Ray.