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AVCHD
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Also known as Advanced Video Coding High Definition, High Definition Video File

right|AVCHD logo AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) is a file-based format for the digital recording and playback of high-definition video. It is H.264 and Dolby AC-3 packaged into the MPEG transport stream, with a set of constraints designed around camcorders.

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  • Overview
  • Video formats
  • Interlaced video
  • Progressive-scan video
  • Audio formats
  • Media
  • DVD
  • Hard disk drive
  • Solid-state memory card
  • Non-removable solid-state memory
  • Branding
  • AVCHD Lite
  • AVCCAM
  • AVCHD Pro
  • NXCAM
  • Playing back AVCHD video
  • {{anchor|AVCHD-distribution}} AVCHD as distribution format
  • Hardware products
  • Canon
  • Hitachi
  • JVC
  • Leica Camera
  • Panasonic
  • Sony
  • Software
  • Codecs
  • Converters
  • Editors
  • Open Source codecs
  • Specifications
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

right|AVCHD logo AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) is a file-based format for the digital recording and playback of high-definition video. It is H.264 and Dolby AC-3 packaged into the MPEG transport stream, with a set of constraints designed around camcorders.

Developed jointly by Sony and Panasonic, the format was introduced in 2006 primarily for use in high definition consumer camcorders. Related specifications include the professional variants AVCCAM and NXCAM.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “AVCHD” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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