avchd archive/backup -retrieve choices?

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Originally Posted by MarkQC

I've searched, but can't find the answer to my question,,,

I have a Sony HDR XR500 and the Sony PMB (Picture Motion Browser) software that allows me to burn the camera HD content to a blu ray disc.

It goes pretty quick so I'm 'assuming' it does not render it, and it goes onto the disc in the same AVCHD format - true?

So what do I want to do - - I want to be able to archive/backup the AVCHD files from my camera, then have the capability to retrieve them later BACK to the computer in case I want to re-edit them into something (for now, I'm using Vegas movie studio platinum 9.0 as my editor).

any help appreciated

Any Camera you hook up to a USB port will show up as a device.
click start, then click on, Computer, look for the camera in the device window.
then keep clicking on all folders until you find your *.m2ts file
then drag and drop it to your Hard drive.