In attempting to edit media from the Sony HDR-PJ810e in Edit Share's Lightwork NLE software, I encounter many audio-video sync issues.
A user on the Lightworks forum thought that PMH is REQUIRED in my editing workflow as he thinks PMH has to "correct" or "prepare" the formatting of the media before I can transcode and/or edit. We extracted some media info data from a few tests and it appears PMH may have prepared the test media in a formatting suitable for editing.
I find nothing on any Sony wesite that describes, in fact, that PMH is a REQUIREMENT for a stable editing workflow for Sony generated media. What INDICATORS -- if any -- show that PMH actually makes the "corrections" or preparation of Sony media imported and/or camera-transferred from my Sony HDR-PJ810e?.
For example, when a clip is imported into PMH, will PMH add a new file extension or anything to indicate it processed the clip and prepared its formatting for editing? Or do I just presume that if PMH touches the clip (i.e., the clip is simply imported into PMH at some point), that PMH will always recognize what formatting has to take place and do it? These questions are targeted at both media camera-transferred by PMH and media residing on my external hard drive that I wish to import into PMH to make any necessary formatting preparation/correction should PMH even be designed for this function.
What specific format "corrections" or preparation does PMH perform for Sony generated media to be edited in a non-linear editing program? And where can I find the documentation of such PMH re-formatting tasks?
Thank you.