Top AVCHD Media Players to Play AVCHD File Windows & Mac

To play AVCHD files smoothly, a specialized AVCHD player is needed to play all AVCHD videos for Windows and Mac. In this article, we will help you to find out what makes a Good AVCHD Player and the best media players you can choose to play AVCHD on Windows and Mac.

Part 1: What is ACVHD

AVCHD short for Advanced Video Coding High Definition, is a format for digital recording and playback of High Definition Video. It comes to us through collaboration between Sony and Panasonic as a format for digital camcorders. It supports both standard definition and a variety of high definition variants from 720 to 1080p in a variety of frame rates including 60 frames per second, 24p native as well as 3D modes. It’s an extraordinarily robust container format that includes not just things like subtitles, but menu navigation and slideshows with audio. It uses 8 cm mini-DVD discs, which can store about 20 minutes of high-resolution video content in a single sheet. In the future, double-layer and double-sided discs can be stored for more than 1 hour, while mini-DVD discs without AVCHD encoding can generally only be used. Therefore, it can store 480i video content for about 30 minutes.

By using AVCHD format, you can burn high definition video to a standard DVD disc. Later you can play that DVD disc in a Blu-ray disc player. Thus you don’t have to own a Blu-ray disc burner to enjoy high definition video on Blu-ray disc player. AVCHD video can also be outputted to TV via an HDMI cable or components outputs. It can also be transferred and viewed to the computer. Actually, playing AVCHD is not difficult if you can obtain the proper media player. For your better references, the following media players can be your options.

Part 2: How do I open ACVHD files on Windows and Mac?

In order to play AVCHD files on both Windows and Mac computers, an excellent AVCHD Mac player as well as avchd video player windows 7 should be prepared. If you are looking to such a media player, then Leawo Blu-ray Player can fully meet your requirements. Leawo Blu-ray Player actually is far more than a region-free Blu-ray player to play back Blu-ray and DVD discs in lossless quality regardless of disc region code restrictions. It’s also a free AVCHD player that could help movie fans play back AVCHD videos from camcorder or other sources easily, smoothly and in lossless quality. It delivers high quality output video and audio effect. The interface is also easy to use, people could learn how to play AVCHD videos with no need of technique knowledge. As mentioned above, the most shinning point of this free AVCHD video player is that it could even play back Blu-ray discs, while the other three might not include.

Step 1. Download the program from the official website and install it on your computer.
Step 2. After installation, double click the icon to launch the program. Click Open File box to load AVCHD file to the player. If you would like to play other files, please make clear what you want to play back, video, audio, DVD folder, Blu-ray folder, DVD disc, or Blu-ray disc. Finally, you can immediately get the AVCHD playback with the best output quality.

Step 3. Set subtitles. After loading the AVCHD file, it will be played automatically. During the playback, you can move mouse to the title area. Then you could see 4 icons.

Step 4. Then select the first icon and a pop-up window for subtitles setting will appear which includes “Enable subtitles”, “Subtitle offset”, “Subtitle selecting”, “Browse for subtitle”.

Step 5. Set video and audio parameters. The video and audio setting process is as the same as subtitle settings. Click the second icon and the third icon in the title area to set video parameters and audio parameters respectively. The editing features of Leawo Blu-ray Player could allow you to obtain a customized video and will give you more special watching experience.

Part 3: Other Programs to Play AVCHD File on Windows & Mac

No. 1 VLC media player

VLC media player is an open-source and royalty free AVCHD player. It is one of the most Platform-independent AVCHD/MTS video players. Apart from play AVCHD on Window PC/Mac, VLC is also available for GNU, Linux, BeOS, and BSD. VLC is a media player that can play most formats without installing a codec pack. FFmpeg decoder and libdvdcss library are integrated to make it play multimedia files and encrypted DVD video. VLC Media Player supports Windows, Mac, Linux, BSD, BeOS, Solaris, QNX, iOS & Syllable platforms, including OGG format, MP2, MP3, MP4, DIVX, such as AES3 data HD codec, Raw Dirac strong support And even supports playback of compressed files.

No. 2 BS.Player

Because of low-cost of CPU Processing Resources for AVCHD video playback, it is suitable for you who want to watch AVCHD/MTS video but use slightly less capable computers. In addition, BS.Player is quiet masterful at automatically searching and downloading missing subtitles during playing AVCHD video, if available. It provides rich subtitle options, enabling users to watch various video and audio files in multiple languages. And this media player also supports Divx, subtitles, AC3 audio, the most unique feature is the subtitle correction function, you can set the speed and delay of subtitles.

No. 3 ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre

ArcSoft TotalMedia Theatre is a versatile HD player designed for personal computers. Whether it is playing Blu-ray disc DVD, AVCHD and HD video on the local computer, or playing network video on the UPnP server or online video on the Internet, it can be handy. With intuitive and innovative user interface design, outstanding playback quality and performance, and industry-leading playback technology, TotalMedia Theatre brings you unprecedented movie viewing enjoyment on your personal computer. One of the most attractive features is that it can play 3D movies and video files, including Blu-ray 3D movies, and it can also create real-time 2D videos of 3D videos and DVD Sim3D.

No. 4 Splash PRO HD Player

Splash PRO HD Player is able to full support for the AVCHD format and allows playback of AVCHD's creative content. The AVCHD format supported media player Splash PRO, which fully supports a wide range of AVCHD cameras, guarantees interoperability and AVCHD professional creative media, and is certified by AVCHD. In comparison with Pro, Splash Pro ex has some more hardware acceleration, furthermore, a technology to improve picture quality is added as well.

No. 5 5KPlayer

5KPlayer is an all-round video player for 4K/5K high-definition movies. The software supports music, movies, DVDs, broadcasts and many other content. It can play 4K / 5K / 8K / 1080p HD and Ultra HD video files. Provides music playback download and website video download functions, with AirPlay streaming technology, rich and powerful! Of course, 5KPlayer is excellent in delivering an accurate solution to play AVCHD video for free. Due to the Advanced De-interlacing Engine inserted in 5KPlayer, you are allowed to transfer and interpret 1080i AVCHD video from interlacing to progressive scanning. Asides from AVCHD, 5KPlayer can be your good choice in providing other videos audio solutions.

Part 4: Conclusion

It is hard to tell which AVCHD player for PC is the best for you. But referring to the above article, we can easily have the conclusion that Leawo Blu-ray Player is not only a simple excellent AVCHD player, but also a comprehensive all-in-one free media player for more than 180 types of multimedia format playbacks, including MOV, FLV, MP4, AVI, MKV, AAC and so on.

With Leawo Blu-ray Player, you can be able to play various SD videos as well as 4K/5K videos smoothly. By the way, you can also stream various audios and videos among other portable devices, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV and so on. Of course, other players, like 5KPlayer and BS Player can be also your options. Applying these players, without downloading AVCHD media player codec, these players mentioned above can easily provide the smooth AVCHD playback solutions.