Using An Avchd Camera

[mjwman]

Hi,
I would like yo know how AB folk view and store their movies taken with an AVCHD camera. We got a Panasonic for Christmas and shoot vids of our Grand Daughter etc.

To view I can insert the card in a USB card reader and plug in to the Smart TV and view them big screen easily.
However, although its a large 64 gb card I will end up with loads of short disjointed files.
What do you guys do long term for storing, editing, and playing on TV please?
It came with some software but I am not getting my head around that easily to be honest.

I am a long time stills DSLR photographer and am computer savvy. Any thoughts please?

[Booldawg]

Windows comes with a Movie Maker which I usually find good enough as an editing tool. You can edit clips, join the together, add music, text etc.

[bhg481]

I use Pinnacle Studio for editing my videos (also off a Panasonic camera) and writing them to BluRay. I've tried other editing programs but find that Studio is the easiest for editing, inserting titles and transitions between clips (fades etc).
It really depends how "professional" you want your final product to be. People will recommend free software, which is very good, but may not be quite so flexible as Studio or may not write BluRay. You don't have to use BluRay but using DVD instead will lose you some quality (if you're bothered).
You can get trial versions of many products, so I suggest you try some of those and see which suits you best. (The trial versions often write a watermark on the final copy).