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droidxipad
05-05-2011, 12:30 PM
Convert AVCHD Files to AIC FCE-Import Sony CX700 MTS to Final Cut Express

Sony HDR-CX700V offers Full HD 60p and 28Mbps recording, as well as a traditional 60i record mode. If you use Sony HDR- CX700V recording 1080/60p 28Mbps AVCHD .mts files. You may want to make some basic editing/playing like edit on editing software, merge, split/cut, or add background music, or play on Quicktime Media Player, WD TV, Apple TV, DUNE HD Player, iPad , Android phone , at the same time retain its original 1080/60p 28Mbps video quality at best with Dolby Digital stereo audio.

For edit Sony CX700 1080/60p AVCHD footages on Mac, you will use Final Cut Express, iMovie. But when you log & transfer and import the CX700 1080/60p .mts, you may face incompatibility with Mac programs. It is really a distracting and annoying thing for Mac users.

To solve these problems, I recommend a professional program named Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac. This professional Final Mate for Mac can join, split and convert Sony AVCHD footages to Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) for streaming to Final Cut Express/iMovie . No doubt, Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC), one of the codec in less compression and higher data rate/higher quality files will guarantee the high quality of editing on FCE 4 and iMovie without rendering.

Here is the step-by-step guide for you to import, merge and convert Sony HDR-CX700 MTS to AIC for Final Cut Express on iMac/MacBook Pro with Mac OS X like Snow Leopard.

Step 1. Capture videos from camcorder or local machine.
Run Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac, connect Sony HDR-CX700 AVCHD camcorder to Mac via USB cable. You will face the pop-up message asking you to use camcorder wizard or not. Follow the wizard to import the .mts files without looking into the camcorder folders.
To load video from local machine, just go to the Resource tab and add folder path.

Step 2. Merge Sony HDR-CX700 AVCHD files into one for converison.
Soon after the files are imported, select the files, drag and drop the clips to the movie tab as a single movie for conversion.

Step 3. Convert Sony CX700 MTS files to AIC MOV.
Click the Export button and go to the Export into Editor. Go to QuickTime Movie Format > Apple Intermediate Codec (*.mov) for Final Cut Express. Click OK to start joining and converting MTS files to AIC MOV for Final Cut Express.

When the steps are done, you can log and import the AIC MOV to FCE 4 for editing.

Tips:
1. If you want export to join/merge or split/cut Sony CX700 MTS without re-encoding, you can create a movie for Lossless Output.

2. In fact, the Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) will not cause much image quality loss like someone feared. The transcoded video looks quite acceptable in iMovie as well as Final Cut. It’s sure quite a good day to edit. But there is one big draw back unavoidably. When you transcode into Apple's intermediate Codec, the AVCHD size become even bigger. Much bigger. And accordingly it will take much more spaces of you Mac. Take iMovie 8 for example, the transcoded AVCHD video will actually take up about ten times more space than it normally would on your camcorder. A 2-minute, 200MB AVCHD file can take up as much as 2GB when transcoded to AIC.

robinhan
05-15-2011, 10:23 AM
If you want to play MKV files on Mac with Quciktime, there is a problem that you can't import MKV to Quicktime (http://www.movie-mac.com/convert-mkv/to-quicktime-mov-on-mac.html) for playing because Quicktime doesn't support MKV well.

The MKV (Matroska Multimedia Container) format is similar to .AVI and .MOV, just as a file container, that supports several types of video compression and video codec, and the most common use of .MKV files are used to store HD video files.

Mac MKV to Quicktime MOV Converter (http://www.movie-mac.com/convert-mkv/to-quicktime-mov-on-mac.html) provides an simple solution to import MKV to Quicktime is convert MKV to Quciktime MOV for playing on Mac. This Mac MKV to Quicktime MOV Converter can convert MKV to Quicktime MOV (http://www.movie-mac.com/convert-mkv/), convert MKV to M4V, convert MKV to MP4 (http://www.movie-mac.com/convert-mkv/to-mp4-on-mac.html) on Mac.

After converting MKV to Quicktime MOV, importing MKV to Quicktime on Mac (http://www.movie-mac.com/convert-mkv/to-quicktime-mov-on-mac.html) is not a problem any more. You can enjoy converted MKV videos with Quicktime on Mac.

Now, the follow is how to convert MKV to Quicktime MOV with MKV to Quicktime MOV Converter for Mac (http://www.movie-mac.com/convert-mkv/).

Step 1. Add videos into this Mac MKV to Quicktime MOV Converter

After downloading and running Mac MKV to Quicktime MOV Converter, click "Add" button to upload MKV files which you want to convert from your Mac.
http://www.movie-mac.com/image/machdvideoconverter.jpg
Step 2. Choose the output format and set the destination

In this step, you can chooose the output format form the "Format" drop-down list. Here you can choose "Common Video" > "MOV-Quicktime (*.MOV)" as the output fornat. Then chooose the destination from the "Output" drop-list.

Step 3. Start converting

Of couser, if you would like, there are some editig fnctions to allow you make you videos before convert MKV files, like add watermark, trim video, crop video. When all things are ready, just click "Convert" button to convert MKV to Quicktime MOV on Mac.

droidxipad
05-22-2011, 07:53 AM
Fix H.264 problem on Mac-Play Canon EOS Rebel T3 Movie on QuickTime
Mac EOS H.264 movie converter-1100D HD video to iMovie/QuickTime

As one of the Digital SDL (DSLR) cameras from Canon, the EOS Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D provides outstanding still image and HD videos for the beginners. Compared to Rebel T3i / EOS 600D, and even Rebel T2i / EOS 550D, the price for Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D is much lower. But you would find it a huge value for the money to get clear, crisp true color.

If your Mac computer does not support playing or editing the raw H.264 .mov clips from Canon EOS Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D, you may try to download the x264 QuickTime codec for mac, to see if it would then work perfectly on Mac. Otherwise, you will need to make the H.264 MOV to Mac compatible for iMovie. Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac is the recommended EOS H.264 movie converter on Mac OS X like 10.5 Leopard with PowerPC/Intel and 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Below is the fast guide for you with the simple operation to play Canon EOS Rebel T3 movies on QuickTime, edit EOS videos on iMovie and even FCP.

Step 1. Download EOS movies to Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac.
Connect Canon EOS camera to iMac, click the Add button on the Mac EOS video converter to browse the .mov clips. You may also drag and drop the .mov files from Finder to the application UI.

Step 2. Choose MOV format for Mac.
There are different profiles for you to choose according to your usage.
- To play EOS 1100D movies on QuickTime Player, you can choose Common Video > MOV - QuickTime(*.mov) with MPEG-4 as video codec for output.
- To import EOS Rebel T3 HD videos to iMovie, just choose iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov).
- If you have installed Final Cut, you may also choose Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) for highest quality video editing.

To get 1080p MOV, just click the Settings button and choose 1920x1080 as video resolution.

Step 3. Convert H.264 MOV to Mac compatible format.
Click the convert button below the preview window, the H.264 MOV to MPEG-4 MOV, AIC MOV or Apple ProRes MOV will start right away.

Hope you find the best way to fix H.264 problem on Mac, and enjoy the HD videos from Canon EOS 1100D.

Tips:
If you have AVCHD camcorders like Panasonic TM700/HS700/SD700, TM900 and Sony CX700, you can use Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac to manage AVCHD files on Mac Leopard and Snow Leopard with Intel processor.

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smith
06-01-2011, 02:16 PM
Connect Canon EOS camera to iMac, click the Add button on the Mac EOS video converter to browse the .mov clips. You may also drag and drop the .mov files from Finder to the application UI .

droidxipad
06-09-2011, 10:34 AM
Convert and Merge Sony CX700 1080/60p MTS to HD H.264 MP4 for Streaming to WD TV Live plus player
Convert/Join and Stream Sony CX700V AVCHD MTS to WDTV Live Plus Player with best quality
Fix Problem Streaming and playing Sony CX700 1080/60p MTS to WDTV Live Plus Player

I use Sony HDR-CX700 for recording 1920 x 1080 MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 MTS files. And I have a WD TV Live plus player and a WD TV Live Hub. I use WD TV Live Plus Player to watch my cx700v camcorder recording mts files. Because of some pause in the process of recording, ssome mts files need to be joined into one big file. After google search, I downloaded a trial version of the tsmuxer, so I could merge my mts files together on my Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard. The process of merged files goes without mistake through tsmuxer program, but when I use the stream play the lossless output mts files on WD TV Live plus player, the files only play the first 10 seconds.

I asked for some help to fix problem playing joined mts to wd tv on some forums and was recommended to try to convert the Sony cx700v mts to MP4 . So I search a best quality mts converter, some people recommended to try Final Mate for Mac which can help me to convert and merge mts files with highest quality. And I download a free trial version of Final Mate for Mac, so I could convert and join my Sony cx700 .mts files together. The files play fine without any problem. It offers the one fastest way to convert and Combine MTS files into big one for further streaming and playing on WD TV Live plus player with perfect quality .

Here is the step-by-step guide to quickly convert and merge Sony HDR-CX700V 1080/60p MTS to HD H.264 (*.mp4) for streaming to WD TV Live plus player with highest quality on Mac.

Step 1. Create a Movie for Converting Sony HDR-CX700 1080/60p MTS files.
Just select one or multiple video files you would like to convert and then drag and drop them to Movie tab. In this way, a Movie for conversion will be created.

Tips: You also can Click downlist of Add button and select for conversion. A blank movie is created. Then drag and drop your Sony HDR-CX700 60fps .mts files to such a movie for merging together and making a conversion.

Step 2: Choose MP4 as WDTV Output Format.
Click the Export button and go to the Common Format.Choose the HD Video > H.264 HD Video (*.mp4).

Tips: You are free to set/adjust output MP4 files parameters (Bit rate - high quailty, Audio bit rate to 640000,Frame rate -30 , Resolution/Size - 1920 x 1080, channel - 5.1 channel) to make a good output quality.

Step 3. Export Merge MTS to MP4 for WDTV Live Plus in HD.
Click OK to start and Convert and Join AVCHD MTS files from Sony cx700v camcorder to H.264 MP4 for WDTV Live Plus Player with highest quality. This MTS Converter/Joiner will be automatically output a complete big files with merged various mts files.

After the conversion, you can stream the merged mts videos from Sony HDR-CX700V Camcorder to WDTV Live Plus Player with best quality.

Tips: Before choosing output format, you also can click button to cut/split and click button to delete the unwanted .mts clips.

droidxipad
06-20-2011, 11:30 AM
Flawlessly solve questions-Canon HG20 to iMovie 9 with retain best quality
Flawlessly 1080/60i MOV for iMovie-Convert Canon HG20 MTS files to AIC MOV for iMovie

I have a Canon HG 20 with an internal 60GB hard drive. I am using the Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard and iMovie 09. The apple website says that this camera is compatible with iMovie and even sells it on it's website. When I open iMovie and import the .mts files to iMovie, it prompt an error. After google search, found if I want to edit Canon HG20 1080/60i .mts video with high quality for iMovie 9 on Mac, must to convert Canon HG20 1080/60i .mts files to MOV for iMovie 9 before editing.

And as we konw, Apple Intermediate codec is one of the apple built-in codecs, while others could be Apple DV/DVCPRO – NTSC, DVCPRO50 – NTSC.So convert hg20 mts to aic mov is the best choose. Therefore i need mts to aic converter. Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac (http://www.aunsoft.com/final-mate-mac/) is the recommended camcorder software to convert AVCHD to apple compatible formats.

Here is the step-by-step guide to quickly convert Canon HG20 MTS to Apple Intermediate Codec 1080/60i (*.mov) (http://prores-converter.com/2011/06/flawlessly-solve-questions-canon-hg20-mts-to-imovie-9-with-retain-best-quality/) with highest quality for editing in iMovie 9 on Mac.

Step 1. Directly download 24Mbps .mts files from Canon VIXIA HG20 to Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac.
Turn on Canon HG20 camcorder and connect it to computer via USB cable, then launch Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac from Application folder. With built-in wizard, you can easily to capture Full HD .mts files from Canon HG20 camcorder to the program. Select “Import” instead of Backup to quickly capture videos from camcorder. You can find imported videos under “Camcorder Tab” in the main interface of Final Mate for Mac.

Step 2. Create a Movie for Converting Canon VIXIA HG20 MTS files to AIC MOV.
Just select one or multiple video files you would like to convert and then drag and drop them to Movie tab. In this way, a Movie for conversion will be created.
http://image.mxf-converter.com/0518/canon-gh20-mts-converter.png

Step 3. Export AIC MOV video file.
Click the Export button and choose iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov) to choose export format for further editing in iMovie. In this way, all video clips will be merged as one single movie for convert to iMovie.

Tips: You are free to set/adjust output MOV files parameters (Bit rate - high quailty, Frame rate - 60, Resolution/Size - 1920 x 1080, channel - 5.1 channel) to make a good output quality. With this set you can get a Flawlessly 1080/60i MOV for iMovie (http://canon-videoconverter.com/2011/06/flawlessly-108060i-mov-for-imovie-converting-canon-hg20-mts-files-to-aic-mov-for-imovie/).
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Step 4. Click OK to start converting.
Click "OK" to start converting Canon HG20 MTS files to AIC MOV for iMovie (http://www.aunsoft.com/final-mate-mac/) .When the conversion is finished, you can import converted mov to iMovie without rendering and edit high quality videos from Canon Vixia HG20 24Mbps mts on iMovie Mac.

Tips: The Canon VIXIA HG20 boasts 1920 x 1080 Full HD, and has a CODEC capable of recording 24Mbps -- the highest AVCHD bitrate --through Canon's own Full HD CMOS Image Sensor and advanced DIGIC DV II image processor. Final Mate for Mac also can lossless split/cut and join/merge Canon HG20 Full HD MTS on Mac with no compression.

droidxipad
06-22-2011, 10:48 AM
Split and Join Canon HF M300 Full HD MTS to Panasonic HDTV with no loss of quality
Watch Merged Canon HF M300 AVCHD MTS Files on Panasonic TV

I am using Canon HF M300 to record videos and the camcorder saves AVCHD files in .mts format. The Canon VIXIA HF M300 captured 1920 x 1080 24Mbps Full HD Recording. I connect the Canon Camcorder to my Panasonic HDTV via direct USB. However, I found my shooting video of the HF M300 have some pause and interlace in the process of recording. So I need to delete much unwanted mts clips and join into one big files. So I asked for some help on some forums and was recommended to try freeware TSmuxer, TSsniper which can help me to split and merge mts files. But it is frustrated for Mac users because most of them can only work on Windows platform. Then one of my friend recommended to a new MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 cutter/joiner software for Final Mate for Mac exactly what I want – delete the unwant .mts clips and merge HF M300 1080/60p meaningful MTS files to one single MTS files without re-encoding. And I had succeed play those merged .mts files on my Panasonic TV.

Here is the detailed guide introduces how to Split and Join HF M300 record AVCHD .mts clips for Watching/Playing on Panasonic HDTV (http://canon-videoconverter.com/2011/06/split-and-join-canon-hf-m300-full-hd-mts-to-panasonic-hdtv-with-no-loss-of-quality/) with Mac OS X Snow Leopard on iMac, MacBook, Mac Pro.

Step 1: Import/Capture Canon HF M300 Camcorder AVCHD files to Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac.
Free Download Final Mate for Mac as a Best Mac Manage MTS Converter (http://www.aunsoft.com/final-mate-mac/). When Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac is run, it can automatically detect and pop up a wizard for you to capture video from camcorder. The videos would be listed on the "Camcorder" tab.

Step 2: Create a Movie for cutting and joining HF M300 1080/24Mbps MTS clips.
Click the Add movie button, and choose the" For Lossless Output", a movie about cut mts for lossless output will be created by default. Then select one or multiple mts video files you would like to split, join from the Camcorder tab and then drag and drop them to Movie tab. In this way, a Movie for no re-encoding will be created.
http://image.mxf-converter.com/0518/canon-hf-m300-manage.png

Step 3. Cut off unwanted parts from raw MTS movie for store.
From the timeline, to cut/trim the video, just play it and click the Split button when it plays to the frame you want, and then click the "Delete" button next to the Split button to remove the unwanted. And the Previous Frame and Next Frame buttons can help you locate each frame of the videos and cut with frame accuracy.
http://image.mxf-converter.com/0518/lossless-mts.png

Step 4. Join/combine HF M300 AVCHD MTS raw footage.
To join another clip to the end of the movie, just select the file, drag and drop to the movie ID. The files will be joined into one file as output.

Step 5. Export One Big raw HF M300 MTS with no loss of quality.
Click the Export button and you click the OK button, the Mac MTS/M2TS cutter/joiner will start merging large .mts files into one mts without conversion at the fast speed. The non-conversion process will prevent loss of quality when Mac joining HF M300 avchd camcorder files for storing (http://www.aunsoft.com/final-mate-mac/).
http://image.mxf-converter.com/0518/no-lossless-output.png

After a few seconds, I Connect Canon Camcorder Movies to my Panasonic HDTV (http://www.aunsoft.com/final-mate-mac/) via direct USB. Then Stream Canon HF M300 MTS to TV for watching with family. The output mts also can store the video on your home server, NAS or external hard drive.

cola2011
07-05-2011, 04:17 AM
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JoanHaylee
08-15-2011, 08:49 AM
Canon XF105 to FCP X-Transcode Canon MXF Clip to ProRes 422 for FCP X
Import Canon XF105 MXF footage to Final Cut Pro X for editing
Encode Canon XF105 MXF to Apple ProRes 422 MOV for Final Cut Pro X without Rendering

You must be disappointed when the FCP X failed to import recordings from Canon XF105. Well, don't blame to the Final Cut Pro X, the "Import from Camera…" option works just like "Log and Transfer". The thing is, even FCP 7 does not work with the Canon XF codec. The XF105 (XF300/XF305) utilizes Canon's XF Codec – a file-based MPEG-2 compression with an MXF File Wrapper that ensures the widest compatibility with existing industry infrastructure, metadata and non-linear editing (NLE) systems. The codec's 4:2:2 color sampling provides ultra-fine transitions in tone and color for maintaining the highest image quality needed for advanced post production processing. If you want to edit with MXF natively, get Adobe Premiere Pro CS5.5...Or convert the Canon MXF to something Final Cut Pro X can edit natively, say Apple ProRes 422 encoded MOV format. Here's a detailed workaround for getting Canon MXF shootings into FCP X.

Preparation
1. Transfer the .mxf clips to Mac HDD.

2. Get Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac ($35). Click here to download a trial.

Transcode/Convert Canon XF105 recordings to Apple ProRes 422

Step 1. Launch the Pavtube HD Video Converter. Click "Add" and browse to a Canon .mxf clip and the software will add it to file list. Repeat the operation to load multiple .mxf videos.

Step 2. Click on "Format" and choose "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)".

Step 3. Click "Convert" to start transcoding the Canon XF105 MPEG2 recordings to Apple ProRes / converting .mxf to ProRes .mov. After conversion click "Open" to find .mov videos.

Some more helpful features of the app:
1. Settings- click to set video resolution(1920x1080/1440x1080/1280x720/720x480), bitrate(from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p)

2. Editor (next to "Add" icon)- click to set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc.

Load/Import converted Canon XF105 footage to Final Cut Pro X

Step 1. Start up Final Cut Pro X, follow "File > Import > Files".

Step 2. Browse to the converted .mov video in the "Import Files" window. Press "Open" at the right bottom.

Now, you can successfully Import Canon XF105 footage to FCP X and you can get down to video editing. Wait- Why is there a Pavtube logo on the screen? Well, this is because I was using a trial version~~~


http://www.pavtube.com/hd-video-converter-mac/