Continue reading »]]> In case that you encountered import issues while handling Canon LEGRIA HF G25 AVCHD 1080i MTS clips with iMovie or FCE 4, you can consider converting these AVCHD content to a format that is best suited for iMovie/FCE 4, such as AIC MOV.

Canon LEGRIA HF G25 Review

As well as this new entry level range Canon is also introducing the latest version of its enthusiast/prosumer level G series range. The Canon Legria HF G25 offers a high aperture f/1.8 lens as well as a Canon HD CMOS PRO image sensor, which according to Canon offers a 20% improvement in light sensitivity over its predecessor.

The new lens only offers 10x zoom but has a relatively wide 30.4mm wideangle end and it does include Canon’s latest optical image stabilisation technology which compensates for a number of different types of camera shake including walking, macro or high-zoom.

Other features include a directional microphone, 2 SDXC card slots, 32GB of internal memory and an electronic viewfinder for easier shooting in bright conditions.

• Canon HD Video Lens
• Canon’s advanced HD CMOS PRO sensor
• Full manual control
• Optical Intelligent IS
• Audio Scene Select
• 8.8cm touch screen LCD
• Instant AF; Face Detection
• Protective lens hood
• 32GB internal memory
• 2x SDXC slots

Learn More about Canon LEGRIA HF G25 on canon-europe.com

We all know that the recordings’ format of Canon LEGRIA HF G25 is the AVCHD which delivers stunning picture quality. Vixia camcorders recorded video format is AVCHD MTS, and this format is also used in Canon XA10 and other popular high-end camcorders. However, if you want to deinterlace and edit Canon LEGRIA HF G25 MTS 1080i in iMovie 9 or FCE 4, you will meet some problems. MTS format is not easy to use as it’s not well supported by many editing software, especially on Mac. Currently neither iMovie 9 nor FCE 4 supports the original MTS footages from HF G25, that’s why you cannot import Canon AVCHD MTS files to FCE/iMovie.

The common practice for MTS workflow with FCE/iMovie is, get a Mac AVCHD Converter for iMovie/FCE and transcode Canon LEGRIA HF G25 MTS footage to AIC(Apple Intermediate Codec), the well-acknowledged optimal editing format for iMovie 9 and FCE 4. By converting .MTS files to Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov) you save both time and trouble, as AIC video will be processed by FCE4 and iMovie naturally without rendering, and all you need is drag and drop the result video for prompt editing.

Here we recommend you to choose a top Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac to transfer these AVCHD recordings for iMovie 9 or FCE 4 editing.

First, Free Download the Mac Canon MTS Converter for iMovie/FCE. This software can convert Canon LEGRIA HF G25 MTS video to iMovie, FCE compatible formats or other common formats.

Step 1. Install and Run the professional Mac Canon AVCHD to MOV Converter, add .mts files into it from Canon HF G25. If you want to batch convert MTS clips, please check “Merge into one”.

Step 2. Click “Format” column to choose the output format for iMovie. Click and choose “iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)“, it’s the best format for iMovie – to import Canon LEGRIA HF G25 MTS to iMovie or FCE.

Step 3. If you want to change the video/audio settings to get a file as you want, you can tick “Settings” to freely selecting or editing. Here I advice you to set your video size as 1920*1080 and fame rate as 25fps if your resource file is 1080 50i/25p.

Step 4. Click “Convert” button to start transcoding Canon LEGRIA HF G25 AVCHD MTS to AIC MOV. Once finished, click “Open” button to get the generated AIC MOV files for using in iMovie 9 or FCE 4 without any rendering or compatibility issue.

• Read More: How to import video files or projects to iMovie 8/9/11 on Mac?

So the first problem you have to solve is to deinterlace/transcode Canon LEGRIA HF G25 AVCHD to AIC the most compatible codec which is specially designed for editing in iMovie 9 or FCE 4.

Canon camcorders are very excellent in the multimedia market, Canon has released so many camcorder product lines, Vixia series is one of the most successful products.

Canon Vixia camcorders include Vixia HF M300, HF M500, HF S10, HF S100, HF G10, etc.

Canon Cameras/Camcorders Related Tutorial:

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Continue reading »]]> Question: “I bought a Sony A77 camera recently, few days ago i had christening service of my twins as well a party and shooting many mts video clips, i want import recording mts videos to iMovie for editing on mac. Final, share them to my family and friends, but I discover import mts files into iMovie is seem impossible for me to do. I was serarch in sony forum, and someone tell me to need a mts video converter and convert them so they work on my iMovie.”

Solution:

For Mac Camcorder users, iMovie is a great tool to edit clips which from camcorders and videos on mac. Some camcorders recorded video in MTS or AVCHD file extention. In some cases, you can import MTS videos into iMovie successfully because iMovie supports some camcorders file format.

But in the other hand, sometimes you find you can’t import MTS to iMovie on Mac. You get errors in importing MTS to iMovie. It because iMovie is not compatible with all popular HD cams. So if you want to import AVCHD/MTS to iMovie on Mac, you should convert MTS to iMovie compatible video format or transcode AVCHD to iMovie friendly format on Mac.

As far as I know, the best method is to convert recoding mts clips to iMovie native formats (e.g. Apple Intermediate Codec encoded .mov format). To help those who wanna edit Sony 1080 60p MTS clips in iMovie without crashing and rendering on Mac Mountain Lion, Mac OS X Lion or other Mac System. Here I recommend Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac – a professional Mac MTS to iMovie Converter. It can help Mac users to convert MTS to iMovie and convert AVCHD to iMovie supports video formats like AIC, MP4, MOV, etc so that you can import MTS to iMovie or import AVCHD to iMovie on Mac. With it, you can convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS files iMovie smoothly on Mac.

First Free Download Pavtube Mac MTS to iMovie Converter

1. Run the best MTS to iMovie Converter on Mac OS X, connect Sony A77 camera to Mac, then add multiple MTS or AVCHD files to the program. Select the box of “Merge into one file”, you can join/combine multiple MTS clips into one.

2. Click “format”, choose iMovie support video format, here I recommemd AIC codec, you can move your pointer to “iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)”.

3. To get best Video and Audio quality for editing A77 MTS in iMovie, please click “Settings” to set Video size, bitrate, frame rate and Audio sample rate, bitrate, channels as you want. Of course, you can also select the default setting.

4. Click “Convert”, start convert Sony A77 MTS video to AIC for iMovie editing on Mac Mountain Lion etc.

Of couser, if you would like, there are some editig functions to allow you make you videos before convert MTS to iMovie, like add watermark, trim video, crop video. When all things are ready, just click “Convert” button to convert Sony A77 MTS to iMovie on Mac. After conversion, you are able to click “Open” button to get the converted AIC MOV files for use in iMovie.

5. Launch iMovie, and then choose File > Import > Movies to import the converted Sony A77 MTS to iMovie for further editing.

Pavtube Studio recently unveils MTS Column – Convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS files on Mac, perhaps you can find more the solutions.

Good Luck!