Continue reading »]]> Why We Need to Save or Import Sony Cyber-shot Videos onto Windows or Mac?

Cyber-shot is the Sony‘s line of point-and-shoot digital cameras introduced in 1996. Cyber-shot model names use a DSC prefix, which is an initialism for “Digital Still Camera”. And nowadays, more and more people tend to capture their happiest and sweetest moments with Sony Cyber-shot digital cameras. We may shoot lots of smooth and sharp HD (high definition) footages during travelling or family time, and we usually expect to save those great movies to our computer rather than locking them in our camera, then transcode AVCHD MTS to any video formats and edit in video editing programs on Windows like Avid, Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, or on Mac like FCP, FCE, iMove, CyberLink PowerDirector, etc. After reading the below article, you may get a clear instruction about how to get Sony AVCHD videos on Windows or Mac for video editing later.

How to import Sony Cyber-shot HD AVCHD videos to Windows computer?

For Windows users:

1. Turn on the computer.

2. Ensure the recording media with the pictures or movies is inserted in the camera.

3. Connect the supplied USB cable to the camera and the USB input jack on the computer.

4. Turn on the camera.

NOTE: The computer automatically detects the UBS connection from the camera and installs the appropriate driver from the Windows 7 operating system. Afterwards, an AutoPlay window appears on the computer screen.

5. In the AutoPlay window, click Import Pictures and videos using Windows.

6. In the Import Pictures and Videos window that appears, click Import Settings .

7. In the Import Settings window, assign the location on the computer to where you want to copy the picture and movie files.

Next to Import images to click the Browse button and then select the desired folder (for example, My Pictures).

Next to Import videos to click the Browse button and then select the desired folder (for example, My Videos).

8. Click the OK button.

9. In the Import Pictures and Videos dialog box, click the OK button.

10. Click the Import button.

Tip: There is a problem that AVCHD is not a playable and editable video format for Avid, Adobe Premiere, or Sony Vegas, and transcoding process is necessary. Use Sony AVCHD MTS Converter to transcode your Sony Cyber-shot AVHCD MTS to DNxHD MOV for Avid, convert Sony AVCHD MTS to WMV for Premiere/Sony Vegas and more.

For Mac users:

Method 1: You could copy and paste your Sony AVCHD videos via a USB cable to Mac computer. Here are the steps.

Tip : This procedure is helpful when you are not using iMove or some other software application to import your video.

Preparation: You need a Mac computer, your Sony camcorder, and a USB cable.

Step 1: Power on your Mac PC

Step 2: Connect the Sony Camcorder directly to the USB cable on your computer. The Sony Cyber-shot camcorder will display as a hard drive on computer.

Steps 3: Turn on the camcorder, navigate to the Sony Cyber-shot hard drive to access the memory stick, select USB Connect, the LCD will show USB Mass Storage. iPhoto may automatically open, if so, just turn it off.

Step 4: On the Finder bar select “Go”, and then “Computer”. Select “No Name” or untitled item. Select the “AVCHD” folder then “BDMV” folder and on the “STREAM” folder.

Step 5: Click on the video you wanna transfer. If you have multiple videos you would like to transfer, press and hold the “command” key, then select the videos by clicking on them. To copy these files, press and hold the command key and the press the “C” key.

Step 6: Select folder you wanna save the videos. Enter that folder, hold the comman key then press the V key, then your videos are be paste to local computer.

Method 2: You can capture and transfer Sony AVCHD videos to iMac/MacBook Pro via iMovie after connecting camera to computer with USB cable.

However, you may face problem when trying to log and transfer AVCHD videos from Sony AVCHD to Final Cut Express (FCE) 4 or Final Cut Pro (FCP) 5. After transferring HD .mts videos from camera to computer hard drive, just run Pavtube Sony AVCHD MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac as the Mac Sony Cyber-shot AVCHD MTS converter to deinterlace and convert MTS to Apple ProRes for FCP X, Import Sony AVCHD MTS to FCE if you want to edit HD videos.

Continue reading »]]> Sony NEX-FS700 can shoot full 1080p video in a range of frame rates up to 60p, it provides the option of recording AVCHD footage onto SD card/MemoryStick or via the FMU (flash memory unit) port, or it can output 4:2:2 video (with embedded timecode) via HDMI 1.4 or 3G/HD-SDI to an external recording unit. It is a fully professional large-sensor video camera. Hot on the heels of the FS100, this compact, highly modular camera uses a very similar-sized Super 35 CMOS sensor as the Sony NEX-FS100.

It is a pity that 1920 x 1080/60p AVCHD MTS/M2TS full recordings from Sony FS700 can’t be edited by Final Cut Pro 6/7 or FCP X directly via Mac. If you are the Sony NEX-FS700 users and get in the AVCHD to FCP importing troubles, please follow me and I will give you an easy way to help you convert Sony NEX-FS700 1080p MTS videos to editable format and see Sony NEX-FS700 clips in FCP 6/7 or FCP X 10.0.3 on Mac OS X.

Recommend Software Program:

Pavtube MTS Converter for Mac – A professional Mac MTS to ProRes Converter for Final Cut Pro 6/7/X, it works well and very easy to use and converts flawlessly. It not only can convert 1080p60fps files to FCP friendly Prores codec but also provide some edit fuctions. You can download the free trial here

Follow the guide below:

Step 1: Load Sony NEX-FS700 1080p MTS to Mac MTS to ProRes Converter.

Use a card reader to copy and transfer the .mts files to iMac hard drive disk, run Mac Sony MTS Converter as the fast Mac MTS to ProRes Converter, and click the “Add” button to load the .mts videos. You can also use the drag-and-drop method to load the 1080p .mts files to the application UI.

Step 2. Press “Format” option and navigate the mouse cursor to choose “Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as the best codec for FCP 6/7 and FCP X on Mac. The Mac Sony MTS converter will transcode Sony NEX-FS700 MTS to FCP 6/7 or FCP X compatible MOV with ProRes as video codec in HD 1920×1080.

Step 3. You can click “settings” button in the main interface to customize the output video’s parameters, such as resolution, frame rate, etc.

Step 4. You can edit the MTS video before you convert Sony FS700 MTS to ProRes MOV. By clicking “” button, you can trim, crop the video, or add watermark and adjust effect to the videos which you will convert.

Trim – Choose to reserve the part you need. Just choose the chapter which you need to trim, to set “start time” or “end time”, type the portion which you want to save.

Crop – Remove black edges of your video or just get the scale of this video you want.

Effect – Adjust the effects by adjusting the parameters, such as:

1) Deinterlacing – If there are some stripes on the picture, you can check this option to make a better picture effect. (Checked by default)

2) If you want to get 3D effect, just enable this fuction and do settings:

PS:
If you want to to limit the size and length of the video, just press on “Split the selected task” in the main interface by specifying the clip quantity, duration time and file size to cut the selected video file into required video clips.

Step 5. Click the “Convert” icon under the preview window, and the Mac MTS to ProRes Converter will start transcode FS700 1080p 50p/60p MTS to Prores MOV for FCP(X) on Mac.

After the conversion,  click the “Open” button to locate converted files, then load ProRes .MOV files in FCP (X). Now you can successfully and easily import Sony NEX-FS700 1080 60p/50p MTS footage to FCP (X) for editing with best quality.

Tips:

• If you are also a FCP X user, before you try to do the conversion, don’t forget to make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.
• If you want to edit AVCHD MTS in iMovie, you just need to choose the AIC format in the second step.
• If you want to batch conversion, the professional iMedia Converter for Mac is the best choice for you.

Continue reading »]]> Summary: Problem for import AVCHD MTS from Panasonic, Sony, Canon cameras to Final Cut Pro 6/7/X editing on Mac:

Problem 1: Importing MTS files into FCP 7

I’ve just bought FCP 7 and I have a lot of rushes on an external drive that are AVCHD with the .MTS on the end of each file. I’ve just tried to import the MTS files into the project but it won’t recognize them and I can’t see AVCHD in any of the settings.

I bought the upgrade just for this reason as I was told that 7 handles the AVCHD codec. Any tips? The footage is no longer on the camera by the way.

Problem 2: .MTS files in FCP 7

I’ve created a timeline in FCP7. Most clips are from my Panasonic HMC150, with .mov files captured as ProRes422. However, a buddy also filmed the event with a couple of HiDef Canon cameras with files that capture as .MTS Well, FCP7 doesn’t seem to recognize .MTS files. What software do you use to convert .MTS to ProRes 422? Thanks for your help!

Problem 3: How to import MTS files in Final Cut Pro 6?

Hello we captured footage with the Canon HF20 Hi-Def Camcorder, transfered the video files onto an external drive. We’re now trying to import those MTS files into Final Cut Pro 6.0.5 but it seems they are not supported… how do you import them?

Problem 4: Cannot Ingest AVCHD .MTS files in FCP 7

I am trying to Ingest .mts files into Final Cut Pro 7.

I dragged all of the files from an SD card onto one of my External Hard Drives.

I open up Final Cut Pro 7, Go to Log and Transfer, Navigate to the AVCHD folder then to the BDMV folder then finally to the STREAM folder. In the STREAM folder sits all of the .mts files. They are all greyed out and I cannot Ingest them. They will not add to the Log and Transfer Window in FCP 7.

What am I doing wrong? How can I Ingest these files into FCP 7 so I can edit with them?

Thanks in Advance.

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In addition, I also found a lot Problem about “How to importing/editing AVCHD MTS to Final Cut Pro” by Google. For example:

– Some videos are not imported to FCP

– FCP X quits/crash/not respond

– A long time transcoding when importing AVCHD to FCP 7

– MTS files without AVCHD structure could not be imported to FCP

– Can FCP ingest 1080 60p 50p AVCHD videos?

– Is there any way to avoid rendering?

– How to convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS to FCP native ProRes?

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Best Solution:

Transcoding AVCHD MTS to Apple Prores  (which is native formats for Final Cut Pro encoded .mov format) along with some help from the third-party software.

Required Software:

Free Download Mac AVCHD to FCP Converter

Why choose the professional Pavtube AVCHD to FCP Converter for Mac users?

1. FCP 6/7 can’t very well work in Panasonic, Sony, Canon, JVC etc. cameras  recording .mts files with H.264, MPEG, MPEG-2 codec etc. and video playing is not smooth. But the professional Mac AVCHD to FCP Converter can import various format, such as:

2. Final Cut Pro can only support under 30 frame rate.

3. FCP only support into the whole folder, does not support into a single. MTS file, That means you should keep the BDMV folder within the AVCHD folder. The files shall include .cpi, .mpl, .mts or .m2ts. This will lead to software collapse, crash etc. However, Pavtube Mac AVCHD to FCP Converter can be. Below is the folder structure of the AVCHD videos on camcorder memory card.

4. This MTS Converter for Mac is a professional AVCHD to ProRes Converter on Mac Lion 10.5/10.6/10.7/10.8.

– Easy to use with fast conversion

– Output best HD quality for you with ProRes Codec that fits for Final Cut Pro well and saving rendering time, also keep original multiple audio tracks

– Provide simple video editing functions

Besides, it can work with HD videos from HD camcorders or DVs (like JVC, Panasonic, Sony, Cannon etc.) for editing in Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid Media Composer etc. Mac editing software.

Guide: Transcode AVCHD MTS files from cameras to Apple ProRes MOV for FCP 6/7/X editing on Mac

It’s considerate allowing you to directly drag and drop your camera files into the Mac app for start your MTS to FCP conversion. And also, you can click “File” or “” menu and then choose “Add Video/Audio”. If you have several MTS files and wanna merge them into one for getting a continuous file, you can check “Merge into One File” down the bottom of the main interface of the Mac AVCHD to Final Cut Pro converter.

For the sake of saving your time, the MTS to FCP application provides an optimized preset for Final Cut Pro so that you can directly choose it under “Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” section as your output format. In addition, the smart program even offers you some helpful but easy-to-use edit functions which enable you to crop the black edge, rotate, adjust the brightness or apply cool effects to your video files.

“Settings” – click to set video resolution (1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate (from 1Mbps to 20Mbp) frame rate (24p/30p)

Press “Converter” and then the rest would be accomplished automatically. The Mac app works fine on Supported OS: Mac OS X Leopard (10.5), Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8).

So there you have it. Pretty simple. After the workflow, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to import and edit AVCHD files from cameras in Final Cut Pro 6/7/X under Mac without problems.

To learn more conversion solutions for AVCHD MTS files recorded by Canon, Panasonic, Sony cameras, you are recommended to visit MTS Column or FCP Column page.

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