General Discussion - HDR-SR8 Converter for Mac okletgo - Tue May 31, 2011 7:41 pm Post subject: HDR-SR8 Converter for Mac
The HDR-SR8 is capable of recording and playing back both High Definition (HD) and Standard Definition (SD) video recorded on the built-in 100GB Hard Drive. It uses the AVCHD format to record full HD 1920*1080 videos and MPEG-2 format to record SD videos.
Although HDR-SR8 is an old handycam camcorder, there are still some problems about importing Sony HDR-SR8 MPEG-2 files (shot in SD mode) to Final Cut Express , except AVCHD videos (shot in HD mode). Many owners of this Sony model camcorder expressed their frustration about it, even quite annoyed. Curious and confused, hence getting some further acquaintance about the model. To my knowledge, iMovie 08 can handle footage from DV, HDV and AVCHD camcorders as well as MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 footage. But Final Cut Express tells a different story – it deals with automatically transcoding AVCHD to AIC with extra-large files but would refuse MPEG-2 format that many camcorders can generate like Sony HDR-SR8.
In this case, to import Sony HDR-SR8 SD MPEG-2 footage to Final Cut Express, I provide two proposals:
1. Owners of camcorders that record video to tapeless storage in MPEG-2 format can use iMovie ’08 to import that footage, and then import the video from there to Final Cut Express.
2. Head for a third party software to convert SD MPEG-2 to compatible format with Final Cut Express. Based on Apple Mac specification, the best formats FCE supports are MPEG-4, QT MOV, DV. In terms of working on Apple’s Mac platform, Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is the strongly-recommended program. The following tutorial will elaborate how to work in this way.
Preparation: Connect Sony HDR-SR8 to iMac/Macbook
Connect Sony HDR-SR8 to iMac/Macbook though the USB port. Import the AVCHD footage from Sony HDR-SR8 to Apple hard drive.
Step1: Import the SD MPEG-2 videos to the best HDR-SR8 Converter for Mac.
Download and install the best HDR-SR8 Converter for Mac. Run the program and hit the "Add" button on the top tool bar to import the videos you would like to convert. You can drag several MPEG-2 videos recorded by the camcorder to the program one by one.
Step 2: Select MOV as the output video format
Click “Format” drop-down menu. Navigate to "Common Video" section for "MOV-QuickTime (*.mov)" as the output video format. It is an editing software friendly format including Final Cut Express. Click the “Export to” button to specify your destination folder where the output file belongs to.
Step 3: Start the Sony HDR-SR8 SD MPEG-2 to MOV conversion
Click the "convert" button to start converting MPEG-2 footage to MOV-QuickTime. Once all the above steps finished, the Final Cut Express acceptable MOV files are prepared for you in the destination folder.
More information about the best Video Converter for Mac: Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is a powerful Mac Video Converter and editor, it supports converting supports converting TiVo, AVCHD MTS/M2TS, MOD, TOD and other 1080p/1080i/720p HD videos to AVI, QuickTime MOV, MP4, WMV, VOB, MPG, FLV, 3GP, MP3, AC3, OGG, FLAC, WAV, WMA, etc. Moreover, the program adopts advanced AV-sync conversion technology, which can perfectly convert videos without any out-of-sync problems.
