General Discussion - Edit Panasonic HC-V700/500 MTS File In iMovie Mac lucy198754 - Thu Apr 12, 2012 11:07 pm Post subject: Edit Panasonic HC-V700/500 MTS File In iMovie Mac
Panasonic HC-V700, HC-V500 offer the superior HD image quality, portability and the ease of use Panasonic is renowned for.
So, you have captured that wonderful moment, a beautiful image in yourPanasonic HC-V700/500 camera!
Now, you are preparing to take a print to make a gift to your dear and near one or for your personal collection!
Here is the crux! When you want to import and edit HC-V700/500 AVCHD 1080p files in iMovie, the incompatibility notice will jump out. Although the special iFrame makes it easier for editing and compatible with iMovie, its 960x540 30fps limitation disappoints the HD-inclined users.
As we all know, the perfect codec for iMovie is Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC). To solve the problem, you need to convert 1080p MTS/M2TS files to AIC on Mac. So I recommended you Brorsoft [b]MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.it can convert any AVCHD Camera file to iMovie best video format AIC ( Apple InterMediate Codec ) at fast speed.
Now, let's start to import HC-V700/500 AVCHD 1080p files to iMovie with the help of AVCHD to AIC Converter step by step on Mac OS.
Step1: Connect the HC-V700/500 to your Apple with USB2.0. Launch the Panasonic HC-V700/500 AVCHD to AIC Converter for Mac and then click the adding button to import your 1080p MTS/M2TS files.
Tip: If you have multiple 1080p MTS/M2TS files, you can select the “Merge into one” box to merge them into one single file for iMovie so that you can play these files without interruption.
Step2: Click on the “Format” and you will get a dropdown menu. Move you pointer to iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov). The Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) is the compatible format for iMovie and FCE.
Step 3: Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.
Note: Set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 and keep 5.1 channels to keep the best quality for editing in iMovie.
Step4: Click the “Convert” button; it will convert 1080p MTS/M2TS files to AIC on Mac immediately. You can find the process in the “Conversion” interface.
After you transcode Panasonic HC-V700, HC-V500 files to AIC for iMovie, you are able to import HC-V700/500 AVCHD 1080p files to iMovie via clicking on “Import” button effortlessly. Now you can easily do your futher editing Panasonic HC-V700, HC-V500 with iMovie.
