iPod - The Way Editing Sony Cybershot AVCHD footages in iMovie vivian78 - Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:52 am Post subject: The Way Editing Sony Cybershot AVCHD footages in iMovie
The Way Editing Sony Cybershot AVCHD footages in iMovie smoothly on Mac
Native AVCHD file support is the first thing I expected for the new iMovie. However, though iMovie'11 claims to support AVCHD structure, it's not so easy to do. Except the system requirement of Mac Osx 10.6.7 and Intel-based Core Duo processor or better, it's impossible to import the AVCHD footages recorded from Sony Cybershot DSC-TX55/TX66/TX10/TX20/TX100v/TX200 to iMovie for smoothly editing without crashing problem and avoid rendering.
If you want to import the Sony Cybershot AVCHD MTS or M2TS files to iMovie for editing smoothly, the best solution is transcoding the Sony Cybershot AVCHD footages to iMovie native format, (e.g. Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) encoded .mov format). To help those who wanna edit Sony Cybershot AVCHD MTS videos in iMovie smoothly, here I will throw this quick guide up on how to convert Sony AVCHD MTS to AIC and then load the encoded AVCHD files into iMovie for editing.
If you looking for a solution for this problem likewise, check out Pavtube's MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac which is entitled as a top Sony AVCHD MTS to iMovie Converter. It supports encoding Sony Cybershot AVCHD files to Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) so that you can easily import the Sony AVCHD recordings to iMovie or Final Cut Express for editing on Mac. This will help you import the file correctly and saving the rendering time. Below is brief guide for you.
Convert/Transfer and Edit Sony Cybershot DSC-TX55/TX66/TX10/TX20/TX100v/TX200 AVCHD mts footages in iMovie smoothly on Mac
Step 1. Free donwload and run the Sony AVCHD MTS Transcoder for iMovie to your Mac, and then import the recorded AVCHD videos into the program.
PS: It's excellent Sony video converter which can convert nearly all canon cameras' videos to any formats you need, such as Apple Prores 422 MOV, Apple InterMediate Codec MOV, QuickTime MOV, etc.
Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as output format.
After the workflow, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to log and transfer or import/edit Sony A57/A65 AVCHD mts files in iMovie under Mac without problems.
