General Discussion - Sony CX730 50p AVCHD to Final Cut Pro X Mac Importing Tips lydia622520 - Tue Aug 28, 2012 10:52 pm Post subject: Sony CX730 50p AVCHD to Final Cut Pro X Mac Importing Tips
I am a user of the Sony HDR-CX730 which produces AVCHD video. It didn't take long for me to find out that I am unable to edit the 1080 50p AVCHD files with Final Cut Pro X. Also, I got know that FCP X imports 25p but not 50p files, as 1080 50p is a non-standard frame rate.With that said, I'm looking for a way to convert the 50p AVCHD files that get created when I upload the video from the camera in order to edit in FCP X on mac.
After many times of tests, I find Brorsoft AVCHD to FCP X Converter applying which you can transcode Sony CX730 AVCHD to ProRes the FCP X native format. Plus, it can change the CX730 50fps at 1080 to 25fps for easy editing with FCP X. Moreover, this professional Mac AVCHD Converter also supports converting Sony HDR-CX760, Sony HDR-CX740 AVCHD footages to Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro without quality loss.
Step 1: Import Sony CX730 files
Connect Sony HDR-CX730 to Apple computer via USB cable, find the .mts files from the camera folder like PRIVATE > AVCHD > BDMV > STREAM. Then run the recommended AVCHD to ProRes Converter to load the MTS files to it.
Step 2: Choose ProRes 422 output format
Select the output format for FCP X via clicking on Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) (.*mov). And you can set the output folder as you want.
Step 3: Adjust the original 1080p50 frame rate
Click settings button to adjust the frame rate as 25fps, and set the video size as 1920*1080 to keep the best quality for editing in Final Cut Pro X on Mac.
Step 4: Convert Sony AVCHD video to ProRes
Click the convert button, and the Mac AVCHD Converter will start the conversion from Sony CX730 AVCHD to ProRes 422 for Final Cut X on Mac OS X immediately.
After the conversion, you can easily transfer Sony CX730 50p files to Final Cut Pro X for editing with best quality.
Tips:
1. If you want lossless join of MTS, M2TS files, pleas tick the “Merge into one” box.
2. If you wanna trim, crop and add special effects to AVCHD/AVCHD Lite, just tap the Edit icon.
3. This MTS Converter for Mac also can convert AVCHD(.mts/.m2ts) to AIC, DVCPRO, MOV(AVC), Avid DNxHD, etc.
