Playback mts video on mac and edit in fcp/imovie/fcpx

Questions:

How to import avchd to final cut pro or import MTS to Final Cut Pro X for editing?

AVCHD(Advanced Video Coding High Definition) was introduced in 2006 primarily for use in high definition consumer camcorder. It is developed jointly by Sony and Panasonic, allows the large HD video recording data files to be captured and saved on digital media. The resolution of AVCHD records video including 1080p, 720p and 1080i.

Sony Handycam was launched in 1985. It was called Handycam just was intended to emphasize the "handy" palm size nature of the camera. Sony has continued to produce Handycams, Now there are some popular AVCHD Handycam models: Sony Handycam HDR-XR350V, HDR-XR520V, HDR-FX1000, HDR-CX350V,HDR-CX300, HDR-XR200V, HDR-CX520V, HDR-FX7, GVH-D700, DCR-DVD850, DCR-DVD650, DCR-HC52, etc, they can record high definition 1440*1080.

How to playback AVCHD video on your mac? As we know, any media and target format that is supported by a particular computer hardware and software, so you can watch them on a computer monitor or TV set. Presently, VLC media player can play the avchd video files. Mountain Lion, Mac OS does support native AVCHD playback via the default media player, QuickTime. After having m2ts, mts and m2t pre-registered in system the windows 7 is able to import and play avchd video natively. Windows 7 starter edition doesn't support AVCHD video file, it need the third-party player installed.

Actually, when you try to play avchd video on mac you will meet the problem like:

"I purchased a new Sony camera, the videos are crystal clear when playing on the camera, but I could not get the videos to upload to my Mac computer. Neither the iMovie nor iPhoto recognizes the AVCHD Lite videos. I could not view the video on my computer. So how to put Sony Handycam AVCHD on Mac OS X like 10.6 Snow Leopard? Update AVCHD Lite MTS Videos to Mac?" This problem happened just because AVCHD file isn't compatible with mac, If you want to play and edit them on mac, you should convert sony handycam to mac compatible video format.

Doremisoft avchd converter for mac is designed to help you convert avchd camcorder video file(.mts, .m2ts) and avchd lite into other common video format, such as MPG, SWF, FLV, DV, MPEG-1, MOV, MP4, AVI, WMV, M4V, 3GP, 3G2, MPEG-2, MKV, H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, MPEG-4, MP4-Xvid, etc. So with this mac avchd converter you can playback and edit sony handycam avchd files on mac imovie, fce, fcp, fcpx, etc.

After download and installing the avchd converter mac, run this software. Then you can learn how to convert mts to mov mac:

Step 1: Add Sony Handycam video file to avchd converter for mac. You can click the "Add File" button to load the mts/m2ts file into the converter.

Step 2: Select the output video format for mac. You can choose the mov, mps, or dv as output video format by clicking the small down arrow at the very right of the "Profile".

Step 3: Click "START" button to start the conversion of Sony Hamdycam to mac.

After the conversion finished, you can import avchd to final cut pro or import the converted MTS to Final Cut Pro X for editing. You also can import the converted mts to imovie. If you want to edit mts file with windows movie maker, you can use avchd converter for windows to convert mts to wmv.