Edit VG30 mts in FCP-Transcode Sony NEX-VG30 AVCHD to ProRes for Final Cut Pro 6/7/X

[Q]:I purchased a Sony camcorder VG-30 and I thought it would have give no problems at all with fcp, it looks like it doesn't work.

Does anybody know a way out?

[A]:
Hi, guys! Following the below guide, you can smoothly import and edit Sony NEX-VG30 MTS files in Final Cut Pro 6/7 and FCP X by using a TOP MTS Converter for Sony VG30 and FCP, which can help you to simply relize Sony AVCHD MTS/M2TS files to Apple ProRes MOV format Conversion.

Sharing many of the pro-oriented enhancements of the NEX-VG900, the Handycam NEX-VG30 succeeds the acclaimed NEX-VG20. With a resolution of 16.1 effective megapixels, the camcorder’s Exmor™ APS HD CMOS sensor assures outstanding image quality with the range of interchangeable E-mount lenses.

*16.1 mega pixels HD CMOS Sensor
*Full HD 60p/24p(NTSC) progressive movie recording
*High contrast XGA OLED Tru-Finder
*Quad Capsule Spatial Array Microphone for high-quality stereo and 5.1ch sound

While, after recording, we may need to import Sony AVCHD footages to Final Cut for editing, but, Sony NEX-VG30 recorded videos are in AVCHD format, which is not compatible with many editing software, such as FCP 6/7, FCP X and FCE on Mac. Final Cut software doesn’t supports AVCHD well- it takes much time to render.

As far as we know the 1080 60p AVCHD flies from Sony VG30 would not be ingested natively into Final Cut Pro 6/7 and FCP X. Even if you can apply the Log and Transfer plug-in with FCP 7 to import the AVCHD footages successfully, you would actually not be satisfied with the transcoded Apple ProRes 422 LT files(The Log & Transfer can do the AVCHD to Apple ProRes422 LT conversion work for you as a background converter). So, any solution to solve the problems?

Want to find the answer? The best solution is to convert Sony NEX-VG30 AVCHD MTS footage to ProRes codec MOV format on Mac OS X, which is best supported by FCP 6/7/X. The below is a brief guide for beginners.

[Full Guide] Loading and Transcoding Sony NEX-VG30 MTS to Final Cut Pro (X):

Step 1. Download Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. This professional Mac AVCHD Converter can help you convert Sony VG30 AVCHD to FCP Apple ProRes 422 MOV format effortlessly without quality loose. Besides, more output formats like AIC for iMovie/FCE, DNxHD for Avid MC, MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro, etc are also supported.

Step 2. Click “Add Video” to load the .mts files from Sony VG30 Camcorder to the Mac Converter.



Step 3. Click format bar to choose the output format. Click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov). Well, Apple PreRes 422(HQ), Apple ProRes 422(LT), Apple ProRes(Proxy), etc are all the proper choice for you.



Note: If you are a FCP 6 or former version user, you only can choose ProRes 422 and ProRes 422 HQ as the output format.

Step 4. You can click the Settings icon to do some audio/video settings. We recommend 1920*1080 as video size and 30fps as video bitrate for later easy editing in Final Cut Pro.



Step 5. Finally click convert button to start the Sony VG30 AVCHD to ProRes 422 conversion for Final Cut Pro 6/7 and FCP X with the top AVCHD to ProRes Converter on Mac OS X. After converting, you can import NEX-VG30 MTS files to Final Cut Pro 6/7/ X for editing as you want.

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Transcoding and Deinterlacing Sony DSC-WX80 1080/60i AVCHD to FCP 6/7

Summary: If you encountered import issues while handling Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 1080 60i MTS clips with FCP 6 or FCP 7, you can consider converting these AVCHD content to a format that is best suited for Final Cut Pro, such as Apple ProRes 422.



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Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80, a point-and-shoot camera, is structured around a 1/2.3″ 16.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS image sensor. The WX80 equipped with 16.2MP Exmor R CMOS Sensor and BIONZ Image Processor, combination of these two technologies enables an expandable sensitivity to ISO 12800, a fast continuous shooting rate of 10 full resolution frames-per-second, and full HD 1080i video at 60fps in the AVCHD format.

I just bought the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 camera and recorded many 1080/60i AVCHD clips during the weekend. The codec is MPEG4. Regarding footage editing, Final Cut Pro is a great choice for either video hobbyists or independent filmmakers. To import Sony AVCHD footage to FCP correctly, Final Cut Pro (FCP 6/FCP 7) requires the directory structure of the Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 footage must be the same as when it was recorded to the card. If you’ve copied your footage onto a hard drive or other storage media and only kept part of the file structure you’re going to be presented with an unsupported media error message like this one…



Also, AVCHD clips may not import if the folder structure written by the camera to the card is altered, so avoid manually moving files away from the locations to which the camera wrote them originally. Leave the folder structure on the card as the camera wrote it. And the bottom line, Final Cut Pro can't natively support AVCHD videos well.

In case that you encountered import issues while handling Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 MTS clips with FCP 6 or FCP 7, you can consider converting these AVCHD .mts/.m2ts content to a format that is best suited for Final Cut Pro, such as Apple ProRes 422. You can fast and easily get the work done along with the help from Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. It can help you transcode Sony DSC-WX80 AVCHD to Apple ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HD, ProRes 422 Proxy, ProRes 422 LT, etc on Mac OS X(Mountain Lion included). What’s more, it can deinterlace the DSC-WX80 1080i footage to make the converted files more smoothly in Final Cut products. Just download the tool and guide on how to deinterlace and convert Sony DSC-WX80 1080/60i MTS to FCP 6/7.

Sony DSC-WX80 and FCP workflow: transcode AVCHD footage to ProRes 422 for FCP 6/7

Step 1: Add AVCHD footage

Launch the best Mac Sony AVCHD Converter. Click “Add video” or “Add from folder” icon to load your source files directly from your Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 camera, or from a card reader, or from the file folder that contains the source MTS videos stored on your Mac computer’s hard disk drive.



Step 2: Select output format for FCP 6/7

As soon as source files are loaded, click “Format” pull down menu to choose “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output format from “Final Cut Pro” option.



Step 3: Start AVCHD to ProRes 422 conversion

Click the big button “Convert” to begin rewrapping Sony MTS to Apple ProRes 422 for FCP 6/7.

* Some useful features of the Sony AVCHD to ProRes Converter:

1. If you wanna customize video and audio quality for the exported Apple ProRes MOV files, you can click “Settings” button and enter the "Profile Settings" window to do so.

2. Click Edit button and you can deinterlace Sony DSC-WX80 1080i AVCHD for Final Cut Pro via ticking the “Deinterlacing” box in the Video Editor interface.



When the mts to prores conversion finished, click “Open” button to get the generated ProRes 422 QuickTime media files for Final Cut Pro 6/7. Open up FCP, follow “File > Import > Files…” to import and edit the converted Sony Cyber-shot DSC-WX80 AVCHD MTS videos in Final Cut Pro 6/7 without any issue.

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Fast convert video MKV, AVI, VOB, TiVo, MPG, FLV/F4V to Galaxy S4 MP4 format

Now, the new Galaxy S4 has come to us. As far as I know Samsung is good at producing high-quality screen. As well as full 1080p support, 2GB RAM, 2600mAh battery, it’s a wonderful portable media devices for us. So, I’m wondering to transfer personal videos like AVI, MKV, VOB, MPG, TiVo, WMV, etc stored on my PC to Samsung Galaxy S4 for playback on the go.

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However, uploading and playing AVI/MKV/VOB on Samsung Galaxy S IV is not so easy, because there are some incompatibility issues as following:

- Unsupported codec (e.g. DTS, XviD)
- Huge file size (that exceeds maximum 4GB file size)
- High bitrate (e.g. camera footage taken at 18-25mbps)
- Unsupported video format (e.g. *.vob format)

Fortunately, I’ve work out the solution to resolve these issues. And I’d like to share the great tutorial with you- converting videos to Samsung Galaxy S4 before transferring, to get AVI/MKV/VOB/TiVo/MPG/MPEG videos on Galaxy S4 with flawless playback.

In fact, to solve the problem, you just need a Video Converter for Galaxy S4 (or the Mac video converter) help you out. This program can perfectly convert all videos to Samsung Galaxy S4 with original quality kept. Fast converting speed ensures you to get the generate files in a short time. Just have a try.

1. Add Videos

Install and run the Galaxy S4 Video Converter, to import or just drag& drop files to the program for converting. It supports batch conversion.



2. Choose output format

Here I recommend you "Samsung > Samsung Galaxy S III Video (*.mp4)" which is a format specially designed for Galaxy S3 but also works for the S4.



Tip: If you like, you can click on Settings you could easily set bitrate, frame rate, codec, channels, sample rate, etc to adjust parameters that affect video quality and file size for the video you prefer. Keep in mind that bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.



3. Start Convert

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Summary: Want to edit P2HD .mxf videos from Panasonic AG-HPX600 with Sony Vegas Pro? Can you successfully put these files to Vegas Pro? Have you known some tips for importing .MXF files to Vegas Pro? Simply follow this post, you will be clear.

Just got Panasonic’s new P2HD camcorder AG-HPX600 for days. I like the HD cam very much with its 4:2:2 AVC-Intra recording. It is belong to new series of memory cards called microP2 card ( Awesome! ), which have an SD card form factor to further cost-efficiencies in media pricing. But I was disappointed I couldn’t directly get PX600 AVC-Intra MXF to my Sony Vegas for further editing. So, I wanted to know is there a way to make HPX600 footages compatible for Vegas Pro?



At first, I tried to download and use several P2 MXF plug-ins to help me bring the file to Vegas, but I failed. Fortunately, I did find an easy optional method to import HPX600 files to Vegas. That is to convert Panasonic P2 MXF to MPEG-2, a highly compatible format for Sony Vegas with a third-party software..

I’ve got a professional MXF to Sony Vegas Converter on my computer, which can transcode the unsupported AVC-Intra MXF file to an ideal editing format e.g. MPEG-2 or WMV for Vegas Pro keeping the original video quality. If you are facing the situation likewise, follow the steps below I share with you.


How to convert HPX600 AVC-Intra to MPEG-2 format for Vegas



Step 1. Install and run the excellent P2 AVC-Intra to Vegas Pro Converter , and click “Add files” to import files from HPX600 P2 card > CONTENTS> VIDEO.

Tip: The program not only can help you transocde Panasonic MXF files, also can re-format Canon/Sony MXF files.

Step 2. Choose the MPEG-2(*.mpg) from “Format> Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas” menu as the best format.

Tip: If necessary, you can click “settings” to freely set them profile settings, including the video size, video frame rate, audio channel, etc.



Step 3. Click “Convert” button to start transcoding Panasonic HPX600 MXF video to MPEG-2.

As soon as the conversion is over, you can perfectly import the converted files to Vegas Pro 9/10/11/12 for editing without any error. Just freely editing and enjoy your movies.

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Transfer & Download movies to Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 - DVD, Blu-ray, 1080p HD videos

Summary: If your movie isn't already in one of the supported formats or it's still on a DVD or a Blu-ray, you can get the all-in-one app named Brorsoft Video Converter Ultimate to rip Blu-ray/DVD, and convert various formats of 720p/1080p HD videos in MKV, AVI, TiVo, VOB, MPG, MTS, etc. to your Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for enjoyment.

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1's beautiful 1,280x800-pixel screen is great for watching movies. The Honeycomb tablet supports WMV9, WMV7, WMV8, H.264, MPEG4, Xvid, DivX, H.263, and VP8 video codecs. If your movie isn't already in one of the supported formats or it's still on a DVD or on a Blu-ray, you'll need to encode/re-encode it first. Along with some help from Brorsoft Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate (or its equivalent Mac verison - iMedia Converter Mac), you can transfer these movies to Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for playback. Below is a simple tutorial for you to better convert and copy Blu-ray/DVD movies and various formats of 1080p/720p MKV, AVI, VOB, TiVo, MPG, etc. videos on Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. Just follow it.

About the top movie converter for Galaxy Tab 2:

The program can help you compress 1080p Blu-ray to Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, rip DVD movie to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 and convert HD videos to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, including MKV, AVI, MPG, VOB, TiVo and more, everything can be transferred to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 optimized formats at ease.

To be honest, I’ve had success using the software to convert my huge Blu-Ray and DVDs to a format playable by Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet. I’ve found the quality to be excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the discs themselves. Now just get the right version and follow the steps below to sync and transfer Blu-ray/DVD and 1080p videos to Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 for smoothly playback in just a few mouse clicks!

Ripping Blu-ray/DVD, Convert 1080p/720p HD videos for play on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1

The quick start guide below uses the movie converter Windows(Windows 8 included) screenshots. The way to encoding videos to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 on Mac is almost the same. Just make sure you get the right version according to your computer operating system.

1. Import source media for movie to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 conversion.

Once run the Ulitmate Blu-ray Video Converter software, click “Add Video” to load video files like MTS/M2TS, MKV, VOB, MOV, TOD, TiVo, etc or click on “BD/DVD disc” icon to load movie from DVD and Blu-ray source(Disc, folder, ISO).



2. Select the suitable output video format

Click on the dropdown menu of "Format", here you can choose the optimized videos.
*For Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 users, choose “Samsung > Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1(*.mp4)” as the export format.
*For Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 users, choose “Samsung > Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 Student Edition Video(*.mp4) as the optimal format.



Tips: If you like, you can click "Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Remember the file size and video quality is based more on bitrate than resolution which means bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss. According to my experience, for watching videos on the Galaxy Tab 2 10.1, 720p with 1500~2500kbps is just all right.

3. Start the conversion

After above steps, just click "Convert" to begin ripping Blu-ray/DVD and 1080p/720p videos to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 highly compatible MP4 videos.

Once the process completes, download and transfer the converted videos to your Nexus 10 via USB cable. In this way, you can easily enjoy Blu-ray/DVD movies and 1080p/720p HD videos on Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 tablet as you want. Have a good time!

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