Panasonic HC-V720 and FCP X-Convert PA V720 MTS to ProRes MOV for Final Cut Pro 7/X on Mac (Yosemite)

If you are puzzeled with the problem that you can't edit your MTS footage from Panasonic HC-V720 in Final Cut Pro X, you’d better transcode your PA V720 AVCHD files first to resolve the incompatible problem.This article shows you how to convert Panasonic HC-V720 camcorder MTS files to MOV in Mac OS X for Final Cut Pro 6/7/X. Follow it to convert PA V720 footage to FCP with ease!

The Panasonic HC-V720 (specs) is a little lower in the lineup, but offers similar functionality with a new 50x optical zoom lens, optical image stabilization, built-in WiFi, 20.4-megapixel still picture capture, and a 3-inch touchscreen LCD. When you got some V720 footage, you may want to import HC-V720 1080 50p AVCHD to FCP or other Mac tools for editing to get a better effect video.



The only problem we are facing is that how can we import that kind of footages into your Final Cut products. We found that Apple does not provide native support for 1080 60p, 50p AVCHD video. So it is difficult for these camcorder users to edit Panasonic HC-V720 footage in FCP (X). Well, don’t’ worry. Here I will introduce one cool tool to you to help you import Panasonic HC-V720.mts to FCP X, FCP 6, 7.

Download and install Brorsoft MTS Converter for Mac

This professional app helps you import native 1080p AVHCD footage(2D, 3D as well) and export Apple ProRes 422 encoded .mov video, which can be imported to Final Cut Pro 7 and X without rendering. Plus, this Mac MTS Converter also provides optimal presets for iMovie, FCE, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, etc, ensuring smooth editing with different video editing programs on Mac OS X (Yosemite & Mavericks).

How to convert Panasonic Panasonic HC-V720 footage into FCP

1. You need to download, install and run the smart MTS to ProRes Converter Mac and transfer your MTS recordings to the program from the camcorder.



2. Click “Format” bar and set “Final Cut Pro >> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” format. If you prefer smaller file size, please choose “Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov)” instead.



Tip: You also can click “Settings” to set video frame rate, video size and Video Bitrate as you want.



3. As soon as all things are finished, please click “Convert” button to start the 1080 60p/50p MTS conversion on Mac. When conversion finishes, press “Open” button to get converted MOV video for FCP.

4. Open Final Cut Pro, and go to “File>>Import>>Files…” to import converted MTS footage to FCP project. You can get a smooth workflow.

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Import MPG/MPEG File for Final Cut Pro, FCP X Editing (Yosemite)

Have trouble importing MPG(MPEG) files into Final Cut Pro 7, FCP X for further editing? If so, follow the quick-start guide to learn how to prepare MPG videos for editing in Final Cut Pro without quality loss.

We usually saw FCP users encounter importing issues when attempting to edit MPG or MPEG files with Final Cut Pro X. Let's see some frequently asked questions on this:

Q1: I have a camera that exports video from my camera to mpeg 2 on the computer. Does Final Cut pro support MPEG 2? Does the quality look good?

Q2: I am trying to import MPEG-2 files into FCP X. I have the raw files from a Sony Handycam HDR-SR5. These files were recorded as MPEG-2 files and copied from the camera hard drives (entire folders were copied containing the MPEG-2 files) to a local hard drive on my computer. Final Cut Pro X does not recognize the files and will not import them.

You probably would like to use Final Cut Pro to edit MPG or MPEG-2 files, especially some recordings from a camcorder to get better videos or more wonderful video files. While, some errors appeared: file import failure, audio going out of sync, video but no audio when brought into the timeline.

In fact, MPEG video compression is only ideal for recording and playback. If you want to edit MPEG-2 in Final Cut Pro X, you need to transcode them to a more edit friendly format. Now I’ll share you the best way how to work with MPEG/MPG files in Final Cut Pro(X). Get the tricks bellow.

Since the most compatible video format for FCP editing is Apple ProRes MOV. So you need to find a third party program to convert mepg-2 to ProRes first before loading to FCP. Here Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended to help you achieve your goal.

With this powerful video converter program, you can effortlessly transcode MPEG-2 to FCP friendly movie format ProRes (Note: it applies to all versions including FCP X, FCP 6, FCP 7, etc) keeping the original quality. Besides Final Cut, this software can also export AIC for iMovie/FCE, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer and more NLE systems. Below is the detailed guide on converting MPEG/MPG clips to Final Cut Pro X friendly videos for smoothly playback and editing.

Converting MPG/MPEG to Apple ProRes 422 MOV for Final Cut Pro X

1. Load MPG/MPEG files to the Program

You can directly drag and drop the MPG/MPEG files to the software, or click "Add" button to locate the source files into the MPG to FCP Mac converter.



2. Choose Final Cut Pro Profile

Press "Format" option and navigate the mouse cursor to choose "Format > Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as the best codec for FCP 6/7 and FCP X on Mac.



Tip: Before conversion, you can click the “Settings” icon to customize the video/audio settings: Video Codec, video size, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels for Final Cut Pro.

3. Start MPG to FCP X Conversion on Mac OS X

Click the big "Convert" button at the bottom right corner, this Mac video converter will start to convert MPG/MPEG to ProRes for Final Cut Pro X immediately. Once the conversion completes, directly import the converted files to Final Cut Pro X, and then you can play, edit MPG/MPEG files in Final Cut Pro X freely.



Additional tips:

1. For FCP X users, before you try to do the conversion, don’t forget to make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.

2. If you want to edit MPEG/MPG in iMovie or FCE, you just need to choose the “iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)” as the output format in the second step.

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PMW-200 Full HD 422 at 50 Mb/s MXF in Avid-Import MPEG HD422 50 Mbps recording on Sony PMW-200 to Avid Media Composer

In this page, we aim to share some tips and tricks to solve the Sony PMW-200 workflow on Mac like how to import Sony PMW-200 MXF to Avid Media Composer under Mac OS X (Yosemite & Mavericks) smoothly.

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Sony PMW-200 (PMW200) Full HD XDCAM EX 1/2inch CMOS camcorder with 50Mb/s recording

The PMW-200 is Sony's successor to the hugely popular PMW-EX1 Camcorder.The camcorder can record in Full HD 422 at 50 Mb/s, delivering exceptional performance, operational versatility and workflow efficiency. Its high-quality MPEG HD422 50 Mbps recording is fully compliant with the latest EBU recommendations for long-form broadcast production and is widely accepted in broadcasting stations and production houses. This capability ensures the camcorder is ideal for a wide range of different applications, including news gathering and documentary production.

If you met any Sony XDCAM HD422 MXF to Avid MC importing or editing issues like the below user had, go through the page to find the solution.

I’ve been exporting mxf clips from a Sony EX1 and then importing them into Avid for years… always worked well and happened pretty fast. But I have an hour-long clip (an interview) shot with my new Sony PMW-200, and it’s taking forever to import into Avid (v.6.2). A bit more info, in case it pertains:

I first exported the clip (MPEG2 HD Long 35Mbps) from my SxS card to a hard drive (on my MacBook Pro, which has an ExpressCard slot). The export (this is using Sony’s Content Browser) happens very quickly (faster than it used to with my EX1 clips), but, as I’ve said, the import of this clip into Avid doesn’t seem to want to happen.

What caused the problems? As we know, XDCAM HD422 products record and play back high definition video with 1920 x 1080 and 1280 x 720 resolutions using MPEG HD422 compression and the XDCAM HD422 video footage is wrapped in an MXF container, which is can not natively imported by many professional video editing application including the Avid Media Composer. So, it will be a bit hard when importing XDCAM HD422 video footage with Avid MC. While, things can be different if you get some help from third-party software Brorsoft MXF Converter for Mac.

Overall, the program is a professional yet easy-to-use MXF Converter on Mac OS X, which can not only convert Sony PMW-202 MXF files to DNxHD codec videos for Mac editing, but also provide simple video editing functions for you. This Mac MXF Converter can also transcode MXF videos from Canon C30O XF100, XF105, XF305, Pansonic P2 cameras for editing in Final Cut Pro 6/7, Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid MC, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc on Mac OS X(Lion and Mountain Lion included). Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.

Guide: Transcoding Sony PMW-200 MXF files for editing in Avid Media Composer on Mac

Step 1: Import video files from your Sony PMW-202 to the MXF to Avid MC Converter Mac.

Note: Before conversion, you need to transfer MXF files from your Sony PMW-200 to Mac Hard Drive, then click the “Add files” button to browse to import MXF videos.



Step 2: Click on “Format”, and select output format from the drop-down list. Follow “Avid Media Composer” > Avid DHxHD (*.mov)”.



Step 3: Click “Convert” button to start converting Sony PMW-200 mxf files to Avid DHxHD .mov for Media Composer under Mac OS X.

Tip:Some more helpful features of the Mac MXF to MOV Converter:

1. Settings- Click “Settings” button if you’d like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.

2. Editor (next to “Add” icon)- click to set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc.

Once the XDCAM MXF Mac conversion is done, you can transfer Sony PMW-200 MXF footage into Avid Media Composer 5/5.5/6/6.5 for editing smoothly on Mac with ease.

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