Monday, July 22, 2013

Transcode Sony NX5U MTS to ProRes for Aperture 3/Premiere Pro on OS X Mavericks 10.9

Summary: In this article, you can get the info of covnerting Sony NX5U AVCHD to Aperture 3/Premiere Pro compatible Prores codec for importing and editing on OS X Mavericks 10.9.


The first in Sony's line of NXCAM solid-state camcorders, the NXCAM HXR-NX5U is also the company's first professional-level AVCHD camcorder. And while it may look similar to its HDV predecessor, the HVR-Z5U, in fact this is a very different animal. And because the NX5U can capture to media cards plus an optional flash memory unit, you can simultaneously record a different signal to each, whether HD + a backup or HD + SD. The footage is then easily downloaded to a computer or backup drive using USB 2.0.

Sony HXR-NX5U can capture HD and SD video in AVCHD and MPEG-2 formats--and save it to solid state media--is only one of its distinctive traits. Full-raster 1920 x 1080 video is another, including the option of recording 720/60p video as well as 60i, 30p and 24p. With the 1080 video recording AVCHD file from NX5U, you may face problem when trying to import/load the 1080 AVCHD MTS to Aperture 3/Premiere Pro on OS X Mavericks 10.9.

Well, as is known to us, Aperture 3 and Premiere Pro accepts Prores MOV best, so, to convert AVCHD to Prores MOV is a good choice for editing Sony NXCAM HXR-NX5U AVCHD MTS inAperture 3/Premiere Pro.

To do the job, AVCHD Converter for Mac is an ideal tool. With it, you can convert Sony NX5U 1080 AVCHD files to Apple ProRes 422 for editing with Apple Aperture 3 and Premiere Pro on OS X Mavericks 10.9 without losing quality or rendering.

Below is the step-by-step guide for you to quickly convert Sony NX5U 1080 AVCHD to Aperture 3 or Premiere Pro compatibel Prores codec on Mac Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard or Leopard, OS X Mavericks 10.9.

Step 1: Download Pavtube Mavericks AVCHD MTS/M2TS Converter and import your Sony NX5U AVCHD file. This software will solve your AVCHD to Apple Aperture 3/Premiere Pro importing problems.



Step 2: You will need to choose the output format for Aperture/Premiere. You are recommended to choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), it's great for editing in Apple Aperture and Premiere Pro. There are more formats for output, you can pick as you need.



Step 3: Click "Settings" button to adjust the output video's parameters, such as bitrate, resolution, etc. for example, you can choose the resolution as 1920*1080 or 1280*720, that's 1080p or 720p resolution, great for editing.



Step 4: Start converting Sony NXCAM NX5U 1080 AVCHD to Prores for Apple Aperture 3/Premiere Pro.

After converting, you can load Sony NXCAM NX5U 1080 AVCHD MTS to Apple Aperture 3/Premiere Pro for editing as you want, now you can have a try.
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Thursday, July 18, 2013

Import Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle 2 DNxHD files to FCP

Summary: In this tutorial you will know how to transcode Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle 2 recorded DNxHD files to ProRes 422 for importing to Final Cut Pro on Mac.


Blackmagic has announced that the Hyperdeck Shuttle 2 will now have the option of recording in DNxHD, writing files in industry standard MXF format. DNxHD is a codec with similar performance to Apple ProRes, but is developed and championed by Avid (Although you can work with these files in Premiere Pro). This will dramatically improve recording times (5x or more) and have the added benefit of making total project sizes far more manageable…all without reducing visual quality in a perceptible way.



For people who want to edit their DNxHD MXF videos from Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle 2 on mac, FCP should be one of the top choices. Although HyperDeck Shuttle 2 announced to be perfect with Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, Premiere and leading video applications like DaVinci Resolve. But the compressed DNxHD MXF video is not very native and well compatible with FCP as some users still meet problems when trying to import these videos in FCP.

Therefore the best workflow it to convert Blackmagic camera MXF videos to ProRes for FCP on Mac. To accomplish this goal, a powerful, easy-to-use DNxHD to ProRes Converter can help you out within a few clip. It can deal with MXF (DNxHD) videos from HyperDeck Shuttle 2  to FCP without quality loss.

Easy steps:

1. Install this professional MXF Converter for Mac, drag and drop your  Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle 2 recorded DNxHD files into it. The program support batch load and convert video file.



2. Choose format that you need. To convert DNxHD to Apple ProRes, you can click and choose “Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)”.



3. You can adjust the ProRes parameters according to your need. (Optional)



4. Edit video file. (Optional)

You can click Editor button to customize the video before converting videos. Six tabs are available: Trim, Crop, Text Watermark, Watermark, Effect and Audio Replace, etc.

5. Start Conversion.

Click the “Convert” button to start transcode Blackmagic Design HyperDeck Shuttle 2 recorder DNxHD files to ProRes for Final Cut Pro.

As soon as the format conversion is completed, you can import the converted video to FCP for editing on Mac OS X, etc.


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Wednesday, July 17, 2013

Transfer Canon HF R40/R42/R400 60p AVCHD to Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle,Movie Maker and Cyberlink

Tricks for transcoding Canon Vixia HF R40/R42/R400 60p AVCHD to Windows PC prefered codec for editing in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, Windows Movie Maker and Cyberlink.

Canon updates its VIXIA line of digital camcorder, introducing three new HF R-series Full HD models designed to capture and share every day moments easily. The new HF R42, HF R40 and HF R400, built for everyday shooting, delivers improved image quality, sharing capabilities and user experience. Three models share many their features but differ from each other in storage capacity and connectivity options.




Each of these new VIXIA camcorders sport a 3.28 Megapixel Full HD CMOS image sensor, a new DIGIC DV IV image processor and a 53x Advance Zoom Canon HD Video Lens to capture HD movies. They can record Full HD MP4 videos at 35Mbps and Full HD 28Mbps AVCHD Progressive 60p videos. If you shot the 1080/60p movies in AVCHD format with Canon HF R40/R42/R400, some problems would occur during the importing into Windows editing software like Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, Windows Movie Maker and Cyberlink.

In fact, AVCHD format is not supported by many editing softwares. It is not an ideal video format for editing softwares to support owing to its special codec. So if you want to edit Canon HF R40/R42/R400 1080 60p files in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, Windows Movie Maker and Cyberlink smoothly, you need to convert Canon Vixia 60p AVCHD to Window PC compatible codec first.

To get the work done,  Canon Vixia MTS Converter is the best third party program to achieve your goal smoothly. The software is a great choice for converting AVCHD videos to Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, Windows Movie Maker and Cyberlink editable formats. It works with Sony, Panasonic and Canon AVCHD .mts and .m2ts footage. There are various export format for users to choose from, including AVI, MPEG-2,MOV,WMV. It also lets users to convert AVCHD files into common video formats like MP4, MKV, M4V, etc.

(Tips: If you are mac users, you can try this Canon MTS Converter for Mac)
 
Guide: How to Convert Sony A99 MTS clips to DNxHD/AVI/WMV/MPEG-2 for Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, Windows Movie Maker and Cyberlink 

 Step 1. Connect Canon HF R40/R42/R400 camcorder to computer via USB cable, and it is easy to download videos from Canon HF R40/R42/R400 to your computer hard drive. 

Step 2. Download, install and run Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter as the fast MTS to Windows PC Converter, click the "Add Video" button or the "Add from folder" icon to load your .MTS videos directly from your camera or a camera archive on your computer's HDD. 

 

Step 2. Set output video format for your video conversion.

Click the "Format" bar and choose "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> MPEG-2 HD Video (*.mpg)",or select WMV/MOV, you can also choose "HD Video -> AVI HD Video (*.avi)". Finally, click the file icon beside output bar, and choose a destination folder for saving output files. 

 
 
Tips: You can click “Settings” button in the main interface of the software to customize the output parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, etc. 

Step 3. Click “Convert” button to start converting Canon HF R40/R42/R400 1080/60p AVCHD MTS to Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, Windows Movie Maker and Cyberlink  optimized videos. Then you could click “Open” button to find the converted video in destination folder.

In this way Canon HF R40/R42/R400 60p MTS/M2TS footages can be successfully loaded to  Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle, Windows Movie Maker and Cyberlink for editing and authoring. 

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Tuesday, July 16, 2013

MXF to AIC MOV Converter-Edit Canon C300 MXF in iMovie 11 and FCE 4

Summary: By transcoding MXF to AIC MOV format, you can smoothly import/edit Canon C300 MXF files into iMovie 11 and Final Cut Express 4 without problmes. 


Bringing Canon’s expertise and decades of experience designing sensors, lenses, image processing and design to the world of motion picture capture, the EOS C300 camera has been designed to meet the demanding needs of cinema industry professionals, providing a modular, portable and eminently adaptable system of cameras, lenses and accessories built for moviemaking in the 21st century.


A variety of physical and electronic C300 elements are borrowed liberally from Canon’s XF series camcorders, chief among them being the recording codec, known as Canon XF. It is a 50Mbps 4:2:2 MPEG2 codec utilizing the widely supported .MXF wrapper, writing 1080p30 and 720p60 video to Compact Flash at a choice of either 50Mbps or 35Mbps.

You may have used Canon C300 camcorders to record many high-definition footages which are in MXF video format, this video format is good for record videos, but it’s not compatible with many editing software, such as iMovie 11 and FCE 4 on Mac.

You may have the need to import C300 MXF footage to iMovie 11 and FCE 4 for editing. So what to do? The best way is to convert MXF to iMovie/FCE supported video format, like Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) .MOV format. Now you can follow the step-by-step guide to convert C300 recorded mxf files to AIC MOV for iMovie 11/FCE easily.

1. Free Download Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac. The program is an excellent easy-to-use and intuitive Mac tool for camcorder users. It is good at batch converting MXF recordings shot by Panasonic P2 camcorders, Sony XDCAM camcorders, Canon XF series cameras to ProRes/AIC MOV formats compatible with your Mac Video editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Pro (X), Final Cut Express. 



2. Install and launch this Mac MXF to AIC  Converter, import Canon C300 MXF footages to the software.



Step 2. Click the "Format" option, select "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*mov)" for editing Canon C300 MXF in iMovie/FCE.



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

1. Adjust video and audio parameters. (Optional)

Click "Settings" button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you'd better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bitrate, frame rate as you need.

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


Step 3. When above steps finished, you can click "Convert" button to start converting Canon C300 MXF to AIC MOV for iMovie 11/FCE 4 with a super fast speed. With the excellent C300 MXF to MOV Converter, you can deal Canon C300 MXF footage on Mac with best video and audio quality as you want.

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Monday, July 15, 2013

Smoothly playing AVCHD MTS files on Mac without slow motion problem

Follow the guide you can easily convert AVCHD mts files to QuickTime MOV for smoothly play AVCHD videos on Mac with A/V syncing. You won't get any issues when adding your AVCHD MTS files to Mac 
for playback.

  

Q: MTS playing in slow motion but sound is normal speed

Hi,
A friend took some mts video for me and gave me the SD card - I'm able to see it in several programs but it's always playing in slow motion though the sound is normal. How can I get it to play normal speed? Or covert it to normal speed? Thanks!

A: If you videos are from cameras or camcorders, it must be syncing well. So the problem may lies in the media player you choose. So at first check your computer specs, and make sure that it runs fast for work with the media player on your mac.

Then for playing mts files on mac, what is the best Mac MTS/M2TS player? You can try mplayer osx extended, or VLC to play it back. Quicktime cannot handle transport streams very well.
VLC media player is said to support AVCHD footage on Mac, and you can choose to play the files. However, there is also slow motion problem when playing .mts .m2ts files with VLC. The audio plays in normal speed, while the video time is double as what it should be. In other words, the sound is OK but the image lags behind. This might happen to computers with low configuration - CPU, video card. 

Many users do not have a powerful enough Apple computer with Intel Core i7, good graphic processors, and they may expect Apple QuickTime Player to natively support AVCHD videos, just like the WMP in Windows 7. So for smoothly playing AVCHD on Mac, they may need to convert AVCHD to QuickTime MOV on Mac.

It’s hard to find an excellent AVCHD Converter. Now, Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac will help you convert AVCHD files to MOV for QuickTime with keeping the best quality of the original video to the output file. It's also a good software which can convert AVCHD videos to any common formats. The windows version is Pavtube HD Video Converetr for Windows.

You can follow the tips below to convert AVCHD video to QuickTime MOV format.

1. Download Pavtube MTS to QuickTime Converter, install and run, and then import the AVCHD files you want to convert.


2. Click Format bar and choose best output format for output. Click and choose common video -> MOV-QuickTime (*.mov). You can also choose other formats for output as you want.



3. You can click “settings” to adjust the output parameters, such as resolution and bitrate.



4. Edit function is very easy to use, you can trim, crop, add watermark or adjust effect before converting AVCHD videos to QuickTime MOV on Mac.

5. Click convert button to start converting AVCHD to QuickTime MOV file on Mac.

After conversion, you can use converted .mov files as you want. Now smoothly playing AVCHD file on Mac is without any problem.

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How to Burn/Write Sony PMW-400 XAVC footage to DVD on Mac

Summary: Here comes with some practical tips for buning or writing Sony PMW-400 XAVC Footages to DVD for playback. 

The new shoulder-mount camcorder PMW-400 is designed to acquire high quality, clean images especially in low-light environments. It is the latest addition to its XDCAM HD422 line-up. Sony PMW-400 supports multiple SD and HD codecs and XAVC ready and is an affordable 3x 2/3-inch CCD high quality sensor broadcast camcorder that, like the PMW-500, supports all SD / HD 422 broadcast workflows using .MXF and XDCAM EX workflows using .MP4 and .AVI. It is also future-proofedto support XAVC 10-bit HD422 recordings. 

XAVC enables a really wide variety of operational possibilities for content material production, notably: From Proxy to 4K pixel resolutions, intra frame and lengthy GOP schemes, and 1080 50P/60P infrastructure capability. 
  

So, is it an excellent thought to burn Sony PMW-400 XAVC to DVD for dwelling watching following shooting such an incredible good quality move ? Nevertheless, XAVC will not be however preferred extensively employed around the globe, and most devices cannot import it like DVD Player. How are you able to figure it out within this case? 

Fortunately, XAVC to DVD Maker- the best XAVC to DVD Burning Software is a nice program that could conveniently convert XAVC recordings to DVD with no issue. With it, you might be in a position to burn your breathtaking video clips to DVD. Just download and possess a attempt, it is actually entirely 100% clean! 

Step-by-step Guide - Burn XAVC video from PMW-400 to DVD for playback on TV 

1. Import Sony PMW-400 XAVC to this XAVC to DVD Burner on Mac. 

Load the footages from PMW-400 to this DVD Creator software. 
 

2. Edit XAVC Video. 

Pavtube DVD Creator for Mac enables you to crop, trim, rotate and adjust the effect of the videos. You can add watermarks to illustrate the scenes or give the video a designed music you like. 

 

3. Customize DVD menu and start convert to DVD. 

For a personalized DVD menu, you can change the menu buttons, thumbnails; add background music, custom background image, etc. to customize your DVD menu. Then you can preview your entire DVD movie project to ensure everything is perfect. If ok, pls insert a blank DVD disc into DVD drive, and switch to "Burn" tab. You can choose to burn NTSC or PAL, 5.1 channel is allowed, then click "burn" button to start converting Sony PMW-400 XAVC to DVD. 

 

As you can see, within few clicks, you can burn/write Sony PMW-400 XAVC file to DVDwith personalized DVD menus, eye-catching video effects and high quality. Just enjoy the movies on TV via players with your family. 

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Thursday, July 11, 2013

Tricks for importing Canon Legria HF M306 AVCHD MTS files to FCP X


Summary: If you are facing the issue when importing and editing Canon Legria HF M306 AVCHD footage in Final Cut Pro X, here recommend you the best Mac Canon MTS to ProRes Converter to achieve your goal smoothly.

Canon Legria HF R306 camera, as an update of entry-level Legria camcorder range at CES 2012, is a Full HD compact camcorder, featured with a 1/4.85in CMOS sensor, 32x optical zoom, 51x intelligent zoom, a 3in colour touchscreen monitor and a whopping 8GB of internal storage space. That specification is already pretty good for a camcorder of this price, but Canon has gone even further by adding Wi-Fi connectivity, which means you can transfer recorded videos to your PC without a USB cable and stream videos to DLNA-enabled TVs and games consoles. All of this is recorded straight to memory card so you can quickly and easily share your movies with friends and family.

I have just got a Canon Legria HF M306 camera and I have taken it on my trip. After recording some footage HF M306, I wanna share this with others. To get better effect, just now I'm trying to get the AVCHD recording from it into Final Cut Pro X, but without much success, that is, I can get the Canon to show up on my desktop, but can't seem to get FCP X on my Mountain Lion to capture the video from the M306 camera using the USB Cable. 

AVCHD is highly compressed and not ideal for editing with Final Cut Pro X you can't natively import Canon HF R306 mts in FCP X. In order to smoothly edit Canon HF R306 AVCHD files in Final Cut Pro X without crashing problem and avoid rendering, you'd better transcode the Canon AVCHD to FCP native format, say, Apple ProRes Codec with some help from a third-party software. 

Required Software:

Pavtube's AVCHD MTS/M2TS Mac - a top Canon AVCHD Converter for Mac users.

The Mac Canon MTS to FCP Converter is an easy to use yet professional AVCHD Converter on Mac OS X which can not only transcode Canon Legria HF R306 AVCHD files to Apple ProRes codec videos for Mac editing, but also provide simple video editing functions for you. Besides, the program can also convert HD videos from HD camcorders or DVs (like JVC, Panasonic, Sony and Cannon) for editing in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro X, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid, Adobe Premiere etc.

The following passage guides you how to convert Canon Legria HF R306 AVCHD footages to Apple ProRes 422 encoded MOV file for FCP X. If you have the same problem about editing Canon HF R306 MTS videos in Final Cut Pro X, check out the brief guide below.

Step 1. Import Canon HF R306 AVCHD videos to the top MTS to FCP Converter for Mac.


Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format.



Step 3. Click "Convert" button to start transcoding Canon Legria HF R306 AVCHD files to Apple ProRes Codec for Final Cut Pro X under Mac OS.

Some more helpful features of the app:

1. Settings- click to set video resolution(1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate(from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p)

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

After a shot conversion, you will be able to load/transfer Canon Legria HF R306 AVCHD videos into Final Cut Pro X editing without rendering.

Tips: Before you try to do the conversion, if you are also a FCP X user, please make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.



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