Saturday, June 22, 2013

Sony Cyber-shot RX100 sequel leaks in Japanese with WiFi and tilting display

We were more than a little smitten with Sony's original RX100, a high-end Cybershot point-and-shoot housing a notable 1-inch 20.2-megapxiel CMOS sensor alongside a f/1.8 Carl Zeiss lens. It looks like there were enough customers that thought the same, because SonyAlphaRumors has gleaned several images from the manual for a sequel device.

The site has more to share, but it's checking its translations first. In the meantime, these initial images already point to some notable hardware additions. Alongside a screen that can tilt up and down (plus a light sensor to adjust brightness automatically), the mark two RX100 will apparently catch up with Sony's NEX series, adding built-in WiFi too. There's also the addition of a hot shoe for mics and other peripherals, but fear not: there's still the built-in flash to the left of it. Naming, pricing and availability are still unknowns, but according to the site's mole, the camera will get formally announced later this month on June 27.

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Thursday, June 20, 2013

Deinterlace/Import Sony DSC-WX30 1080i mts to Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle and Windows Movie Maker

Sony has announced the WX30, a 5x zoom camera with 16.2MP backlit CMOS sensor.
Overview:
Professional quality in your pocket

So compact and easy to use, the Cyber-shot™ WX30 digital camera offers extraordinary imaging possibilities. Step up to high-performance imaging with detail-packed stills, 3D and smooth Full HD video. Picture Effect lets you achieve impressive creative results with ease.

Features:

  • Better looking pictures made easy 
    Not sure how to pick the perfect camera settings to suit a particular scene? Don’t worry, help is at hand. Superior Auto Mode adjusts exposure and other camera settings for optimum results in a wide range of shooting situations.
  •  Magical moviesLeft your camcorder behind? One touch is all that’s needed to shoot brilliantly crisp, detailed HD 1080i video clips. Picture quality is wonderfully clear and smooth, while efficient AVCHD video compression keeps files smaller for storing and sharing.
  • Add a new dimension with 3DDiscover an incredible world of 3D imaging. Shoot 3D stills at the touch of a button. Capture wide 3D images to enjoy on your 3D TV with Sweep Panorama. Sweep Multi Angle creates amazing 3D-like views you can explore by tilting the camera screen.
  • Sensational images, even in low light 

    Many cameras struggle to produce crisp, clear images in low light. The revolutionary Exmor R™ CMOS sensor boosts sensitivity while reducing image noise for brilliant, detail-packed pictures. 

Tips: Sony DSC-WX30 1080i AVCHD workflow on Windows PC editing program

Sony WX30 offers 1080i recordings in AVCHD and MP4 format, so if you wanna import WX30 AVCHD file to PC in video editing programs like Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle or Windows Movie Maker for editing, you may find most video editing programs does not recognize the WX30 AVCHD video footage, and that's why we need to convert Sony MTS to editable formats before editing.

Soteware Requirement:

Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac - a powerful Sony AVCHD MTS Converter can help you easily transcode Sony WX30 1080i AVCHD to best codec for Windows platform. (Downlaod the Windows version here: )

This is the main interface of the AVCHD to AVI/WMV/MOV Converter:



You can choose rich output formats for editing on Windows.

For example, it the Format box, you can select WMV (for Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker), MOV (for Avid Media Composer), AVI (for Pinnacle Studio), etc.

After encoding Sony WX30 1080i MTS to Windows PC compatible format, Sony WX30 1080i AVCHD footage can be imported to Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle or Windows Movie Maker instantly and also the 1080i is deinterlaced.

Another program Pavtube Video Converter can do the same job, it can also deal with you blu-ray, DVD and HD Videos. just have a try!

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

Top Canon MXF Converter-Convert Canon XF300 MXF videos for editing in Apple Aperture 3 on Mac


In this article you can find the best method to edit Canon XF300 MXF videos in Apple Aperture 3 on Mac, just learn how to convert Canon MXF for Apple Aperture 3 with the best Canon MXF Converter. 

Canon has been the center of attention in the growing DSLR market, and XF300 Professional Camcorder represents Canon's entry into professional solid state video acquisition. XF300 takes advantage of the latest HD technology--along with Canon's newly developed MPEG-2 4:2:2 codec--to record Full HD video at 1920 x 1080 resolution to affordable Compact Flash cards.


"I have just got my Canon XF300, and I want to convert the .mxf movie files in XF300 Camcorder into a format that I can use in Aperture. I plug the camera into the iMac using MAC OSX, but my Apple Aperture 3 does not read Canon XF300 files natively. I tried Canon XF utility, with very limited success. Is there a recommended workflow for me to move XF300 MXF files from an HDD to Aperture?"

You may meet similar problem with importing Canon XF300 MXF into  Apple Aperture 3 on Mac 10.8, the main problems are the video formats not supported to import, as many video codecs are not compatible with Apple Aperture 3. The best compatible format is Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format.

To help Canon XF300 owners get rid of this trouble, here offers the easy way to import and edit Canon XF300 MXF in Apple Aperture 3. You can follow the steps below.

Step1: Run Pavtube Mac MXF to MOV Converter for Apple Aperture 3, click “Add file” or “Add from folder” button to load your source MXF clips or drag and drop the XF300 MXF files to the converter. You are allowed to add multiple files to convert at a time.


Step 2: Click format column and choose the output format. You are recommended to choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), it’s great for editing in Apple Aperture 3.


Step 3: Click settings button to adjust the output video’s parameters, such as bitrate, resolution, etc.

Step 4: Start converting Canon XF300 MXF videos to Apple Aperture 3.

After converting, you can load Canon XF300 MXF video to Apple Aperture 3 for editing as you want, now you can have a try.

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Monday, June 17, 2013

Best method to import Sony HDR-SR12 MTS to Final Cut Pro on Mac

To get Final Cut Pro working perfectly with SR12 AVCHD .mts files, a best way is to convert Sony SR12 MTS to ProRes MOV, something ensuring best results when using .mts files in FCP. Read on to learn details.
 

Sony HDR-SR12

As the leader in the high-definition camcorder category, Sony is further expanding the industry with the introduction of a new HD camcorder model. Sony HDR-SR12 hard drive camcorder is based on AVCHD technology and feature full 1920 x 1080 high-definition recording for outstanding clarity and detail. It delivers the highest HD resolution available without sacrificing recording times. And features a new high-profile encoding system to optimize encoding efficiency. And, because HDR SR12 is based on the industry-standard MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 video codec, it enters the market compatible with many third-party editing suites, however not including Final Cut Pro. 
 

I became a Mac user just a few days ago, when I bought a MacBook Pro. Now I'm trying out the trial of Final Cut Pro X 10.0.0.1 with my Sony HDR-SR12. I have problems getting my MTS-files to/imported to Final Cut Pro X. I've read the help over and over again, searched on Google and youtube, and in this forum. Nothing seems to help me. This is what I tried (and of course all sorts of it):  

- Start FCPX
- Connect my Sony HDR-SR12 with USB
- Turn the camcorder on and choose USB CONNECT
- Press the "Import media from a connected device" icon in FCPX
- "NO NAME" is showing up, with a circle... waiting...
- After a minute, "NO NAME" disappears

Any ideas? Thanks, 


Like almost all Sony HDR camcorder users, you may be confused on how to edit Sony HDR-SR12 video with Final Cut Pro on Mac OS X as above. Final Cut Pro isn't compatible with Sony HDR-SR12 AVCHD video, so before solving this problem, you have to convert Sony HDR-SR12 AVCHD to FCP acceptable file format like MOV video format encoded with ProRes or H.264 codec on Mac OS X for natively importing SR12 mts files to FCP.

Sony MTS to FCP Converter is a top assisting app for AVCHD to Mac processing. It re-wraps the Sony AVCHD .mts/.m2ts media into a .mov format so that FCP can read the mts files. Because no actual encoding takes place, the conversion takes in a few seconds. For users that wanna skip rendering process in FCP, it is also possible to export Apple ProRes encoded .mov.

The easy way to import and edit Sony SR12 AVCHD in Final Cut Pro 

Step 1: Download Pavtube AVCHD to Final Cut Pro Converter and import your Sony SR12 AVCHD file. This software will solve your AVCHD to Final Cut Pro importing problems.



Step 2: You will need to choose the output format for FCP. You are recommended to choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), it’s great for editing in FCP. 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 SR12 AVCHD to Final Cut Pro with Prores Codec.

After converting, you can load Sony SR12 AVCHD video to Final Cut Pro for editing as you want, now you can have a try.

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Friday, June 14, 2013

Convert Sony XR150 MTS to Final Cut Express 4 on Mac

 
Sony HDR-XR150 120GB HD Handycam Camcorder offers up 1920 x 1080i high def recording to a 120GB hard disk drive. The XR150 also allows for recording to Memory Stick Media and SD/SDHC memory cards. In addition to capturing high quality HD footage, the camera is also capable of taking 3MP stills and features 1080/60p playback via HDMI to HDTV.  

XR150 produces AVCHD videos for me very well. But some users have found out that they are unable to edit XR150 AVCHD in Final Cut Express, as below.

Q1: I have acquired a HDR-XR150 and I was wondering if it will fit with final cut express. It's the only program I have and I don't have a windows... I already had a sony handycam but it was not working with mac...at all...it was awful. If I plug the camcorder in my Mac will the program find it? 

Q2:I recently purchased the above mentioned camera. It seems like there is "no way" to get my clips into Final Cut Express 4. Could you please help me?

Such problem is caused by the video format.FCE cannot recognize those AVCHD MTS/M2TS Files natively. In view of this circumstance, what can we do in order to edit Sony XR150 AVCHD video in FCE without blocking? Anyone who has used FCE will know that FCE supports AIC .MOV format fully. Therefore, we can think of a way to convert AVCHD files to FCE's favorable formats first before importing them to FCE for editing. Let's skip to have a look at how to use this stunning converter to see how wonderfully it works. Only three steps are required to finish the conversion.

Step1: Import the Sony XR150 Video Files

After downloading and running the Mac MTS to FCE Converter as per the link below, click "Add File" to upload your Sony XR150 AVCHD MTS, M2TS files to the program. 

Step2: Set the appropriate output video format

In order to convert MTS to AIC for using in iMovie 8/9/11, simply hit "Format" menu and follow "iMovie and Final Cut Express" > "Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)".


Tips: By clicking "Settings" button, you are able to enter the "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video and audio parameters for your Sony XR150 source files, including video size, bit rate, frame rate and more.



Step3: Hit the "Convert" button to kick off to Sony XR150 MTS files to AIC MOV conversion on Mac.

About Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac

This program is good at encoding AVCHD/MOD/TOD camera shootings to different formats (H.264 MOV/MTS/M2TS/M2T/MKV/AVI/MXF, etc.) for editing on more Mac editing software, i.e. encode AVCHD to ProRes for FCP, encode MTS to DNxHD MOV for Avid, transcode M2TS to WMV/MOV/MPG for Premiere Pro, etc...Only need to change the step 2.

To sum up, we can rely on this multifunctional video converter to deal with the Sony XR500 AVCHD format issue with FCE by taking several steps. Just follow the guide to help you easily handle Sony HDR-XR150 footages in Final Cut Express for smoothly editing as you want.

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Thursday, June 13, 2013

20% OFF iMedia Converter for FCP, iMovie, Avid, Premiere on Father's Day Gift Guide

Father's Day is coming! Have you got plans to show as well as tell your Dad how much you love him. If you haven't figured out any strategy, and want to give him a special surprise, why not think about something our fathers are looking forward to and would actually use in daily life like software tool?



To celebrate Father's Day with you, Pavtube Studio launch a huge Coupon Code as the 2013 Father's Day Special Gifts. Up to 30% off for your beloved dad! Backup/convert BD/DVD/Videos for home server, iPhone/iPad/Android/Windows 8 Tablets & Phones, various Video Editing Software(FCP, iMovie, FCE, Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker, etc.)

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In below contents I recommend several simple and easy softwares as gifts for Father's Day.

1. Best Blu-ray Ripper software as Father's Day Gift 2013

Pavtube (3D) Blu-ray Ripper which is considered as professional Blu-ray and DVD movie ripping program is capable of ripping 3D Blu-ray discs, 2D Blu-ray Discs and standard DVDs to required video formats including MPEG-4/H.264 MP4, MPEG, RM, QuickTime MOV, MPG, Xvid, Divx, 3GP, FLV, VOB, ASF, SWF, DV, MP3, AC3, AAC, OGG, FLAC, etc, so that you can play the generated BD\DVD movies on media players like Apple TV 3rd Generation, WD TV Media Player and PS3, and portable devices, such as iPad 3, Galaxy Tab 3, Samsung Galaxy S III, Google Nexus 10, Nexus 7, and video editing programs including Window Movie Maker, Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid, Pinnacle Studio.

Pavtube (3D) Blu-ray Ripper is a perfect Blu-ray copy software tool which supports full disc copy (1:1) to the hard drive of your PC with Blu-ray and DVD's original structures without any quality loss. Plus, taking advantage of the NVIDIA CUDA technology and AMD APP technology, the conversion speed can be increased up to 6 times faster than ever before.

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2. Best DVD Ripper software as Father's Day Gift 2013

Playing DVD movies on DVD player at home has never been a problem for you. The question is, what if you'd like to enjoy your favorite DVD movies when on the road? Bringing several discs along tend to be inconvenient, not to mention they jump on the most crucial scenes and are prone to scratches. Now that Android-based devices have rocked into the mainstream, there's an easy way taking DVD movies alongside, i.e., ripping DVD and putting movies onto your Android tablet/phone or iPad, iPhone and Windows 8 devices, etc.

Pavtube DVD Ripper is the best DVD ripping software that provides movie lovers with the easiest way to rip and convert DVD movies to MP4/AVI/MKV/WMV and many other video and audio formats with high quality. It works as a powerful DVD to tablet/smartphone/HD media player converter which enables you to enjoy DVD movie on your portable devices and HD Media Players

Taking advantage of the NVIDIA CUDA and ATI Stream acceleration technologies, the conversion speed is increased up to 6 times faster than ever before.

Transfer DVD ISO/IFO to Surface RT & Pro
Put DVD to Nook HD or HD+ Tablet with desired subtitles
Convert DVD ISO/IFO to Galaxy Tab 2 10.1
Transfer DVD movies to Nabi 2 tablet for your kid
Transfer DVD to Coby Kyros Tablet
Play DVD/DVD ISO/IFO on Nexus 4 in 16:9 widescreen
Play DVD movies on LG 32LV2400 HDTV

3. Wonderful all-in-one Video Converter Ultimate program as best Father's Day Gift 2013

Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate integrates a best Blu-ray Ripper, a DVD Ripper, and a Video Converter together for your father to backup and rip Blu-ray/DVD, ISO/IFO movies and convert various video and audio files to device optimized formats with super fast conversion speed and excellent image and sound quality.

An all-in-one solution to fast convert Blu-ray/DVD and various videos to MKV/AVI/H.264…
Stream media contents from your PC to Android, Windows and iOS devices over wireless network.
Backup Blu-ray 3D movies to 3D/2D video files like MP4, AVI, MKV, MOV, WMV, etc.
Convert Video/DVD/Blu-ray to the new iPad 3, Apple TV 3, Xoom. Galaxy Tab, HTC One X, Asus Transformer Pad TF300, Galaxy Note 10.1… with pleasant quality.
Support NVIDIA CUDA and ATI Stream (AMD APP) acceleration technologies.
Convert Blu-ray and DVD movies with your specified audio/subs tracks.

Convert Blu-ray/DVD movies to iTunes 11 for streaming to Apple TV 3 with AC3 5.1 surround sound
Transfer 1080p Videos, Blu-ray, DVD movies to Galaxy Tab 3
Sync DVD, Blu-ray, 1080p Videos to Galaxy S4
Enjoy HD Contents (DVD, Blu-ray, 1080p Videos) on Galaxy Note II
Watch DVD, Blu-ray, and 1080p MKV, AVI, WMV Video on LG Optimus G Pro
ASUS VivoTab Smart ME400 play Blu-ray, DVD and 1080p videos from flash drive
Stream DVD, Blu-ray Movies, 1080p HD Videos to PS3 with 5.1 sound
Extract audio from a section of Blu-ray movie for use in Pro Tools 9

4. Best iMedia Converter for Mac as Father's Day Gift 2013

Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is an all-in-one Blu-ray Converter for Mac, Mac DVD Converter, and Video Converter for Mac. It helps you convert videos, non-protected Blu-ray and DVD movies to a wide variety of devices for well playback, including iPad/iPad 2, the new iPad, iPad mini, iPad 4, Galaxy Tab 10.1, Kindle Fire HD 7/8.9, Microsoft Surface RT/Pro, Toshiba Thrive, Dell Streak, Archos 101/70/7/5 , Apple TV/Apple TV 2/Apple TV 3, iTouch 4, Nokia N9, Droid X, Motorola Atrix 4G, PS3, Xbox 360, etc.

The iMedia Converter for Mac can convert 1080p/720p camera/camcorder footage(.MXF, .MTS, .MOV, .AVI…)to editable files for using in non-linear editing apps like iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro (X), Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro and more. The HD footage can be compressed to SD video clips for storage when you wanna save storage space. The Mac iMedia Converter is also able to extract audios from Blu-rays, DVDs and various videos for media players with high quality and fast conversion speed.

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Import Blu-ray contents to iMovie/FCE for editing

5. Great Android Video Converter as Father's Day Gift 2013

Pavtube Video Converter supports multiple video files from camera video footage, TiVo recordings, and regular videos like MKV, TS, TOD, MOD, FLV, F4V, AVI, QuickTime MOV, VOB, MP4, MPG, MPEG, ASF, MVI, VP6, EVO, VRO, DV, MP3, AC3, MKA, WMA, WAV, M4A, OGG, APE and more as source files to output another format you expect for media player and portable devices playing and video editing program editing.

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Stream DirecTV DVR shows to PC and smartphones
Put TiVo to NAS device for playing through Roku or WD TV Live
Transfer AVI to Kindle Fire HD
Play MKV/AVI/MPG/TiVo/VOB on Surface RT & Pro

Other user-friendly and effective products for Father's Day 2013

Pavtube brings many other programs for our fathers to entertain their spare time, like Pavtube DVD Creator for burning Blu-ray/DVD movies and video clips onto a blank DVD, Pavtube ByteCopy for backing up Blu-ray and DVD movies to MKV with lossless quality and full preservation of all audio tracks, subtitles and chapter markers, etc.,Pavtube ChewTune for converting iTunes videos/Digital Copies/Amazon movies/BBC iPlayer videos to Android/iOS/Windows 8 Tablets or Phones, etc.

Never miss to get 20% off iMedia Converter for Mac, Video Converter Ultimate and 30% off Blu-ray Ripper and DVD Ripper at 2013 Father's Day Special Offer!

Monday, June 10, 2013

Father's Day Gift Guide: Save $13 on Best iOS Video Converter Ultimate

HOOOOOOOOT NEWS: 2013 Father's Day is just around the corner! Pavtube is offering up to 30% OFF discount at Pavtube 2013 Father's Day Biggest Promotion. Like us on our facebook page to get it Now! And don't forget to tell your friends about it! Expires on June 23, 2013. Time-limited! Never Miss! 

 

Apple based devices become an essential part in many people's life and we would love to put everything such as pictures, videos or anything else on our iPad, iPhone, iPod and Apple TV for watching or sharing with our family and friends. While not all kinds of videos are supported by Apple iOS based devices like BD/DVD movies, and video files including .MKV, .AVI, .MXF. To enjoy your Blu-ray/DVD movie collections and video files on your Apple iOS devices, you need converting them into Apple supported formats such as .MP4 and .M4V for viewing on your iPad/iPhone/iPad/Apple TV. 

How to get Blu-ray/DVD movies and video files like .MKV/.AVI/.MXF on iPad/iPhone/iPod/Apple TV watching? 

1. Preparation 

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Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate combines all features of a blu-ray converter, a DVD converter and a video converter, which is capable of ripping BD/DVD movies and converting video files into iPad/iPhone/iPod/Apple TV optimized format. 

2. Import BD/DVD disc and .MKV/.AVI/.MXF video 

 

3. Select output format 

Pavtube Apple iOS Converter offers multiple formats and profiles for different devices and you are recommended to find desired format for iPad/iPhone/iPod/Apple TV in the following window. 

 

4. Customize profile presets. (Optional) 

Click Settings button, then you will be able to change all the settings in the following window, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel to custom output file quality for iPad/iPhone/iPod/Apple TV. 

5. Start conversion. 

After conversion complete, click Open icon to locate the converted video and sync MP4/M4V videos to iPad/iPhone/iPod or set up Apple TV for streaming HD videos with Dolby Digital 5.1 sounds

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