Summary: Want to open and edit Sony DSC-RX100 (60p) AVCHD footage in Premiere Pro while facing import problems. Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix the issue. Let's find it out here.
Sony DSC-RX100, one of the hot Cyber Shot camera, is capable of recordings crystal clear movies in Full HD 1080p at 60 fps and shooting vivid pictures in ultra low-light situations. While enjoying the stunning HD image quality, many folks are having problems when importing Sony RX100 60p footage into Premiere Pro. If you're in such a situation, you can read on the article to learn more, which mainly shows you how to get Adobe Premiere to work perfectly with Sony DSC-RX100 60p AVCHD files.
Well, the reason that you can't successfully ingest AVCHD footages on 60p format to your non-linear editing systems is simple. Currently 1080/60p footage is a very non-standard format and it's not added into the supported lists of Adobe Premiere Pro (CS6), Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer and other NLEs. In order to edit Sony 60p MTS files in Premiere Pro smoothly, the easy workaround is to use 3rd-party to rewrap and convert 60p footage a more "editable" format.
In this case, Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac comes here to help you achieve your goal. It is a powerful high-quality AVCHD video converter, player and editor. It can help you transcode Sony DSC-RX100 60p AVHD to Avid DNxHD, ProRes and MPEG-2 to ensure maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Media Composer, Final Cut Pro X and Adobe Premiere Pro under Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard 10.6, Leopard 10.5. If you're facing problems when uploading 60p/50p AVCHD footage to Premiere Pro CS6 as well as Final Cut Pro X, Avid Media Composer on Mac, just download and install the software.
Transcoding Sony DSC-RX100 60p AVCHD footage for editing in Premiere Pro
Step 1. Run the nice AVCHD MTS Converter on your Mac and load mpg clips to it by clicking “Add” button. The software supports batch conversion, so you can import several videos to it one time.
Step 2. Click "Format" bar and then move your pointer to "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas --> MPEG-2(*.mpg)" and select it as output.
Tip: Adjust the video and audio parameters as the below screenshot, including the Bitrate of Video&Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality before starting conversion.
Step 3. Press "Convert" button to start encoding.
Your 1080 60p MTS files from Sony RX100 will be converted into MPEG-2 files ready to be imported into Adobe Premiere Pro. You're done! Now you may know how to ingest and edit Sony Cyber-shot RX100 60p.MTS footage in Premiere Pro with ease.
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Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:04 am by miniavatar
