Summary: For Panasonic Lumix GM1 users, to edit the AVCHD recordings in iMovie, the best method is to convert Panasonic GM1 AVCHD MTS to AIC codec MOV format first, and then you can edit GM1 videos in iMovie freely.
As a video enthusiast or advanced amateur, you will find your inspirational match in the new Panasonic Lumix GM1. It is a pocketable camera with a 16 megapixel Four Thirds sensor that is able to record smooth, Full-HD 1920 x 1080 50i/60i videos in AVCHD or MP4 format. However, something turns to be frustrated, while we trying to import Panasonic GM1 AVCHD to iMovie, the iMovie 8/9/11 is not compatible well with these MTS files.
Well, the easiest workaround so far to import and edit Panasonic Lumix GM1 videos in iMovie is to convert the AVCHD MTS files to iMovie preferred editing format- Apple InterMediate Codec .mov. Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac comes out to achieve your goal smoothly. This Mac MTS converter features full support for almost all Canon, Sony and Panasonic AVCHD cameras, and it converts MTS files to editable format for using in iMovie, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro, without visible quality loss and ensures audio and video in perfect synchronization. Below is a simple guide to follow for transcoding Panasonic DMC-GM1 MTS to iMovie.
How to Convert Panasonic DMC-GM1 MTS video to iMovie
Step 1: After launching the Panasonic MTS Converter on Mac, load your AVCHD footage to it from your Camcorder.
If necessary, you can click the button "Merge into one" to join several MTS videos to one file.
Step 2: Click "format" to open the output format drop-up list to select "iMovie and Final Cut Express--> Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov)" as the output format for Mac iMovie.
Tip: You may as well click Settings to adjust video and audio parameters on the Profile Setting as you need. We recommend 1920*1080 as video size, 30fps for users in NTSC area and 25fps in PAL area as video bitrate to get the best video quality.
Step 3: Click Convert button to start to convert Panasonic GM1 AVCHD to AIC .mov for iMovie.
Once the conversion completes, simply click “Open” button to get the converted videos. And now you can bring the Panasonic Lumix GM1 MTS footage into iMovie to create your own masterpieces.
P.S. With this MTS to AIC Converter, you can also transcode Panasonic GM1 AVCHD MTS to Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, FCE, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc NLE systems with the optimal presets: Apple ProRes, DNxHD, Apple InterMediate Codec, MPEG-2…
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Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:04 am by miniavatar
