Summary: Have got a Sony Alpha A6000 and want to import & edit AVCHD .mts footages in iMovie 11 without issues; check out the guide to learn how to convert Sony Alpha a6000 1080 60p MTS clips to iMovie compatible AIC MOV video.
The new Alpha a6000 sits in the same place in Sony's mirrorless lineup and adds a number of significant new features. It allows you to record 1080/60p/24p AVCHD video. After showing off your Full HD videos, you will be disappointed when you import footage from Sony Alpha A6000 to iMovie for further editing and find all 60p MTS files are greyed out. Fortunately, there is an easy way to solve the issue. Find it out here.
There are mainly two reasons why you can not transfer video files from Sony A6000 to iMovie, including iMovie 8/9/11. Firstly, the recordings with the codec H.264/MPEG-4 are highly compressed for saving storage space and smooth playback, but the H.264 files are not suitable for editing, so editing H.264 MTS files in iMovie is always a headache for editors. Secondly, up to now, iMovie can not always successfully recognize footages at 60fps (60p). So if you want to ingest 60p AVCHD footage to iMovie, you will sometimes meet the importing problem.
Well, no worry. Here I’d like to show you an easy way to fix the issue. Since Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) is the most compatible codec introduced by App which ensures maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with iMovie, the common practice for working Sony a6000 MTS with iMovie is, get a Mac MTS to iMovie Converter and transcode Sony a6000 .mts footage to AIC MOV, which will save you both time and trouble. All you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing.
This Mac AVCHD Converter comes with supports for a wide range of video editing software and media devices, including iMovie, Final Cut Express, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Pro and. It helps you convert Sony as well as Panasonic, Canon AVCHD recording to any editable format like AIC. mov, MPEG-2, DNxHD, ProRes, etc as you need without any quality loss.
Tutorial: Convert Sony a6000 60p AVCHD footage into iMovie for editing perfectly
Step 1. Free download and run the Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac and import Alpha a6000 MTS files to the program.
Step 2. Click “format” bar to choose the compatible output format for iMovie. Choose “iMovie and Final Cut Express-Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov)” as the best format for iMovie.
Tip: Click the “Settings” icon and you’d better set the video size as 1920*1080, video frame rate as 30fps for importing Sony A6000 1080 60p MTS to iMovie with the best quality.
Step 3. Click convert button to start transcoding Sony Alpha a6000 MTS to AIC .mov for iMovie (iMovie 11) on Mac immediately.
When the Mac conversion finished, you can easily import Sony A6000 MTS files to iMovie for editing with the best quality. You're done.
Additional Tips:
If you want to edit Sony Alpha a6000 MTS clips in Final Cut Pro X or FCP 7/6, you just need to choose the "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format in the second step; For Adobe Premiere Pro, choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output.
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Sat Nov 15, 2014 9:04 am by miniavatar
