This guide centers on how to easily and quickly convert AVCHD files to ProRes 4444/422 with the help of the best AVCHD video converter for editing with Final Cut Pro.
'I have 1.25 TB of AVCHD video files from Canon C100 MkII that I want to edit with Final Cut Pro. But I find that I can't import AVCHD video file into FCP, why? Some people suggest me to figure out a proper ProRes converter to transcode AVCHD to ProRes 4444/422. Is there any good AVCHD to Apple ProRes converter for recommendation?'
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Download Free MP4 Converter for macOS 10.7 or later and enjoy it on your Mac. Free MP4 Converter is professional MP4 Video Converting software, which helps you convert any video format to and from MP4 video for playback on iPhone (iPhone X/8/7/SE/6s/6s Plus/6/6 Plus/5s/5c/5/4S), iPad (iPad Pro/Air 2/mini 3/4/Air/mini 2), iPod, and Apple TV. AVCHD is one of the most popular formats used by HD camcorders such as Sony, Panasonic, Canon, JVC, etc. In order to handle the AVCHD video files properly, it is recommended to use a professional AVCHD Converter for Mac (Mountain Lion and Lion OS supported) by Doremisoft.
Free download MacX Video Converter Pro to transcode AVCHD in .m2ts or .mts to ProRes 4444/422 with world's No.1 fast speed and original quality reserved for editing with Final Cut Pro, iMovie, etc.
Why Need Convert AVCHD to ProRes?
Developed by Sony and Panasonic, AVCHD (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) is a file-based format for the digital recording and playback of HD video and often with the file extension of mts or m2ts. Obviously, this HD video format is favored by most of HD cameras and camcorders (Sony, Canon, JVC, Panasonic, etc.) since it can compress and produce high quality videos. Commonly, most of people would like to rely on Final Cut Pro to edit AVCHD video file for sharing or uploading. But, if you are an experienced FCP user, you know that it is not easy to import AVCHD video files to Final Cut Pro because FCP is only support AVCHD file including AVCCAM, AVCHD Lite and NXCAM.
Though sometimes Final Cut Pro can open and edit AVCHD through log and transfer operations, there are many restrictions, e.g., an Intel based Mac computer is needed to edit AVCHD in Final Cut Pro, quality loss issue will happen during log and transfer period, FCP will transcode AVCHD file before editing so that the transcoded file will be several times of original AVCHD, etc. In fact, the best video format for Final Cut Pro is Apple ProRes which is a lossy video compression format. To ensure a fluent editing process, you'd better convert AVCHD (MTS& M2TS) to ProRes 4444/422 via a functional AVCHD to Apple ProRes converter before putting AVCHD files to Final Cut Pro.
Which is the Best AVCHD to ProRes Converter?
MacX Video Converter Pro, a full-featured AVCHD video converter, offers users a perfect way to transcode AVCHD to Apple ProRes. To be specific, it can:
* painlessly convert 8K/4K UHD, 1080p/720P HD and even SD AVCHD (MTS & M2TS) video file from Sony, Canon, Panasonic, etc to Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 HQ, Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 LT, and Apple ProRes 422 Proxy with original quality reserved.
* transcode AVCHD in .m2ts or .mts to ProRes 4444/422 with world's No.1 fast speed thanks to its multi-core CPU utility, hyper-threading tech and Intel Quick Sync Video hardware acceleration tech.
* convert AVCHD file to other 180 video formats and 14 popular audio formats on Mac/Win for playback without limits, such as camcorder AVCHD to MP4, AVCHD to AVI, AVCHD to MOV, AVCHD to WebM, AVCHD to MP3, M2TS to MP4, etc.
* edit AVCHD files by trimming, merging, cropping, adding subtitle or watermark, etc.
* free download raw AVCHD video samples at full HD 1080P/720P or 8K/4K UHD from 1000+ online video sharing sites like YouTube, Vimeo, Dailymotion, Facebook, Twitter and more.
How to Convert AVCHD Footage to ProRes with High Quality
To begin with AVCHD to ProRes transcoding, you should download this AVCHD video converter on your Mac computer (macOS Big Sur incl.); you can download Windows version (Win 10 supported) of this MTS to ProRes converter if necessary. Now, please follow the below step-by-step guide to convert AVCHD with the file extension of .mts/m2ts to ProRes format.
Step 1: Add AVCHD Video
Open up this AVCHD to ProRes converter for Mac/Win and click '+ Video' button to load AVCHD video files. Certainly, this AVCHD to Apple ProRes converter supports transcoding videos in batch such that you can import more than one AVCHD video at a time.
Step 2: Set ProRes as Output Format
Navigate to Apple Device column from the drop-down windows to choose ProRes video as output format.
Note: To improve the output video quality, you can adjust video bit rate, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, sample rate or channels.
Step 3: Start Converting AVCHD Video to ProRes
Hit 'RUN' button to start AVCHD to ProRes 4444/422, MTS to ProRes 4444, M2TS to ProRes 422LT, etc. conversion task with high quality reserved. Then, you don't need to worry about the disk space or wether your computer is Intel-based or not.
AVCHD (Advanced Video Codec High Definition) is high definition camcorder video format jointly developed by Panasonic and Sony for use in consumer camcorders. It is a form of video compression that allows the large data files created by HD video recording to be captured and saved on digital media such as hard disk drives and flash memory cards.
There are cases that you would like to play AVCHD videos with QuickTime or edit the camcorder movies by using Final Cut Pro on Mac. Here I want to ask you some questions. How do you play AVCHD on Mac? Have you ever encountered problem in watching AVCHD videos on your Mac? Do you want to enjoy AVCHD videos on your iPhone or iPad? Well, some useful methods are collected here to tell you how to view AVCHD on Mac.
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Method 1: Play AVCHD video on Mac with AVCHD Players
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AVCHD videos are not supported by QuickTime player on Mac. Therefore, getting an AVCHD player in hand is quite necessary for viewing AVCHD videos on Mac OS X (El Capitan). Below are some available AVCHD video players for Mac.
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player is one of the widely used multimedia players. It’s free and supports playing tons of format like AVCHD, MPEG, FLV, AVI, MOV and many more. VLC media player is easy to handle and is regarded as the best alternative to iTunes and RealPlayer. This AVCHD video player offers Windows version as well as Mac version (Mac OS X 10.1 to 10.6).
MPlayer OSX
Watching AVCHD videos on Mac with MPlayer OSX is easy as it is a binary distribution of MPlayer that compatible with Mac OS X. It is impressed by its powerful features to play virtually any video/audio files in the window of full screen mode. This AVCHD player for Mac also enjoys fast response speed and extensively supports keyboard shortcuts. The supported OS is Mac OS X 10.4 or later.
Method 2: View AVCHD video files by converting AVCHD to Mac friendly format
Even there are so much decent AVCHD video players for Mac available to choose, limitations still exist. For example, how do you watch AVCHD videos on your iPhone or iPad? Well, here’s the solution. Converting AVCHD videos to Mac/mobile devices like iPad, iPhone, Android phones compatible format is a commonly used way to achieve the goal to easily enjoy AVCHD video files on the go.
To conduct the conversion on Mac, you can apply Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac which is well known for its excellent performance on converting video/audio format. This Mac AVCHD converter can convert between virtually any popular video/audio format, like AVCHD, AVI, WMV, MOV, M4V, FLV, MPEG, WebM, DivX, XviD, MTS, M2TS, DV, MP3, WMA, M4A, AIFF and many more.
Moreover, you can customize the AVCHD files with the built-in editor. The supported editing features include trimming the videos to small segments, crop the video frame size, adjust the video effects and parameters like brightness, contrast, saturation, add watermarks, import subtitles and more. There is also Windows equivalence available to choose if you are Windows users. That is Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate that enjoys all features of the Mac one.
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By using method above, watching AVCHD video files on Mac is not a problem anymore. Just select the most suitable one to your situation.