I hate FCP (MTS->AIC HELP)

SlickRick.

SlickRick.

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i swear it makes everything so difficult compared to vegas pro...
anyways ive been shooting with a buddies AVCHD camera, and obviously FCP doesnt read .MTS files, so i struggled for so long to find a way to convert them to a readable file (i didnt copy the whole footage folder from the camera, so i cant use FCP to convert). finally found a sick app called ReWrapM4V, which works, except it writes in a h264 codec, which OBVIOUSLY isnt designed for editing, and lags like hell in playback. TO TOP THINGS OFF every time i try to use the mac compressor to convert the M4V files to AIC which is better for editing, it becomes all pixelated and laggy.
IDK what to do, and i just want to edit this footage with watchable playback. HALP PLZZ what can i use to convert the MTS files to AIC???
 
that doesnt accept .mts files. and when i use the .m4v files, i have the same problem. glitchy and pixly when converting to .mov, and skippy when converting to .avi
 
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I realize, but since i just have the bare file, it wont let me. In order to log and transfer avchd footage, you need to have copied the entire file containing the footage because it has some sort of other files that are needed. Its my friends camera, which is now 300 miles away, so i cannot get the entire folder anymore.
 
For some reason every time I try this it gives me an error message. It starts, then the status bar makes no progress and after about 5 seconds it says it's idle and then stopped.

I spent forever trying to find the answers online and other people that had the same problem changed the audio from matrix to plain stereo and their problems were solved. However I've had no luck. Help me as well!
 
LOL at the replies. I spent like 2 days messing around with this. The easiest is to use that M4V wrapper program. Then import the files into Final Cut. Then do a batch export inside FCP and do a batch export to Prores 422. Finally when you drop those back into your timeline, FCP will match them to whatever your timeline's settings are. I would use a decent deinterlacer if they are interlaced on the clips as well.
 
avchd is rarely interlaced unless youre shooting broadcast. the deinterlacing filter in fcp works great
 
The crap I got from my friend was 1080i AVCHD without the folder structure, just the MTS files. I liked the Natress deinterlacer better than FCP's.
 
Stupid iPhone... FCP is far more capable than Vegas, so it's to be more complicated. As with anything, the less simple it is, the more likely something is going to go wrong. Fancy that ehh?
 
yea your right. but its not necessarily the features. its just little things, you cant change the speed of a clip simply by clicking, pressing a button, and dragging. you have to change the speed manually.
 
True, but I see that as a positive because then you have the option of typing in a specific amount, which is always better imo because framerates have to "add up"; you can't just randomly stretch them to arbitrary durations because then the quality of the motion will suffer.
 
While Final Cut does not edit AVCHD natively, it is still a simple procedure to utilize the AVCHD footage. In Final Cut you would open your log and transfer window and import the footage as Pro Res 422 which, while it creates larger files. I suggest you purchsed MTS Convert for Mac, saved your time.

iMovie,FCE converts mts format into the Apple Intermediate Codec...an option that FCP offers as well. FCP defaults to ProRes...which is bigger than AIC.

http://fastblurayripper.com/how-to-log-and-transfer-mts-fils-to-final-cut-pro
 
I had to do a gig with avchd and had the same issue. Its mac in general that doesbt support mts. I ended up having yo download aunsoft video converter so i could get a prores 422 format
 
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