Additionally I don't want to blow up my storage to any larger than it needs to be.Ī.Y Your results at that link were beneficial. I don't like having half my library in a format (M2TS/Sony PMB format) that my Mac can not readily read. The files I have from Sony PMB are M2TS, M2TS.MOFF, and MODD.ĭo I do anything with the M2TS.MOFF or the MODD files or just rewrap the M2TS file?Īgain, I am only storing these videos for the most part (not much editing) but want access to them from FCP as I occasionally bring them up with the kids to view. I think these movies are 720P so I don't need to worry about the 1080 issue (although that does not seem to be an issue with clipwrap). I can't remember why I deleted the supporting files but I did it. In some cases, I have the entire structure folder (3 files per video M2TS, M2TS.MOFF, and MODD) but in some I only have the M2TS file. The movies for the last 2 years have been imported directly into FCP (I should have mentioned this initially). So I am imported them into SOny's PMB software and was using that until I moved over to MAC. These movies I want to import are from the years 2000 to 2010 when I was a PC user. Not sure if it is relevant but I will give some quick background. It looks like ClipWrap rewrap is my solution but I have another question. If you are editing 1080p60 video you will need to convert to ProRes 422 as 60p (or 50p) footage which is in highly compressed AVCHD puts a tremendous strain on the processor causing dropped frames and other problems. However, if you are dealing with comparatively simple family films, you will probably not notice any difference and should be able to edit AVCHD natively without any problems. Converting to ProRes 422 makes it far more editor friendly and helps preserve the highest quality especially after colour-correcting etc. It will only add a few insignificant megabytes to the size and also includes important metadata.ĪVCHD is an extremely compressed format which is far from ideal for editing. You should always copy the whole folder structure so that FCP X can recognise the files. unless you have made the mistake of just copying the MTS files off your memory card. You don't need any converters to convert AVCHD. As the high compression of AVCHD will be very taxing on your system with 3 or more clips. Oh and most important, if yo wind up doing multicam work then ProRes will greatly help you out. No to mention you're most likely going to export to ProRes, so by having ProRes footage your encode will be MUCH faster, than native AVCHD. As AVCHD media doens't hold up well to compsitng or effects too well. Overall bty transcoding yoour fooatge to ProRes, you will save time and headaches. If FCPX offered transcode to ProResLT on import it would save me some time on the front end starting my project. Unfortuantely FCPX doesn't offer ProResLT as an transcode option on import, as they only offer ProResHQ, ProRes422, nd ProRes Proxy. The reason being that the file sizes to image quality is very good. My prefernce is to transcode to ProResLT. As ProRes, depending on which version you use will be 3-5X larger than your AVCHD files. Keep in mind, thta you're going to need storgae for this.
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