Tuesday, May 14, 2013

Stream M2T/MTS video to Final Cut Pro for editing

Nowadays, most HD camera users are think about what's the difference between M2T with MTS.
M2T and M2T are digital video formats. Both of them are a container file format for multiplexing audio, video and other streams, so they are similar in terms of their usage and technology.
Difference between M2T with MTS:
1. M2T video format is used by various devices on the market while the MTS format is mainly used by Sony and Panasonic models.
2. The video tracks in MTS and M2T files are compressed with an MPEG-2 codec that is specialized to transmit high-definition footage in a resolution of either 720p or 1080i. MTS files are published with a proprietary version of this codec called AVCHD, or Advanced Video Codec High Definition.
3. Both formats happen to be supported by Windows Media Player, a native application in the Windows software suite. Another program option for viewing MTS files is VLC, while an alternative program for viewing M2T files is MPlayer.
4. While MTS files or M2T files can probably be edited with their HD camcorder's software, there are some third-party tools that also support the digital video formats.
Unfortunately, both of them can't edit in Final Cut Pro directly. Final Cut Pro is one of the most popular video editing apps, it is said to be quite helpful to both professional videographers and amateurs. So how to edit MTS and M2T video is very important for user who want to edit.
In this case, you need some other apps to help convert M2T to FCP or convert MTS to FCP compatible formats. iOrgsoft AVCHD Converter for Mac is right the easy and efficient solution.
AVCHD Converter Mac is an all-in-one video tool to convert M2T video to other popular video format like convert M2T to MOV , M2T to AVI , MP4,WMV etc.
Easy steps on how to M2T to FCP with high quality.
Step 1:Run AVCHD Converter Mac, drag and drop the M2T videos to the program
Click the "Add files" tab to browse and import the HDV footages either from scratch disk or cam HDD for import to the M2T to FCP Converter.

Step 2. Set MP4 as output format
"Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" format is advised here. "Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov)" is smaller in size, and the Proxy one, for SD videos, the HQ one is too large for home movie making.

Step 3. Edit M2T video ( Optional )
You can easy edit M2T video easy like clip, crop, join, cut m2t videos. If you are MTS user, try to use MTS Joiner to join several small videos into a big one.
Step 4. Converting
Click the big button "Convert" to start converting.
Tips: If you are MTS user who want to convert mts files to QuickTime, just freely easy to use MTS to MOV Converter .

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