Make Sony SLT-A57 AVCHD footage compatible with iMovie/FCE

"Hi, I'm using Sony SLT-A57 footages on a MacBook Pro. I need to upload these videos to iMovie so that I can edit them later. But it seems iMovie does not like to work with my videos, I think I'm just missing something that is pretty simple. Can anyone help?

As the successor to the SLT-A55, the Alpha SLT-A57 includes advanced features such as translucent mirror technology, a 16.1 MP resolution and BIONZ processor, 12 fps continuous shooting, Full HD movie at 60p (50p) and the world's first Auto Portrait Framing. With the DSLR, you can record 1920 x 1080 pixel movies at either 60 or 24 fps (50 or 25 in Europe).

However, here comes the problem. The AVCHD codec allows people save large extraordinary videos without quality loss, but the output video size is pretty large correspondingly. It's not easy for permanent preservation. Meanwhile AVCHD is not a Mac friendly video codec, and the .MTS format is not support by many nonlinear editing programs on Mac, such as Final Cut Pro, iMovie/Final Cut Express, Avid Media Composer, etc. What's more, iMovie can't import 60p AVCHD footage from Sony A57. What should we do to make Sony A57 AVCHD footages working with iMovie/FCE on Mac?

How to import Canon C300 MXF footage into FCP X (Final Cut Pro X)

To import Canon C300 footage into Final Cut Pro X, th easy workaround is to use third party software to convert C300 MXF to ProRes codec. Here is how-to.



Featuring a unique Super 35mm Canon CMOS sensor, revolutionary Canon DIGIC DV III Image Processor and 50 Mbps 4:2:2 codec, the EOS C300 provides outstanding cinema quality movie capture. Compact, modular and compatible with Canon's existing line-up of EF and new EF Cinema lenses as well as accessories from third parties, the stunningly simple to operate EOS C300 is designed to please cinematographers for any production large and small, on location or in the studio, from shoestring to Hollywood budgets. The piont here, many users are facing issues and find it a painful experience to import C300 footage into Final Cut Pro (which includes the FCP X, FCP 7, FCP6 or ther former). Below, I am looking at how to bring Canon C300 footage into Final Cut Pro.