Transcode Sony CX210 AVCHD to AIC MOV compatible format for iMovie on Mac

by lydia870622 Tue Jun 12, 2012 7:04 pm

Source From: Brorsoft

iMovie is a powerful video editing software. It is developed with simple, useful and fantastic features, which can help you edit movies freely. But Sony HDR-CX210 users will meet some troubles when they import 1080/60i AVCHD recordings to iMovie for editing due to incompatible format. Then how to make CX210 MTS/M2TS footage editable in iMovie?

In fact, the best compatible video format for iMovie is MOV in AIC(Apple InterMediate Codec) while the Sony CX210 recording is H.264 MTS/M2TS format. That means we need to convert CX210 1080i MTS recordings to AIC for iMovie on Mac OS X via a professional and powerful AVCHD to iMovie Converter for Mac is vital in solving the incompatibility problem. I believe Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac can give you a big help. Which not only can transcode CX210 AVCHD files to iMovie with original quality, also can deinterlace the 1080i files to make it more smoothier on HDTV and iMovie, merge several clips into one for easy editing, split long clip for easy uploading to website, add text/image/video to the improted video files, repalce the orginal audio in added AVCHD files, etc. So, the top MTS Converter for iMovie is your best choice.

Below is the guide on deinterlacing, transcoding and converting CX210 AVCHD recordings to iMovie 8/9/11 with best setting in HD video quality on Mac OS X.

Step 1: Free download the MTS to iMovie Converter and launch it to add your 1080i AVCHD files to it. You can double click the imported videos for a preview.

Tips:
1. If you want to combine several clips into one, please tick the box "Merge into one";
2. Split button can help you get videos with suitable size for uploading to website, like YouTube.

Step 2: Click on the Format box and you will get a submenu, where you can select iMovie/Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov) as output format.

Trick: If you want to customize parameters for video and audio, including the bitrate, codec, video size, frame rate, audio channels, etc, please click the Settings button and adjust the parameters on the Profile Settings.

Step 3: Start deinterlacing/converting 1080i AVCHD files to iMovie for editing on Mac by clicking the button for conversion.

After the MTS to iMovie conversion, you can import your HDR-CX210 recordings to iMovie for editing with high definition quality. In addition, the AVCHD Converter for Mac is also able to help you transfer your AVCHD recordings to Final Cut Pro, FCE, Adobe Premiere, etc., upload videos to YouTube, play files on HDTV or almost all kinds of players.

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