Does Final Cut Pro X Support AVCHD?As the Final Cut Pro users, we may know that FCP X cannot natively edit AVCHD (.m2ts) footages. We have to use the Log and Transfer window to convert AVCHD (.m2ts) to Final Cut Pro X supported Apple ProRes in order to successfully edit AVCHD files in FCP X.
But even so, sometimes we still encounter can't import AVCHD (.m2ts) to Final Cut Pro X issues due to the following reasons:
- If the AVCHD files whatever with the extension .mts, .m2t, .m2ts are encoded FCP X Log and Transfer unsupported video or audio codec, Final Cut Pro X won't import AVCHD movies.
- AVCHD (.m2ts) FCP X support is available only on Intel-based Mac computers, if we try to import and edit AVCHD (.m2ts) in Final Cut Pro X on non Intel-based Mac, we will fail to import AVCHD (.m2ts) files into Final Cut Pro X even via Log and Transfer.
- DVD-based AVCHD (.m2ts) camcorders are not supported in Mac OS X Server v10.4 or earlier. That is, we cannot import AVCHD (.m2ts) footages recorded by DVD based camcorders to FCP X if the Mac OS is in lower version.
- SD video recorded with AVCHD (.m2ts) camcorders can't be accessed in the Final Cut Pro X Log and Transfer window. That is, if the AVCHD (.m2ts) video is in SD video quality, we will fail to import AVCHD to Final Cut Pro X.
How to Successfully Import All Kinds of AVCHD (.m2ts) to Final Cut Pro?In order to solve Final Cut Pro X won't import AVCHD (.m2ts) footages troubleshooting; one feasible solution is to directly convert AVCHD (.m2ts) to FCP X more supported video format >> Final Cut Pro Supported Video Formats for EditingOf course, to do the video conversion, you need a professional app. Here the professional AVCHD (.m2ts) to FCP X Video Converter for Mac is strongly recommended. Named Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac (Best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac Review), with it, just in a few clicks you could successfully upload AVCHD (.m2ts) videos to FCP X.Key Features:
- Three simple clicks to convert M2TS videos to Final Cut Pro X compatible formats.
- Aside from FCP X, you can directly convert MTS to iMovie, QuickTime, Windows Movie Maker and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
- Edit your M2TS videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
- Perfectly compatible with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion and 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Now you can free download this M2TS to FCP X Apple ProRes Codec Converter, install and run it, you will see the interface.The trail-before-purchase is supported, just feel free to try it:
Step-by-step guide:
How to Convert AVCHD (.m2ts) to Final Cut Pro X Supported Apple ProRes.If your AVCHD (.m2ts) files are in camcorder or camera, first transfer the AVCHD (.m2ts) files to your Mac hard drive. Step 1. Click the “Add File” button to select the M2TS videos from your hard drive to this program. To save your time, this program supports batch conversion so you can add multiple files at a time. 
Tips: When the M2TS files are loaded to the Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter, you can view the videos from the Preview window. Simply select an item and click the “Play” button. When the video is playing, you are allowed to take snapshoot.Step 2. Choose output format, to edit videos on Final Cut Pro X native codec, you are recommended to choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), it’s best for Final Cut Pro X editing. 
Read the difference of ProRes. • Apple ProRes 422 – Higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (LT); • Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) – Keep original video quality for editing in FCP; • Apple ProRes 422 (LT) – Get a smaller file sizes than Apple ProRes 422; • Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) – SD levels – 480i/p and 576i/p. Used in offline workflows. • Apple ProRes 4444 – Edit and finish 4:4:4 material. Actually, different Apple ProRes codec corresponds to different needs. Here you can refer to this article "Differences among Apple ProRes codec". Notes: 1.When converting video to Final Cut Pro oriented format templates(e.g. Apple Prores), please ensure that your computer has Final Cut Pro X installed, otherwise the converted files will have audio only without image.2.If you are using FCP X, please make sure you have installed ProApps QuickTime Codecs, or you may get files with sound only without video.Step 3. You can click “settings” to adjust the output parameters, like resolution, bitrate, etc. Don't forget the balance between video quality and size. 
Step 4. Click the “Convert” button to start converting M2TS to Apple ProRes 422. After that, click the “Open” button to locate the output files and transfer the files to FCP X as usual. Launch Final Cut Pro X, choose File >> Import >> Files..., and browse to where you save the converted AVCHD clips to. Choose the videos that you'd like to add.More exciting: we will no longer need to import AVCHD (.m2ts) to FCP X only by the Log and Transfer method, other import method like drag-and-drop also available and recommended.Read More:
“I included an M2TS file from my Sony camcorder that caused Vegas 11 to crash (others here in the forum confirmed the problem). This same file plays just fine in Vegas 8.0c.”
As listed on the following page, VegasPro Techspec, M2TS is not a supported file format in Vegas Pro 11.0 and will not open. So all my problems with Vegas 11 must be due to the fact that Vegas 11 does not support M2TS. If you drag and drop M2TS files to Sony Vegas Pro 11.0, Vegas says it’s an unknown format or incompatible, even Vegas crashes or freezes.It looks as begin of the end for the people who owned Sony, Panasonic, JVC, Canon and other HD camcorders which recorded video with AVCHD (.mts/.m2ts) output.In order to use these files in Vegas, you will need to follow the previously provided steps.The best method to avoid any problems and save time is to convert M2TS to Sony Vegas Pro compatible file format by using a professional M2TS Sony Vegas application. Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac (Best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac Review) is a highly-recommended video converting tool for you to accomplish the conversion easily, with ultra fast speed and loss-less video quality. With it, you can convert any video shooting in party or birthday with AVCHD (.mts/.m2ts) camcorders to popular video format like MOV, AVI, WMV, MP4, FLV, etc. What's more, the conversion is easy to handle and only with a few simple clicks, you can finish the conversion without facing any glitches. The trail-before-purchase is supported, just feel free to try it: Key Features:
- Three simple clicks to convert M2TS videos to Sony Vegas Pro 11.0 compatible formats.
- Aside from Sony Vegas Pro 11.0, you can directly convert MTS toSony Vegas Pro 12/13, iMovie, QuickTime, Windows Movie Maker and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
- Edit your M2TS videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
- Perfectly compatible with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion and 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Below is a step-by-step tutorial for your to figure out your M2TS Sony Vegas Pro 11.0 problem.How to convert M2TS to edit in Sony Vegas Pro 11 smoothlyInstall and run it, you will see the interface.If your AVCHD (.m2ts) files are in camcorder or camera, first transfer the AVCHD (.m2ts) files to your Mac hard drive. Step 1. Click the “Add File” button to select the M2TS videos from your hard drive to this program. To save your time, this program supports batch conversion so you can add multiple files at a time.Tips: When the M2TS files are loaded to the Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter, you can view the videos from the Preview window. Simply select an item and click the “Play” button. When the video is playing, you are allowed to take snapshoot.Step 2. From "Format" drop-down list, select to out "Adobe Premiere/Sony... "> "MPEG-2 (*.mpg)" format for editing with Sony Vegas.
Step 3. You can click “settings” to adjust the output parameters, like resolution, bitrate, etc. Don't forget the balance between video quality and size. 
Step 4. Last, click the "Convert" button to start M2TS to Sony Vegas Pro 11 conversion. That's all you are required to do. In fact, this video converter can help you do more. Once the conversion completes, you can click "Open" button to get the generated MPEG-2 files for Sony Vegas Pro easily. Then, it would be not only easy for importing and editing M2TS files with Vegas Pro 11 but also for Vegas Pro 8/9/10/11/12/13.Read More:
“I open FCP 7 to edit Sony M2TS files. I though this could be possible as the FCP 7 web site indicates Native editing support for AVCHD. But disappointedly this is not the case. I assume not only me but others made same mistake. I am not hoping reimbursement, but hoping native support of m2ts. I'd like to Apple technicians if I can expect this in the near future.”
Why can’t Log and Transfer Single Sony M2TS files to Final Cut Pro 7Final Cut Pro 7 (and any previous version) does not have native editing support for Sony M2TS footage. When working with Sony M2TS recordings in Final Cut Pro 7, the first thing you need to do is ingesting Sony M2TS in the Log and Transfer window, where you can transcode Sony M2TS to an Apple ProRes codec or the Apple Intermediate Codec, both are natively supported by Final Cut Pro 7. Furthermore, keep in mind that we can't import Sony M2TS files directly from the Finder. If you navigate to them from the Import dialog, it will have them grayed out. FCP 7 doesn't work with them directly, you must import Sony M2TS files directly from the camera, from a memory card (with the original file structure in place), or from a camera archive. But having to use camera archives is too much trouble.M2TS is a compressed output format, but not ideal for editing in NLE system. So Final Cut Pro 7 does not like the way in .M2TS. Then M2TS is not supported natively by Final Cut Pro 7, what should you do?Converting Sony M2TS to Apple ProRes 422 MOV for Final Cut ProWe just need a way with no require with ingest supported with additional software and no use camera archives method. To achieve the goal, Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac (Best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac Review) is recommended for you, with this you can achieve the Sony M2TS to Final Cut Pro 7 conversion. It's designed directly to convert M2TS (1080p60/50 included) to FCP 7 natively supported Apple ProRes. So no matter the M2TS files are single .M2TS files or directly from your camera, you can transfer it to FCP 7 compatible formats and directly import it to FCP 7 for easy editing. Plus, this program also supports converting AVCHD M2TS footage to iMovie, Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, Final Cut Express and more to meet your needs. What's more, some easy-to-use editing features like trimming, cropping, adding watermark, deinterlacing, etc are combined with the convert program.If you are running on Windows, please get Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter.The trail-before-purchase is supported, just feel free to try it: Key Features:
- Three simple clicks to convert Sony M2TS videos to Final Cut Pro 7 compatible formats.
- Aside from Final Cut Pro 7, you can directly convert M2TS to iMovie, QuickTime, Windows Movie Maker and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
- Edit your Sony M2TS videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
- Perfectly compatible with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion and 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Notes: 1.When converting video to Final Cut Pro oriented format templates(e.g. Apple Prores), please ensure that your computer has Final Cut Pro 7 installed, otherwise the converted files will have audio only without image.2.If you are using FCP X, please make sure you have installed ProApps QuickTime Codecs, or you may get files with sound only without video.Install and run it, you will see the interface. The following is a simple instruction of how to use this Pavtube Mac MTS/M2TS Converter:How to Convert and Import Sony M2TS Files to Final Cut Pro 7Step 1. Click the “Add File” button to select the Sony M2TS videos from your hard drive to this program. To save your time, this program supports batch conversion so you can add multiple files at a time. Tips: When the M2TS files are loaded to the Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter, you can view the videos from the Preview window. Simply select an item and click the “Play” button. When the video is playing, you are allowed to take snapshoot.Step 2. Choose output format, to edit videos on Final Cut Pro 7 native codec, you are recommended to choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), it’s best for Final Cut Pro X editing. Read the difference of ProRes. • Apple ProRes 422 – Higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (LT); • Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) – Keep original video quality for editing in FCP; • Apple ProRes 422 (LT) – Get a smaller file sizes than Apple ProRes 422; • Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) – SD levels – 480i/p and 576i/p. Used in offline workflows. • Apple ProRes 4444 – Edit and finish 4:4:4 material. Actually, different Apple ProRes codec corresponds to different needs. Here you can refer to this article "Differences among Apple ProRes codec". Step 3. You can click “settings” to adjust the output parameters, like resolution, bitrate, etc. Don't forget the balance between video quality and size. Step 4. Click the “Convert” button to start converting Sony M2TS to Apple ProRes 422. After that, click the “Open” button to locate the output files and transfer the files to FCP 7 as usual. Launch Final Cut Pro 7, choose File >> Import >> Files..., and browse to where you save the converted Sony M2TS clips to. Choose the videos that you'd like to add.Read More:
DaVinci Resolve can handle much more native video formats and camera files than any other real time editing system. However, it cannot handle the MTS footage from Sony, Panasonic or Canon cameras. That's why you found it's a painful experience to import MTS files to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 for editing. 
On many HD video editing forums, there are many users complained about the issue to import MTS to DaVinci Resolve for editing, the DaVinci Resolve video editing software can’t support MTS video files recorded by Sony, Canon, JVC, Panasonic, etc. so users can’t load the MTS footages to DaVinci Resolve for editing smoothly. How to solve this MTS to DaVinci Resolve importing and editing issue easily?Read through some posts online, I have found some similar (but not identical) problems like no audio, import slowly… After looking into this more, I know that DaVinci Resolve has not offered support for MTS video.To make MTS files compatible with DaVinci Resolve, the easy and reliable workaround is to transcode MTS to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 supported video formats such as QuickTime, ProRes, DNxHD first.To convert MTS to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 easily and quickly, Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac (Best MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac Review) is highly recommended. This program features high efficiency and seamless conversion. With it, you can transcode MTS to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 compatible video(QuickTime, ProRes, Avid DNxHD is well supported by this powerful editing system) with original quality. Besides, this software can also transcode MTS files for editing in Final Cut Pro 7/X, iMovie, Final Cut Express, etc NLEs. If you are running on Windows, please get Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter.The trail-before-purchase is supported, just feel free to try it: Key Features:
- Three simple clicks to convert MTS videos to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 compatible formats.
- Aside from DaVinci Resolve, you can directly convert MTS to iMovie, QuickTime, Windows Movie Maker and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
- Edit your MTS videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
- Perfectly compatible with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion and 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Install and run it, you will see the interface. The following is a simple instruction of how to use this Pavtube Mac MTS/M2TS Converter:How to Convert and Import MTS Files to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12Step 1. Add MTS filesClick "Add Video" button to load .mts files to the program. You can also directly drag the video files into the program directly.Step 2. Select output formatAs is mentioned above, Avid DNxHD is well supported by DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12. So just click the format bar to follow “Avid Media Compose” ＞ “Avid DNxHD 720p (*.mov)” or “Avid DNxHD 1080p (*.mov).”
Tip: If you like, adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality.
Step 3. Start the conversionFinally, simply hig the big Convert button to start converting MTS to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 friendly video formats. Within several minutes, you can find the converted file on your computer by clicking the "Open" button. And then you can import the converted files to DaVinci Resolve 9/10/11/12 easily.Read More:
When it comes to a video format, MP4 may first come into your mind since this MPEG-4 Part 14 file format enables you to limitlessly access to almost all media players. However, even though such multimedia container is near-perfect, there still has something to improve.QuickTime is an extensible multimedia framework powered by Apple Inc., which has the feature of handling various formats of digital video, picture, sound, panoramic images, and interactivity. Since QuickTime is compatible with both Windows (Windows XP and later) and Mac (Mac OS X Leopard and later) and very powerful, it is quite popular.
Although MP4's file structure is based on Apple’s QuickTime technology, its data embedded in this MPEG-4 Part 14 file, like MPEG-4 Part 10 (known as H.264/MPEG-4 AVC), MPEG-4 Part 2, etc, causes a codec problem which doesn't work well with Apple products. As a result, if you'd like to play MP4 on QuickTime, you’d better convert MP4 to MOV on Mac first because the MOV container is the default format of Mac OS X and performs optimum compatibility with QuickTime.To solve QuickTime won't play MP4 issue, a strongly recommended solution is to convert all kinds of MP4 videos and movies to QuickTime more compatible MOV formats.How to Convert Various Kinds of MP4 Files to QuickTime Formats?Works as a professional Video Converter, Pavtube Video Converter / Mac Version is your best choice, which can convert different kinds of MP4 videos and movies to QuickTime supported MOV, MP4 formats for playback, no matter the MP4 files are encoded with which kind of audio and video codecs. Besides, Pavtube Video Converter supports converting more than +160 video and audio formats. How powerful it is!Pavtube Video Converter is also an all-in-one video converter, editor and player, with which, you can convert files among hundreds of formats, optimize your video and movie as your liking and play almost all kinds of video and audio files freely. It is really get sth done once and forever.
Other Download:- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/video_converter/- Amazon Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.html- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.htmlSteps on How to Convert MP4 to QuickTime Supported FormatsFree download and install this powerful Pavtube Video Converter, and then follow the step by step guide to finish MP4 to QuickTime transformation.Step 1 Load MP4 to Pavtube Video ConverterSimply drag and drop MP4 files to MP4 to QuickTime Converter. To batch convert a couple of MP4 files, put them in one folder and then drag this MP4 folder to MP4 to QuickTime Converter, you'll see the files are loading in the task list in order quickly.
Step 2 Set QuickTime compatible formatsClick "Profile" drop-down button to choose "MOV QuickTime Video (*.mov)" as output video format from the "General Video" category.
Step 3 Convert MP4 to QuickTimeClick the big "Convert" button to start converting MP4 to QuickTime with fast conversion speed.Related program:Pavtube HD Video Converter / Mac Version: It is designed for converting HD videos from HD camcorders or DVs (like JVC, Panasonic, Sony and Cannon), non-protected HD or movies, DVR files (*.tivo) to other file types for playback on popular media devices like Apple TV, PS3, Xobx, Xobx360, WD TV HD Player.Read More:
