FCPX m2t files

Does FCPX support m2t files without transcoding?

I'll be interested to know the answer to this. But I can tell you that on cameras that produce mts files, they get re-wrapped and imported as 'avc1' .mov files. Looks like the re-wrapping is pretty quick, and doesn't add much to the file size. If you click on the checkbox "optimize media" whem you import, then they will get transcoded as ProRes files and they will be about 10x the size.
So, I'm assuming m2t files will result in a similar scenario, but don't know for sure.
M2t files are MPEG-2 encodes, right? I'd be interested in hearing what they import as.

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I read that FCPX now supports import of .mts/.m2ts files. I use a SONY Z7 recording to the CF card. But in FCPX 10.1, the files are still grayed out in the import window. Any ideas please?

Hi Russ
QT 7 wont open them, it just reports "not a video file".
MPEG Streamclip is happy to deal with them, so I have opened 1 in that and then opened a "show stream info" window for you - here is the grab of that:
you can see in the right-hand window that these are .m2t files, and MPEG Streamclip confirms this.
Here is a grab of the "Import Media" window from FCPX 10.1:
FCP 7 is happy to read these and just converts them to HDV spec. MOVs.
Thanks for your time.

When using stream clip to covert m2t files its says mpeg2 playback component is not installed is it included fcpx

when using stream clip to covert m2t files its says mpeg2 playback component is not installed is it included fcpx

You need to purchase for MPEG Streamclip's full functionality.
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I immediatly went into recovery with program ''Stellar Phoenix...'' and was able to recover loads of files.
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Monty,
Within FCP, there is a menu item called "Media Manager" (depending on what version you are in). This would be worth your while to look into. It basically organizes your project by moving/archiving any used assets of a project and leaving out un-used assets. It saves a ton of disk space.
For example, say you have a 5 minute clip with an in/out point that is just 30 seconds. Media Manager will "archive" just that 30 seconds, not the entire clip. There is even a setting that you can add additional "handles" time to the front andd back of the clip if you think you may need to add or change transition.
Do a google search. I was just watching a few Youtube videos on this myself.
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Advice on using .m2ts files in FCP 6.0.6

Hi All,
A client just handed me a usb hard drive with a bunch of files transferred from a sony hdr-sr5. Each folder has a 3 files with .m2ts, .modd, and .moff extensions. I'm not sure how they did the transfer, but I'm guessing it wasn't with video editing in mind. I need to use the footage in a normal SD project to go on a DVD. I had originally thought that I could use the Log and Transfer window to bring the footage in, but trying to do that brings up an error dialog - something about incorrect format for the media...
I've seen some other posts about using mpegstreamclip, but everytime I open up the .m2ts files the program crashes right after it puts up the window of the video. I also saw posts about using Toast 9 to convert and I did a quick test and was able to convert one of the files. I selected DV/DVPRO and the export format and did get a usable file, obviously squeezed though.
So I guess my question is - is there a better way than using Toast to get this footage ingested in a format I can use? Or if Toast is the best method what settings should I use? When Toast opens up the .m2ts file it indicates that it is H.264/1440x1080 29.97fps.
I would appreciate any guidance anyone could provide.
Thanks,
Chris

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Can anyone explain how I go from a Sony HD camcorder .m2ts file to viewing the video in HD on either DVD or Blu-Ray?

I have recently started to edit footage taken on a Sony HD Camcorder using iMove 11.
Uploading the .m2ts file was no problem straight from the camera to iMovie, but I (stupidly) assumed that I could burn an HD DVD from iMovie/iDVD to view on a DVD player. I've done a bit of internet research to find out why the quality of the DVD is so bad i.e. SD rather than HD and I think I understand it. Just.
Further searching to find out our to convert AVCHD/.m2ts to either HD DVD or Blu-ray has boiled my brain. So much stuff I read was a couple of years old so I wasn't sure what is possible.
Can anyone tell me how I get to the point where I can upload the .m2ts to the iMac, edit the footage and burn a Blu-Ray or HD DVD?
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Booted the Mac this morning and it now works. I tried Alchroma's solution but whether the stereo is Plain or Matrix, it works both ways. I don't think that this was the solution as a result, but thanks for the suggestion. To confirm, my Easy set up is HD / AVCHD Apple 1920 x1080i60, the only thing I can think I did differently compared to yesterday is that I shut my Mac down having changed the Easy setup. Previously, I only changed the easy setup then closed FCE4 down.

M2t files in Adobe Bridge

Is there any way to preview .m2t files in Adobe Bridge?
Note that if i rename the .m2t to .mpg or.avi the preview is ok.
Thanks in advance

Hello Curt and Charlie
Thank you both for taking the time to help me with my tif file problem. Unfortunately none of the sugestions worked and consequently I decided to reinstall the Photoshop suite without removing the existing programme. I did this hoping it would repair any corrupted files and because I took fright at the deactivate message not knowing what the implications would be for installing on other computers or in the event of a hard drive failure.
Anyway, the result was that I still could not see my tifs as picture thumbnails in Bridge. I hit on the idea of trying the original RAW files and converting them into fresh tifs in Photoshop CS3. Hey presto, I can see these fresh tifs as picture thumbnails in Adobe Bridge, so I can go back to my original workflow if I want with any new photographs.
I then reinstalled lightroom 2 and it happily shows all the tifs I possess as picture thumnails. By some trickery I don't understand I used the edit as a copy function in Lightroom for one of the tifs I can't see in Bridge. I was surprised to find the new copy created in Lightroom is viewable as a picture thumbnail tif in Bridge. So I now have a workaround to see some of my old heavily-processed tifs as picture thumbnails in Bridge. I'm still completely mystified why my original tifs won't show as picture thumbnails in Bridge.
The irony is that after this amount of playing around in Lightroom I have begun to get used to it and found it can do what I was trying to do in Bridge i.e. quickly identify and compare different versions of the same image after differing Photoshop post-processing regimes. Instead, I'm now wondering if I will ever need to bother with Bridge again - is there anything that Bridge can do that Lightroom can't?
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Is there a plug-in available to use .m2t files in AE?

Hi. I'm pretty disheartened about what I have learned about AE CS4 not working well, at all, with my HDV footage. I have spent a lot of money to be able to shoot, edit and add Effects to HDV footage. Everything works well accept the Effects. Can anyone suggest a solution to this depressing problem? Is there something I can download so AE can work with .m2t files? Will Adobe be addressing this major problem in the future? Besides, isn't HD or HDV THE FUTURE? How do Hollywood and the networks use AE "The industry Standard" to add effects to their HD footage? This seems to be a question that nobody seems to want to answer or can. If all hope is lost with this and I do have to convert the .m2t files can someone suggest quality conversion software and what files type I can convert it to that will look half desent? I have tried MP4, AVI and WMV and they all look bad when I bring them into AE. I'm sorry for my tone as I am quite disapointed.
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I finally got a quicktime animation to render out of AE but my computer crashes when I try and import to avid.
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I have updated my NVIDIA drivers aswell.
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Urgent! Help, how to deal with m2ts file in Final Cut Pro or Compressor...

Dear All:
Please help me solve this urgent issue, I've got source that came with the mpeg-2 Transport Stream (48min content @ 3.42GB size) format , but both my Final Cut 6.0.6 and Compressor 3.0.5 can not open this type of file, is there any way that I can transcode this m2-ts file into a Final Cut Pro and Compressor readable format with the highest quality possible? And how to do it?
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hey, Thanks David, actually, I used MPEG Streamclip prior to post this massage, the problem is that my
MPEG Streamclip 1.9.2 can't correctly open this m2ts file (it says it can not read the file size...) and I also tried using VLC to transcode it, but with no luck, I can not find the right video and audio format to come out with QT playalbe file. Let me try ClipWarp to see if it works.
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CS3 with Codec MainConcept DVCPro HD CODEC v7 7 0 23862 rar - can't import AVCHD (m2ts files)

Hi,
I have a Panasonic hdc-sd9 and just looking for a programm with which I can import the AVCHD (m2ts files).
I saw here( http://www.videoaktiv.de/200805171688/News/Camcorder/Panasonic-Broadcast-AVCHD-goes-profes sional.html ) that Adobe Premiere Pro CS3 with the Codec MainConcept DVCPro HD CODEC should work for the Panasonic File Format.
I have saved one video as a mpg file. I imported it to Premiere Pro CS3. I could import the mpg File but I had not audio sound in Premiere Pro CS3, but the mpg movie, for example when I start the movie in Windows Media Player or VLC there is sound.
Somebody can help me or provide me another programm which work?
Do somebody have the same problem ?
Thanks
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Hi Harm,
Thanks for the answer.
But can an mpg File have 5.1 sorrund sound ? Is this not yet Stereo ?
This is one of the problems...
Do you maybe have an idea regarding the importing problem with the m2ts file too ?
Thanks a lot
cheers
Flo

Batch renaming of m2t files from compact flash card

I just upgraded from FCE to FCP. I wonder if there is a way to rename m2t files captured from a CF card, either in the log&capture window or directly after that, in the browser? Now I have different cards with the same file name beginning (e.g. 00_) and that makes it impossible to sort them logically in a bin, even when I chose recording time and date as a criterium.

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How can I remove the black borders after draggin in a M2TS file?

I record gaming videos with my HD PVR and the output of the file is M2TS. Everytime I drag it in Premiere, it will show small black borders at the top and to the right of the video. I knew how to do this in Vegas but am clueless on how to do it in Premiere.
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What is an M2TS file?

Is this the right place to ask this?
I recently bought a Panasonic HDC-TM300 video camera. (Yes, it's lovely.) Played with it shooting stuff on the street etc. Imported them to my computer and they played fine using an ordinary viewer. Now my computer doesn't recognise these same files. Shot some more, all imported via an SD card. Can't get the computer to play them nor the ones already imported THAT DID PLAY when I first took them across.
It seems that they are M2TS files.
However. Adobe Premiere Elements 7 does accept them, but plays them haltingly, seeming to jump several frames along as it bumbles through. Very puzzled that files that did run, now don't. They all play perfectly well when reviewed within the camera itself.
I know very little about the ins and outs of video file formats. Nor about AVCHD and other recording modes. I do know a bit about making TV programmes, but only as a BBC Producer (now retired) who always had technical people around to manage the hardware and press the right buttons. (And, it should be said, to make very valuable creative contributions to the programmes we made.)
Any thoughts, anyone?

The files from your camcorder are 1920x1080 resolution compressed using MPEG4 h.264 format. That compression is very efficient at making the files smaller and still reproducing a beautiful picture. The problem is that to decompress it is very processor intensive. Dedicated players can play it back fairly well, but for an editor to decompress it into memory for editing and display it for preview is a bit much to ask of most hardware. That is why at one point your player ran fine, but dropping it into PE yields choppy playback. I am not sure what happend to screw up your player. PE is doing its best and it is really expecting too much of it to play it back well unless you are on a powerhouse workstation.
Development is in progress at some manufacturers to improve the ability for editors to play it back. Some manufacturers are pursuing methods of transcoding it to intermediate formats for edit.
For the time being, take the raw files and transcode it to a high bit rate alternate file such as HDV before editing it.
JMHO
KK

We can't export as .m2ts files?? how can i retain full quality?

so we can import .m2ts files into CS4, we can edit them in CS4, but we can't export them out of CS4?
how can I retain full quality?

i see, well i have the hdr-sr12. you can export to h264 blu-ray, then do the following - NTSC, 1920x1080, framerate(mostly you would want 29.97), Field order: UPPER, Profile: HIGH, LEVEL 4.0, VBR-2-pass: 16mbps target rate with max of 18mbps. After that, export and see how it looks like on VLC or windows media player.

Problems capturing the sound layer when importing m2ts files

Hi all, I'm new to the whole video editing side of things and so would appreciate some help.
I've just acquired a Canon HF200 HD camcorder, and a Sony Vaio notebook which came with Premiere Elements 7.0 pre-installed.
For the last month I've been shooting footage, and just getting down to trying to edit everything and put a DVD together.
The problem I have at the moment (and I've just started using the program, so everything is new to me) is that while I seem to be able to import the m2ts file format in which my camera records, only the video is imported into Premiere - not the audio (it reads the file ok, and no errors appear, but when I go to review the footage there is video but no sound).
I can play all my videos in Windows Media Player just fine, with both video and audio. So it seems my machine is able to read the files correctly in this program. However, the audio seems to drop out when I import the file into Premiere. The program was pre-installed in my machine, and when I go in to have a look at the audio settings, there doesn't seem to be an ability to change the settings to something different.
So far I've spent a long time googling and trying to find a solution, but with no joy just yet.
Appreciate any assistance the anyone can offer. Is there just a simple setting that I need to change? Or do I need to somehow convert the files into another format before Elements 7.0 can read them?
Thanks.
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the machine I have seems to comply with the specs required by PE7 (and given that it came with PE7 pre-installed that should be the case).
There are two things to consider:
1.) editing most footage, especially SD material
2.) editing AVCHD, currently the most demanding of all common video formats to edit. This is what you have.
Now, when you launch PrE, you get a splash screen. There you can Open New (create a new Project), Open an existing Project that has been opened recently, or Open a Project by navigating to it. One can also Exit.
In your case, you will go to New and when that dialog box opens, choose the Preset for AVCHD w/ DD 5.1 SS Audio.
Also note, that when in the Edit Mode, there are two View Modes (accessed via two icons to the left of the lower Panel), Timeline View Mode and Sceneline View Mode. For DD 5.1 SS Audio Clips, you will find Timeline View Mode to be the best. Now, you can switch back and forth, but Timeline View Mode will give you infinite control. It is the view that most editing programs use, and that most editors use.
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Hunt
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