Importing 1080?

I have a vixia HF M500 camera that shoots in 1080....when I connect to my mac, it will not read these files in Final Cut Pro. It will read them in imovie, but I when I try to burn to disk, the video is compressed so that the video quality is degraded, grainy, worse than my former mini DV video. I downloaded the free trial of Final Cut Pro becuase I thought this would handle the 1080 video. What am I doing wrong?

Yes, AVCHD and MP4 on the same card. Is this a problem?
The MP4 shows up as video I'm able to import on FCP, but none of the AVCHD vids.

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The latest iMovie`11 (version 9.0.4) will not import 1080 60p AVCHD 2 videos directly from my Sony NEX-5N camera. The easy workaround is to copy the video files to the hard drive (best done with BootCamp Sony Picture Motion Browser) and then rewrap the 1080 60p (.mts and .m2ts) videos into QuickTime (.mov) movies, using either ClipWrap or Media Converter. Rewrapping AVCHD 2 video also avoids the time-consuming transcoding into Apple Intermediate Codec, which can quadruple the video file size and cause slight IQ loss.
I did some tests, trying to decide between ClipWrap and Media Converter with AVCHD Plugin:
- iMovie`11 will import, display, and render ClipWrap and Media Converter rewrapped videos without problem.
- During importing, iMovie`11 will transcode ClipWrap videos even if the "Optimize video" is unchecked unless a Hidden Function is activated in the Terminal, on the other hand, iMovie won't transcode Media Converter files if the "Optimize video" is unchecked.
- ClipWrap and Media Converter rewrapped videos appear pretty much identical to the source; HOWEVER...
- Export using QuickTime to Apple Intermediate Codec: ClipWrap file produces a more contrasty image with shadow areas appear less blotchy than Media Converter.
- Export using QT to H.264: ClipWrap file also produces a more contrasty image with shadow areas appear noticeably less blotchy than Media Converter.
Somehow ClipWrap rewrapping method makes a noticeable difference in the export qualities so I'll be using ClipWrap instead of the Media Converter!
To export edited 1080 60p videos from iMovie, go to "Share / Export using QuickTime... / Options / Video" and make sure "Size / Dimensions" is set to 1920X1080 and "Settings / Frame Rate" is set to 59.94. Despite the fact that iMovie`11 "File / Project Properties..." show "30fps - NTSC", 1080 60p video can be exported and will play smoothly on Macs fast enough to handle the format.
Here are some samples showing the differences in export image qualities.

Hi jonpais,
The best codec is Apple ProRes for FCP. Due to the difference in the compresstion standard of AVCHD and ProRes 422, the converted files are significantly larger than the original ones. If you prefer smaller file size, please choose “Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov)” instead.
ProRes 422 (HQ): offers the utmost possible quality for 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 sources and provides target data rate of approximately 220 Mbps and higher quality than Apple ProRes 422;
ProRes 422: provides target data rate of approximately 145 Mbps and higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (LT);
ProRes 422 (LT): provides roughly 70 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (thus, smaller file sizes than Apple ProRes 422) and higher quality than ProRes 422 (Proxy);
ProRes 422 (Proxy): provides roughly 30 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 and high-quality offline editing at the original frame size, frame rate, and aspect ratio;
ProRes 4444: offers the utmost possible quality for 4:4:4 sources and roughly 50 percent higher than the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (HQ).
If you want to know more, there is a prores link, maybehelp you: http://mts-to-aic-converter.com/transcode-sony-cx360v-1080-50p-60p-mts-to-prores -422-hq-for-final-cut-pro-on-mac/
Good Luck!

Will I be able to import 1080/60P from my Panasonic TM900K directly into FCPX?

I understand that there are limitations with the codec in importing 1080/60P video in native format, directly from my camera. I've seen comments that this may be remedied through Final Cut Pro X, but have yet to see any definitive response. Can anyone confirm that FCPX will handle direct import of full resolution video without converting or reducing to 1080i or less?

Anyone who knows cannot say, or risk spending the rest of their life in court.

How do I get my videos imported 1080, and exported as 1080?

I have no idea what I am doing wrong. I have a GoPro hero3 black edition. When I import I import into imovie, make my movie, and whenver I want to export to youtube, quicktime, as a movie, etc., it never gives me 1080 option. I upload it to youtube and the 720 looks like crap. Grainy and not what I see when I am editing the movie. I want to be able to have it be clear in 1080 but this is really getting on my nerves...
Anyone?

Oh, unless you shot tall.
If you shoot vertical/tall video it cannot be zoomed all the way out in the exit.
Shoot wide, or edit in a different editing app.

Importing 1080 clips into a standard 720x480 project.

I'm working on a standard 720x480 project. I have a few 1080 clips I would like to convert to use in this project. I can import the HD clips OK. I just want to crop the HD clip to the same 4:3 shape as the rest of the project. The problem I'm having is that the HD clips insist on staying in widescreen format. I can change the size but I can't get the standard 4:3 window to crop into, only the widescreen shape. Resizing the HD clip changes the size but the shape remains widescreen format. It seems like this should be easy. Anybody know how to do this?
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Yes, that works OK, although I will probably not be cropping the clips all the same. I hoping to take advantage of the higher resolution of the HD clip to be able to crop the different clips differently to best use the image area.
I was hoping to resize the clips BEFORE placing in the timeline. It seems to me that when I place an HD clip into a standard 4:3 timeline it is converted into regular definition, but in widescreen format with black bars top and bottom. Then when I crop to fill the frame and eliminate the black bars it doesn't look as good as the regular video in rest of the sequence. (Much the same as if I blew up a standard clip by resizing - it doesn't look as clear as the un-cropped version).
Is there some way I can work in a different project to crop them in HD and export them as QT movies in the lower resolution format?
Is there a way to export a final HD project directly into a cropped 4:3 standard definition QT movie? I can export a widescreen low def version OK but it will be shown in standard 4:3 so it looks much smaller with the black bars top and bottom. These are all different ways of getting to the same place.

Import 1080/50p from Panasonic TM900

I saw, that there have already been some discussions about importing 50p footage with FCP X in this forum.
In particluar I found one thread
No 1080/50P support.. WHY?!
where I understood, that import should work from a Panasonic camera, at least when there in only 50p movies stored on the card.
Though:
I am still not able to import the 1080/50p from my Panasonic TM900. When I plug the camera to my MAC, open the import window in FCP and go to CAM_MEM (the internal memory of the TM900), it shows some files in the file list. In particular one file named AVCHD (which, according to the size seems to be the file where the 50p footage is stored). But all these files are displayed in grey and can't be imported by FCP (I use latest release 10.0.7).
Does anyone have same experiences or (even better) a solution ?
Seems strange to me that it works with some Panasonic 50p footage (according to thread mentioned above) but not with my TM900.

Thanks a lot, Tom, Alchroma and AppleMan for the quick answers.
At the end, all your responses plus some further testing gave the solution:
The problem was, that I used the built-in memory of the TM900 camera rather than an SD card.
I now tested with an SD card and situation is as follows:
- 50p footage on the camera built-in memory is NOT recognized by FCP X - the import window shows the folder
structure instead of clips
- 50p footage on SD card & Camera with SD card plugged into MAC via USB:
again the 50p clips are NOT shown in the import window
But finally there is a solution:
- 50p footage on SD card and SD card directly plugged into card slot of the MAC:
in this case ALL clips (50p as well as AVCHD 25i) are shown in the import window as expected and can be
imported without any problem
Again, thanks a lot, your answers somehow guided me to the solution ;-)
One more point, where probably one of you can help me:
It seems that with the 50p footage I now definitely have to use optimized or proxy media (which I never did before), as my MAC is not able to play the 50p clips in the preview without lost frames.
As I'm a bit struggeling with disk space, I would prefer to use proxy media rather than optimized, but of course I don't want to have any quality loss in my final movie.
Did I get the following right ?
If I switch back to "use optimized or original media" just before exporting my movie, FCP will use the original media for the export, even if all the cutting workflow was done with the proxy files ?
Or will the us of proxy media in any way influence my final movie.
Happy to receive any confirmation on that topic and/or probably a recommendation, what is best workflow to deal with the 50p footage that brings my MAC to its limits.

Importing 1080/60p Video

I use a Sony HD Handicam and have been importing video into iPhoto without any difficulty.
Today, I captured one of my son's after school events using 60p shooting mode (previously, I think I was using 60i). Now, it seems neither iPhoto nor iMovie can recognize the video in 60p mode and import it.
Is there some kind of restriction on importing 60p video? Is there any way to import it into either my iPhoto library (preferred) or iMovie?

I used a brand new 32GB SD card and did not have to format it for my camera. I simply bought it put it in the camera and it worked. I recoeded about 20 min of video consisting of almost 60 clips that were 10-20 seconds each. I also took a few still frame pics on the same card in between filming the short clips. When I put the card in the computer only the still frames showed up. Later that night I was experimenting and filmed some short clips in my living room in all 5 of the other formats. When I put the card back in the computer only the other clips were able to import into FCPX and not the 1080/60/P clips that were still on the same card.
My Panasonic camera HC-V500 is not on the comatible camers list for Apple FCPX but the recording formats are. What I don't see on the Apple list is 1080/60P. This is getting frustrating. Is there a third party software that can translate effectively without loosing resolution?
Thank you for your help so far!
Nick

Re: Can you import 1080 60P material in Elements 11, as an example from a Panasonic HDC-TM900 camcorder?

It is not about a slow computer (míne is new and fast) or an apple computer (I use windows 8) but it's about video quality and editing usability. Down under are the specifications of my camera, you can see the panasonic has different options and the MOV 50p had better quality (because of the higher bitrate), it is easier to use then the highly compressed AVCHD with video editing and I can use it also on a MAC (if I would like to). That is because I use MOV (and professionals like it too). So I need a MOV 50P setting and nog the AVCHD setting (I already installed the AVCHD setting as described above). It is true the panasocic is new and it is not very common in the consumer market to use MOV (most camcorders use AVCHD indead) and most DSLR don't have the 50p resolution yet it is still rare these days.
I hope there is anybody with a solution (I wish someone good give me a MOV 50p setting for PE11 and I'm happy!)
these are the video specifications of the Panasonic GH3
MOV (H.264) resolution, frame and bit rates
• 1920x1080 (60p/50p): 50Mbps
• 1920x1080 (30p/25p): 50Mbps (IPB), 72Mbps (All-I)
• 1920x1080 (24p): 50Mbps (IPB), 72Mbps (All-I)
• 1280x720 (60p/50p): 50Mbps (IPB), 72Mbps (All-I)
• 640x480 (24p): 10Mbps
MP4 (H.264) resolution, frame and bit rates
• 1920x1080 (24p): 50Mbps
• 1920x1080 (30p/25p): 20Mbps
• 1280x720 (30p/25p): 10Mbps
• 640x480 (30p/25p): 4Mbps
AVCHD resolution, frame and bit rates
• 1920x1080 (60p/50p): 28Mbps
• 1920x1080 (60i/50i): 24/17/13Mbps
• 1920x1080 (24p): 24/17Mbps
• 1280x720 (60p/50p): 17/13Mbps
Audio
44.1kHz Mono (Internal Mic), Linear PCM
File Formats
MOV, MP4, AVCHD
I will continue at a new discussions (because originally it's about panasonic 60p and that is indeed AVCHD like most camcorders and that solutions works):
http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1169776

One of the beauties of Non Linear Editors is that at final output rendering, it goes to the source. It is not rendered twice.
The single most confusing subject I've run into trying to learn editing is how this works. Here is what I think happens.
First, you have to have a project setting that accepts your source files so that you can work in real time preview with smoothness. The computer is doing "real time project rendering" for preview. So, if Ann's suggestion works during the editing process, you're fine. In other words, you may not NEED an exact match between your source footage and your project preset. Let PrE pick the best it can when you slide the first clip to the timeline.
Second, when it is time to make your final product(s), you set the "output render" or "transcode" setting in the Share+Publish area. You might need something optimized for YouTube, an iPhone or Hollywood. The editing software then looks at what you have been doing in real time, goes to all the markers and transitions you have set and makes an entirely new file, the "video", by reading from your 50Mbps source files.
Somewhere here there is a long post from an Adobe tech who tried to explain it to me. He emphasized that there was some relationship between the project setting and the output files, but the most important part was the output settings.
In the Share+Publish section there are a lot of presets. For some you can change the frame rate and bit rate. You should find something pretty close.
Your GH3 is so new, I've read little about it. A 50 Mbps rate is twice what we've had at the consumer level for the last few years. Have fun with that camera!
Bill

Resulting quality - import 1080 from new HD Camcorder

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I have been using iMovie for some time, importing DV from my miniDV camcorder. I have never been real happy with the quality although I have followed the tricks shown in this form and others to get around iMovie's deinterlacing issues.
My question, if I purchase a new HD camcorder (looking at the Canon Vixia series), will I see much improvement in iMovie? If not, is there another video editing solution that will give better quality starting with HD source? Keep in mind I do not want to burn Blueray disks -- I am just looking for the quality I get when I show a DVD movie in my large LCD TV -- which is pretty good.
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Importing 1080/24p sequence into DVD Studio Pro 4

Perhaps the answer here is as simple as "DVD Studio Pro doesn't do Blu-ray." In any event, I recently got a Sony HXR-NX5U, which, among its many functions, shoots 1080 at 24p, 30p and 60i. Following these instructions from Ken Stone (http://www.kenstone.net/fcphomepage/burn_br_mac_superdrivestone.html), I was able to output a 1080/24p movie and burn it to the hybrid format he describes, which plays fine on my PlayStation 3.
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Bear in mind I'm not trying to burn a blu-ray disc.
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DVD SP does't do Blu-Ray.
If you have time to kill, do a search on the forum for hours of entertaining reading on this subject.
To create a DVD, use Compressor to generate the m2v and ac3 files needed by DVDSP to author a DVD.
Again, a search of this forum will turn up hundreds of threads - most of which are restating the process for authoring that is spelled out in the manual.
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I have imported 1080 50p avchd into fcpx but it plays back at practically 25p with missing every other frames (like a freeze-frame of the previous frame) but some of it has imported correctly from the same card and camera. It says it has imported it all at 50fps, but it clearly hasnt. Same problem with 720 50p files, some fine, some wrong. Does anyone know what has happened?

Motion Image*1 (AVCHD*2 : PAL area)
[Full HD] 1920x1080, 50i (sensor output is 50p, 17Mbps) / [Full HD] 1920x1080, 50i (sensor output is 25p, 24Mbps) / [Full HD] 1920x1080, 24p (sensor output is 24p, 24Mbps) / [HD] 1280 x 720, 50p (sensor output is 50p, 17Mbps)
Motion Image*1 (MP4*2 : PAL area)
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http://www.panasonic.nl/html/nl_NL/Panasonic+producten/Lumix+Digitale+Fotocamera %27s/G+Micro+System/DMC-GX7EG/specifications/12911411/index.html?trackInfo=true
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I just downloaded Clipwrap to import my 60p footage into FCPX. I downloaded the demo and realize it will only convert up to a 1min file.
When I re-wrap and nativate to my re-wrapped file, I can see (and hear) that it preserves my 5.1. When I play it back, the audio stops about half way (odd). When I import it into FCPX, there is no audio at all. Will FCPX not edit AC-3?
If I keep the LPCM boxed checked on Clipwrap, I get a mono audio file.
Can someone step out a workflow for me that gets me re-wrapping in Clipwrap, retaining 5.1 and editing in FCPX?
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I am using CS5 and I am trying to import 1080 video into a 720 timeline. When the video is played it appears out of focus. When it is not being played it is sharp. What is going on here? Am I missing some sort of a conversion step along the way?

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I am trying to import 1080/60P clips from a current Sony camera into FCPX.
I am well aware of the tradeoff of size vs editing ease between AVCHD and ProRes. In this case I have hundreds of clips, most of which will be trimmed drastically if they are used at all. So I am hoping to do a rough cut in native format, then transcode that rough cut for final editing and cleanup. Should be a big saving in disk space. I have a new quad core Mac that should be able to play the native clips quite well.
I already have an archive of the camera files on a Firewire 800 drive. I was hoping that FCPX would be able to import it by reference, creating little wrapper .mov files. However when I try to do that, I get a message that the folder containing the video cannot be imported. (It does offer to import the folder of stills that is part of the same file structure).
If instead I choose Import from Camera, FCPX happily ingests the video files but from the size of the .mov files it creates it is clear that they are not references but copies of the camera originals. That makes complete sense for initial import of an actual SD card or USB-mounted hard drive, but I really don't want another 50 GB of files filling up my drive.
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I am interested to know why FCPX behaves as it does, if anyone knows. For example, are audio and video multiplexed differently in the camera archive than in the .mov files that FCPX creates?

Thanks for the quick reply.
Camera is HDR-PJ760, which has proved to be absolutely amazing for handheld shots in difficult conditions. Many of the shots in this project were taken from a boat on the ocean, where a tripod would not have helped. All using the highest available quality settings at 60P. You can't get back quality thrown away in the camera. (Yes I know that the high compression in AVCHD is in fact throwing away a lot, but there is always some tradeoff to get a reasonably compact handheld camera.)
I am guessing that the camera files are muxed, and that is why they cannot be used directly. If that's the case, I will just have to put up with the conversion step.

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Problem solved ............ as I sort of suspected.
Today I acquired another card reader and guess what, FCP X imports the 50p footage perfectly.
The findings I get with my Panasonic SD800, which are probably representative of most cameras are as follows:-
1. When the camera is plugged into my iMac, FCP X will only recognise and import normal AVCHD video but not 1080/50p even when shot on a separate card.
2. With the SDHC card plugged into a card reader, FCP X recognises and imports 1080/50p
3. Also when using the card reader, there is no problem mixing AVCHD and 1080/50p on the same card as FCP X recognises both sets of clips simultaneously.

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