.mts files in FCP 5

I'm still working of Final Cut Pro 5.1.4. I might be taking on a new project that works with .mts files.
Can FCP 5 handle that? Is there a free converter available? (I don't have Toast)
Thanks!!

There isn't anything free at all, and mpeg stream clip won't do this.
If it is avchd, and it always important to identify which cam, your elections are:
Adobe Media Encoder
Toast 9/10
VideoPierHD
Voltaic HD

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Hi sir im using fcp 7 for video editing in i mac, how can i edit mts files in fcp 7 without log n transfer, is their solution for fcp 7?

Hi sir im using fcp 7 for video editing in i mac, how can i edit mts files in fcp 7 without log n transfer, is their solution for fcp 7?

>No, you are not right.
Going to question the biggest contributor to this forum? (Yes, my ego is talking). OK then...
>Install the QT-Plugin, restart your Mac and you will be able to import and use .mts files in FCP 7.
Sure...yes, that makes it POSSIBLE to read the files natively in FCP...if they come from a Panasonic camera. BUT...just try working with those files. Right away the system won't be nearly as responsive as it would if they were ProRes. First...there are no sequence settings for that format...so you'll have to use ProRes and have a green render bar. BUT, that's no big deal. The big deal is trying to work with the AVCHD format, which is VERY processor intensive...inside an application that doesn't like to work with much outside of the FCP editing codecs.
Is it possible? Sure? Will it work well...will you be as zippy and error free as if you converted to ProRes? Not by a long shot. OH, but don't just take my word for it. Go ahead...try it and see. No skin off my nose...no waste of my time. See how well this works.
I'm just here to relate real world working solutions to issues. And yes, I did try that plugin, and boy, was editing a pain.

AVCHD: how to deal with the .MTS files in FCP 5 or iMovie 08

I just bought a Canon HF10 AVCHD camcorder and stumbles into the difficult editing process with FCP 5. Here are my steps:
- Conversion of the camcorder .MTS files with iMovie 8; they are then transformed into a .MOV sequence. A 14secondes sequence recorded in the highest quality (FXP, 17Mbps) is captured as a 28MB .MTS file by the camcorder, rendered as a 231MB .MOV file by iMovie 8, and it took 53 sec to process it !
- I export the sequence as: Share >Export Final Cut XML…
- In FCP 5: import XML…then I tried different modes: AIC 1080i60 (image is overstreched), AIC 720p30 (proportion is OK, but I captured in 1080…), AIC DV NTSC 48kHz (not HD…) BUT none of the resulting sequence is rendered, I still have the red bar above the timeline.
For financial reason, I’d like to avoid to go to FCP 6, which seems to work natively with the AVCHD format.
My questions are:
- is there a way to reduce the size of the iMovie converted files: 900MB per minute ?
- is there a way not to have to render the imported files in FCP ?
Can anyone help me ?

I have the same camera and the reality is you're going to go through that translation from AVCHD to some sort of Quicktime file format no matter which tool you use. I do it with FCP6 and it needs to do the same translation from the .mts files to (they recommend) ProRes files. AVCHD is a highly compressed format and when you move it to an editable form, the file(s) is going to get much larger. It is HiDef content after all which can be quite large.
In my case, once I do the transfer to ProRes format nothing needs to be rendered in the FCP timeline unless I add some sort of filter or effect to it.
The rendering problem you are describing is often caused by the Sequence setting not matching the content settings. This is automated in FCP6 where it detects the content format of the video you're trying to add and changes the sequence settings to match the content. Take a look at the sequence settings and see if they match the structure of the content and that should resolve the 'everything needs to be rendered' situation.

Cannot Ingest AVCHD .MTS files in FCP 7

I am trying to Ingest .mts files into Final Cut Pro 7.
I dragged all of the files from an SD card onto one of my External Hard Drives.
I open up Final Cut Pro 7, Go to Log and Transfer, Navigate to the AVCHD folder then to the BDMV folder then finally to the STREAM folder. In the STREAM folder sits all of the .mts files. They are all greyed out and I cannot Ingest them. They will not add to the Log and Transfer Window in FCP 7.
What am I doing wrong? How can I Ingest these files into FCP 7 so I can edit with them?
Thanks in Advance.
I have a Mac Intel
Final Cut Studio 3
10 GB RAM

Just saw that Adam's original post was an older one. Will keep this here anyway to maybe help the most recent poster.
Sharon
Adam, did you try what David said about pointing to the root folder? Did that work?
When I copy the SD card, I name a new folder on my hard drive something specific, like Smith Wedding. Then I copy everything inside the SD card to that new folder. The first level inside my new folder now has folders for
AVF_INFO
PRIVATE
and on down from there. When you open Log and Transfer, point it to the Smith Wedding folder (of course whatever you have named yours).
ClipWrap2 also works great to convert the files beforehand if you want.
What camera are you using? I have the Sony NX30 and it was giving me fits because the .mts files don't ingest if the clips are longer than 11 min. My problem is that I'm still on FCP 6.0.6. I think 7.0.3 fixed that. But I did find enough work-arounds to keep the camera.
This is a link to the full discussion if you are interested.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/19085158#19085158
Sharon
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Camera has MTS files that FCP can't see

Hi,
I have captured 4 clips on our Panasonic camera. The camera shows 4 clips in its screen viewer, but when we log and transfer in FCP 7 it only shows 1. The odd thing is, this 1 clip isn't one of the 4 on the cameras screen.
Any idea where those 4 clips are so I can get FCP to capture them?
Best wishes
Michael

Not sure if your problem has been solved or not, But I would still like to post what I found as a solution. Here is a blog that help me solve this kind of issue as you can see. And pretty much sure you know that mts files can't be import to fcp directly. And here is another aspect. if your mxf files contains more than one audio channels, then if you use some converter like Handbrake, MPEG Streamclip, it may mess them together. Or you can find an app to help you convert them seperately, suggest you imixmxf if you need. just google it. Good luck with that. And this post is just for someone who has the similar problem. Hope it will help someone

Cant read .mts files with FCP-X on external drive after recovery

I used Data Rescue 3 on my Imac to recover lost files. They came back on the external drive as .mts files but will not import to FCP X. Why?? Do they need to be in some kind of file for FCP X to recognise them??

Forum search is your friend.
FCP cannot import .mts files without the folder structure that contains their metadata. You can use ClipWrap to rewrap the files to QuickTime.

Importing .MTS files into FCP 10

I just purchased a Canon C-100 and am delighted with the results. However, I need to know how to import the .MTS files into Final Cut Pro-10. I have imported the files to one of my hard drives, but FCP-10 does not recognize them.

Hi kennethcnelson!,
Final Cut Pro should support the MTS format. In order to be recognized, the files must be within the identical folder/file structure on the camera.
If this is a time sensitive-matter, additional support options are available at Contact Us.
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Import .mts files with FCP 7?

What I want to know is can fcp import/transfer .mts files?
What I have been doing is using HandBrake, which converts the files to MP4 format and then convert them with MPEG StreamClip into .mov files. Everyone keeps telling me I'm doing too many steps and that I can "just do it with fcp." So far, I haven't been able to do that.
So, right now, I have the sd card with the file structure intact. The files are in AVCHD format, filmed with a Sony αNex-5 camera. (from sony: 1080i (1,920 x 1,080), 60i (interlaced) fields/second HD recording in AVCHD format).

I'm a film student and I've taken non-linear editing courses featuring FCP. I'm not an expert, but I do know the basics of file importing/exporting/transfering, etc. I have used a GL2 and have done Log and Capture, Log and Transfer, as well as read the Canon manual and installed the Canon plug in for FCP. Sony has no plug in or support for Mac owners (they refer all fcp questions to this website) for this camera.
I've tried selecting every file at every level and I get the same response.
File structure (plus there are .cpi files in the clipinf folder, etc.) goes:
CARD
PRIVATE, AVF_INFO, DCIM, MISC, MP_ROOT,
AVCHD, SONY
BDMV
STREAM, CLIPINF, INDEX.BDM, MOVIEOBJ.BDM, PLAYLIST
00001.MTS
The camera shoots AVCHD 1920x1080i. I've read that AVCHD Lite cannot record interlace, so I assume this is not AVCHD Lite. Am I wrong?

.mts files to FCP

Hi. I know there a lot of discussions here about this topic but nothing seems to help me. I've got a few DVD's from my client and they are full of these .mts files (nothing else). Now I would like to import these to FCP but I don't really know how. I have tried normal import and log and transfer but both gives me error messages. I think I need to convert those to Apple ProRes codec somehow but how? I have the latest FCP 7.0. Could someone give me a hint here?
Thanks
Mikko

I did a bit search again and I found that Adobe Premiere supports avchd and I tried Adobe Media Encoder and it works nicely with this! So the problem is solved... thanks!

Uploading MTS file in FCP 5.4

Hello
Is there anyway I can upload mts footage in FCP 5.4 or do i need to convert them?
many thanks
d

Convert
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VideoPierHD
Toast9
Use AIC.

How do you import MTS files?

Today I filmed using a Panasonic HDC-SDT750 in 1080/50p but when I went to "Import From Camer" on FCP X it would only show me the other files I filmed using the normal setting on the camcorder. Is there anyway to import the MTS files into FCP X.

I shoot a few 50p files as well. But, come to think of it, I did not happen to use Import from Camera on those particular files. I used ClipWrap. It also does a good job of converting the MTS files to ProRes 422. Something you have to remember though is when you have recorded longer than 10 or 12 minutes, many cameras will break up the recording into individual clip files to keep from going over the 2GB limit. When you use Import from Camera, FCP X will stitch these back together into one contiguous file. In your case, if you were to use ClipWrap instead, you would have to use ClipWrap's "Convert Multiple to Spanned" menu item to do the same thing. ClipWrap is $50, but it has a good reputation amongst videographers for high quality and relatively fast conversions. Best wishes.
stephen

Converting Panasonic HDC-TM900K HD .MTS files?

Client just sent me a huge stack of files ... all shot with his Panasonic HDC-TM900K HD ... they are .MTS files. FCP, MPEG Streamclip, VLC, none of my usual standbys will open the things so I can convert them.
I'm wondering how I can convert them to ProRes 4:2:2 HQ. The client has shot enough for a feature doc, interesting story, the production stills are beautiful. He wants a take on the AVCHD. I need to see how tricky, and long, it is going to be to convert the files. I actually need to see what the shooting looks like too, before I quote the job.
All ears...
Ben

Hi Meg The Dog,
Clipwrap seems to work well. Thank you most kindly. Have one issue I can't solve. In Clipwrap it says the clip is 'stereo'. Once I've converted it, it reads as mono, or an odd form of mono. If I open it on the FCP timeline to look at the properties it says it is stereo, but the right side of the stereo is greyed out. It plays in the centre (not on the left side only). And it is definitely mono. I'm trying to figure out if somehow they shot all this stuff with 'mono' turned on the camera, which seems unlikely as I suspect the default on those little cameras is stereo - and they'd have to dig into the menu to find a mono select. And why would they?
So I'm wondering if it is happening in the conversion process.
Any ideas?
Apologies if there is another version of this particular post. I swear I thought I wrote one ... but it never appeared up on the forum.
All ears,
Ben

FCP "Log and Transfer" ignores some MTS files

Good afternoon!
FCP's "Log and Transfer" will only pick up about 50% of the MTS files recorded on my Canon HF-10. Toast 9 can see them all, but of course the QuickTime conversion puts them a bit out of sync.
I've just spend rather a lot of cash on FCS2 for the Log and Transfer option. Does anyone know why only some of my MTS files are showing up?
Many thanks!
DAN

My guess is because you are on a G5, not an Intel Mac
If those files are AVCHD, you need an Intel Mac and at least 6.0.5.

Converting mts files for use in fcp

i know this horse has already been turned into glue ...
in any case, i have a dvd's worth of mts files provided by a client. can't import them directly into fcp, so i need to run them through some sort of conversion. tried MPEG StreamClip and that doesn't work. Toast is too expensive. demoed VoltaicHD and didn't care for it. the two that worked the best are Moyea HD Video Converter and Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter that were recommended. very simple interface, reasonable file sizes and much quicker than VoltaicHD. they go for $35 which i guess is reasonable. interestingly they seem like the same exact product just slightly different skins. anyone have any experience with either? one thing that i did find disconcerting is they use SWREG as their e-commerce provider who immediately tried to sell me keycode backup insurance. the whole operation seemed a bit shady to me. anyone have any problems with these guys?
if anyone has any other solutions to this mts conversion issue it'd be appreciated. thanks.

Hi,is your problem resolved? there is a good mts converter for mac of highly-regarded reputation from this forum and other popular camcorder forum.http://www.camcorderinfo.com/bbs/showthread.php?p=251941

FCP X and MTS files (Panasonic Camera)

When I try to import (1080/60p)footage from the Panasonic AVCHD camera FXP tells me there are no importable files. After I have read through the documentation here and tried to copy the entire file structure to my HD and then import it-No Luck
I can play the files by using VLC to search through the directory structure until I find the MTS files. Play perfectly-
Is the problem in the type of footage (P) vs (I) that FCP can't use?
Any suggestions on how to import- it's such a popluar format I didn't anticipate any problemshere-

Hey Tome you had this post that I had looked at "
Tom Wolsky The Americas
Re: Importing AVCHD files for archive
Aug 21, 2012 1:44 PM (in response to jgo687)
You make a folder and archive the entire folder structure of the AVCHD card."
So I had tried that as well- was able to copy perfectly still nothing- I am becomeing more convinded it's the 1080/60P panasonic becuase when I shoot something WITHOUT this- I can import fine-

.mts files in FCP 5

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