How can I import Canon VIXIA HF R62 60p AVCHD into FCP X smoothly? If you are stuck in loading HF R62 60p MTS clips into FCP X, you can follow this guide to learn a workaround to transcode VIXIA HF R62 60p AVCHD to ProRes codec for use in FCP X flawlessly.
How can I get FCP X recognizing Canon VIXIA HF R62 AVCHD video?
“I’m using FCP X on my MacBook Pro running Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite. When I connect my Canon VIXIA HF R62 via the USB cable, FCP X fails to recognize my camcorder. The strange thing is the Canon icon and SD card icon both show up on my desktop but FCP X isn’t recognizing the camcorder as connected and therefore won’t import the files. When I try to manually import the files from the SD card, FCP X says there are no recognizable files, although the AVCHD files are definitely there. This issue is consistent with all my recordings and not just on one SD card. I wrote Canon and they have no idea why this occurring, claiming it’s an Apple issue. Any idea what’s going on and how I can solve it? Any ideas? Please help. Thanks.”
Although most cameras in Canon VIXIA HF lineup are on the list of FCP X Supported Cameras, there is still difficulty in importing Canon VIXIA HF series Cameras AVCHD MTS movie to FCP X. Even though you are able to import Canon VIXIA HF to FCP X, you will find images appear distorted or jittery playback during playing, especially handling 1080 60p AVCHD footage. To be able to let FCP X recognize VIXIA HF R62 60p AVCHD movies fluently, we would recommend transcoding VIXIA HF R62 60p AVCHD video to ProRes 422, which FCP X will recognize and handle well. Read on to check a step by step guide on how to convert VIXIA HF R62 60p MTS clips to FCP X preferred ProRes 422.
Canon VIXIA HF R62 and FCPX – transcode Canon VIXIA HF R62 60p AVCHD to QuickTime .mov with ProRes codec for editing in FCP X
Software requirement
HD Video Converter for Mac
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Run HD Video Converter for Mac as a professional Canon VIXIA HF R62 AVCHD to FCP X Converter. When its main interface comes up, click ‘Add File’ to load source video to it.
Step 2: Select ‘Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)’ as output format for opening with FCP X
From the Format bar, move to ‘Final Cut Pro’ catalogue, and select ‘Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)’ as target format. Apple ProRes is the best suited editing codec for FCP X and its former version FCP 6 and 7. When loading them into FCP (X), you needn’t wait for a long time for rendering.
Important: If you’ve loaded a number of video clips to do batch conversion, please do remember ticking off ‘Apply to All’ option before you start.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio settings (for advanced users)
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels. 3D settings are also available.
Step 4: Click ‘Convert’ to start Canon VIXIA HF R62 60p AVCHD footage to ProRes MOV conversion.
Step 5: Click ‘Open Folder’ to get generated ProRes 422 QuickTime files for transferring and editing in Final Cut Pro X with optimum performance.
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