Transcoding AF100 AVCHD files for use in iMovie and FCE


Summary: This post introduces an easy-to-use and useful AF100 AVCHD Video Converter for Mac to help people who are looking for a way to transcode AF100 AVCHD files to AIC for use in iMovie and FCE.

Wondering if there’s some kind of plug-in or converter I need to be able to edit AF100 AVCHD files in iMovie?
Panasonic AF100”Hello, there, I am a novice with video editing. Wondering if there’s some kind of plug-in or converter I need to be able to edit AF100 AVCHD files in iMovie. My work required me to edit a couple of MTS clips in Apple iMovie. The MTS video files are taken with a Panasonic AF100 camera. The thing is my colleague only gave me several MTS files without AVCHD folder structure kept, and I can not get iMovie to open up AF100 AVCHD MTS files natively. Does anyone know what I can possibly do??? I would really appreciate any help. Thank you so much!”

Well, if you want to encode AF100 MTS clips for use in iMovie or FCE, you need specific software designed to read and convert AVCHD, and HD Video Converter for Mac is such an application that you can use for this. It comes with ability to convert camera footage in various file types, including AVCHD (.mts, .m2ts, .m2t), MXF, MOV, AVI, WMV, etc. and outputs files for editing in iMovie, FCE, FCP, FCP X, DaVinci Resolve, Sony Vegas, Premiere Pro and more, or for playing on popular devices like Kindle Fire, Galaxy Alpha, Galaxy S6, iPad, iPhone, etc.

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AF100 AVCHD Video Converter for Mac

How to transcode AF100 AVCHD files to Apple InterMediate Codec for use in iMovie and FCE?

Follow these steps:
Step 1: Open up Video Converter for Mac as an AF100 AVCHD Video Converter for Mac. When its main interface comes up, click ‘Add File’ to load your source media.
transcode AF100 AVCHD files to AIC

Step 2: From ‘Profile’ list, choose ‘Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC)(*.mov)’ as output format under ‘iMovie and Final Cut Express’ column.
AF100 AVCHD to iMovie/FCE conversion
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: Custom video and audio settings (optional)
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: Begin AF100 MTS to AIC MOV conversion
When ready, click ‘Convert’ to start AF100 AVCHD to iMovie/FCE conversion. Once the conversion process is complete, click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the generated AIC MOV files for editing with iMovie’11/9/8 or Final Cut Express with optimum performance.

Tips:
If you don’t want to wait for theentire conversion process, you can tick off ‘Showdown computer when conversion completed’ and go away to do other things.

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