Comments on: Final Cut Pro 6.0.1 Update Adds AVCHD Support http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html Serving up fresh, crispy news and views for creators and consumers of digital video Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:21:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Denes http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html#comment-262574 Denes Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:19:50 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html#comment-262574 Hey Lance VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com. is a cool product , however as you can now VERY very easily !! import to FCP via the log and transfer window perhaps you need to mention WE DONT NEED TO BUY VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com. any more to get AVCHD footage into FCP from most digital HD cameras cheers Denes Hey Lance
VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com.
is a cool product , however as you can now VERY very easily !!
import to FCP via the log and transfer window
perhaps you need to mention
WE DONT NEED TO BUY VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com.
any more to get AVCHD footage into FCP from most digital HD cameras
cheers
Denes

]]> By: Denes http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html#comment-262573 Denes Wed, 11 Feb 2009 00:19:47 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html#comment-262573 Hey Lance VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com. is a cool product , however as you can now VERY very easily !! import to FCP via the log and transfer window perhaps you need to mention WE DONT NEED TO BUY VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com. any more to get AVCHD footage into FCP from most digital HD cameras cheers Denes Hey Lance
VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com.
is a cool product , however as you can now VERY very easily !!
import to FCP via the log and transfer window
perhaps you need to mention
WE DONT NEED TO BUY VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com.
any more to get AVCHD footage into FCP from most digital HD cameras
cheers
Denes

]]> By: Pawl http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html#comment-246213 Pawl Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:39:01 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html#comment-246213 Hi, For your easy transfer of your AVCHD material from the camera to your Mac you may want to try with the iMovie actually comming with your Mac OS X. Simply connect the camera via USB to the Mac and run iMovie, wait a little and the camera will be automatically seen by the iMovie. You may save the material in the Apple Intermediate Codec format in its full resolution 1920x1080i Hope to help you Hi,
For your easy transfer of your AVCHD material from the camera to your Mac you may want to try with the iMovie actually comming with your Mac OS X. Simply connect the camera via USB to the Mac and run iMovie, wait a little and the camera will be automatically seen by the iMovie. You may save the material in the Apple Intermediate Codec format in its full resolution 1920×1080i

Hope to help you

]]> By: LanceDrake http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html#comment-171570 LanceDrake Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:54:11 +0000 http://www.freshdv.com/2007/10/final-cut-pro-601-update-adds-avchd-support.html#comment-171570 Hi All - The 'Getting AVCHD footage into FCP' issue appears to have been complicated in that AVCHD streams from such cameras as the Sony HDR-CX12 - which uses a Memory Stick PRO Duo Flash RAM chip - stores the files in a format which uses the ".m2ts" suffix. As of this date (August 2008) neither Final Cut nor Quicktime will recognize and load these .m2ts files. Furthermore, Sony does not provide Macintosh software support for the movies - although the JPG images can get imported directly from the camera into iPhoto via the USB connection. The 'get digital versions of the movies into my Mac' solution I had to go with was with a shareware application I found called VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com. By mounting the camera on the Mac desktop, double-clicking on the icon and dragging the folder (or contents therein) from the path /Volumes/[cameraname]/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM to [wherever], it was possible to then use the VoltaicHD application to convert the captured HD footage into files which could then be imported into FCP or played by QT. The application appears to be somewhat slower that I might expect - but, prior to locating that app, I was expecting to have to use a PC to get editable files into my Mac and the Sony PMB application does not appear to want to let you perform the conversion such that you end up with 1920x1080 footage - it automatically reduces the frame size of the HD footage which was captured to something like 720x404 - and it's a WAV file, at that. Hi All -

The ‘Getting AVCHD footage into FCP’ issue appears to have been complicated in that AVCHD streams from such cameras as the Sony HDR-CX12 - which uses a Memory Stick PRO Duo Flash RAM chip - stores the files in a format which uses the “.m2ts” suffix.

As of this date (August 2008) neither Final Cut nor Quicktime will recognize and load these .m2ts files.

Furthermore, Sony does not provide Macintosh software support for the movies - although the JPG images can get imported directly from the camera into iPhoto via the USB connection.

The ‘get digital versions of the movies into my Mac’ solution I had to go with was with a shareware application I found called VoltaicHD - from shedworx.com.

By mounting the camera on the Mac desktop, double-clicking on the icon and dragging the folder (or contents therein) from the path /Volumes/[cameraname]/AVCHD/BDMV/STREAM to [wherever], it was possible to then use the VoltaicHD application to convert the captured HD footage into files which could then be imported into FCP or played by QT.

The application appears to be somewhat slower that I might expect - but, prior to locating that app, I was expecting to have to use a PC to get editable files into my Mac and the Sony PMB application does not appear to want to let you perform the conversion such that you end up with 1920×1080 footage - it automatically reduces the frame size of the HD footage which was captured to something like 720×404 - and it’s a WAV file, at that.

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