Saturday, June 21, 2014

Transcode Panasonic X920 AVCHD to Apple ProRes 422 for Final CUt Pro X on Mac

Panasonic HC-X920 - Panasonic's latest flagship HD camcorder Key Features: 3 x 1/2.3in BSI CMOS with 12.76Mpixels; 1080/50p AVCHD 2.0 format at up to 28Mbits/sec; Lens ring controlling focus, shutter, iris and white balance; WiFi control[and]viewing; Single SDXC card slot.

Pros: Class-leading image quality Manual controls including lens focus ring Extensive new WiFi features

Cons: Optional 3D just as limited as previous flagship model

Video format options haven't changed since the previous version, but this generation had already moved up to AVCHD 2.0. So the top quality mode offers 1080p Full HD at 50 frames per second, with a data rate of 28Mbits/sec. It's also possible to shoot video in iFrame mode, which uses a standard MP4 format[and]a resolution of 960 x 540.

However, the output 1080 60p or 50p AVCHD movies cannot be supported by some non-linear video editors like the common tool FCP X for Mac users, which causes unsmooth editing without rendering. To get Panasonic HC-X920 footage into Final Cut Pro X, the best method is to transcode the 1080 60p/50p footage to FCP X native support format Apple ProRes 422 with an easy-to-use UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac.

Panasonic AVCHD Converter for Mac from UFUSoft is highly recommended for transcoding AVCHD mts/m2ts files. It provides the preset profile Apple ProRes profiles for FCP. and the converted files are lossless. Now, follow the guide on converting Panasonic HC-X920 1080 60p/50p AVCHD to ProRes for FCP X on Mac OS X step by step.

Step 1: After connecting Panasonic HC-X920 Camera to Mac, run the UFUSoft AVCHD to ProRES Converter for Mac as the best 1080p AVCHD to FCP X Converter for Mac. Click the "Add" button to load the 1080p .mts videos from Panasonic HC-X920 camera through the CAM_SD -> PRIVATE -> AVCHD -> BDMV - > STREAM.

Canon AVCHD to Apple ProRes Converter

Step 2: Click Format box and you will get five Apple ProRes options in Final Cut Pro. If you attach great importance to quality, "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" or "Apple ProRes 422 HQ (*.mov)" will be your favorite options.

Canon AVCHD to FCP X

Step 3: Adjust video[and]audio parameters in Profile Settings, where you can get by clicking Settings on the main interface. For FCP users, 1920*1080 as video size, 30fps(25fps for original 50p video) as frame rate and pcm-s16le as audio codec are the most suitable settings

Step 4: Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Mac Panasonic HC-X920 MTS converter will start converting HC-X920 MTS to ProRes 422 for FCP X on Mac OS X immediately.

After the Panasonic AVCHD MTS to FCP conversion is 100% completed, you can easily import Panasonic HC-X920 recordings in Final Cut Pro X without any rendering.

Tha's all, now you can import and edit Panasonic HC-X920 AVCHD video in FCP X via ProRes codec video. If you want to edit Panasonic HC-X920 AVCHD video in iMovie, you need to convert AVCHD to AIC MOV on Mac; If you import Panasonic HC-X920 AVCHD in Premiere, you can convert Panasonic HC-X920 AVCHD to H.264/MPEG-2 MPG video for Premiere.

You may like to read:

1 comment:

  1. While importing AVCHD to FCP, many guys encounter audio and video sync issue. It will be very annoying if the audio is behind or ahead of a video, even if it is only for two or one second. Sometimes, no audio but only audio or no audio but only video also happens. How to convert PXW-X70 AVCHD to Apple ProRes with audio and video sync? This article is special for this.
    The problem I’m having is that when I convert from PXW-X70 AVCHD to Apple ProRes 422, the video becomes badly out of sync (in some cases the audio plays at 2x the rate of the video.)
    But finally I used Aunsoft iMedia Converter to make all my troublsome problems solvable!
    ...

    Learn more about it:
    http://www.auncam.com/aunsoft-imedia-converter-for-mac

    ReplyDelete