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Mac AVCHD Videos to ProRes 422 Converter - M2TS to ProRes 422 QuickTime

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Most of my home videos are shot with either Sony HDR-SR11 or the new Panasonic HDC-TM700. Both camcorders can save 1080i videos in .m2ts format, but Panasonic TM700k is advanced with 1080/60p 28mbps mode. When I would like to edit the AVCHD videos in Final Cut Pro, I got error message about the unsupported 1080/60p videos.

 

Since Apple ProRes 422 was introduced as the video codec for Final Cut Studio to edit full-frame, 10-bit and HD videos, I would like to convert M2TS to ProRes 422 Quicktime or Remux M2TS to Quicktime for editing in Final Cut Pro. After google search, I find ClipWrap and Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as choices. However, ClipWrap does not deinterlace videos to get perfect ProRes files. Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac is the recommended AVCHD M2TS video to ProRes 422 converter on Mac Snow Leopard with deinterlacing option for ProRes 422.

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Below is the fast guide for you to get convert AVCHD video to Apple ProRes 422 videos for Final Cut Pro.

 

Step 1. Upload AVCHD files to Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac.

Connect camcorder to iMac/MacBook Pro via USB cable, run Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as the best AVCHD M2TS to FCP ProRes converter. Click the "Add" button to upload the .m2ts files from camcorder to Mac application. Alternatively, you can also browse the videos on Mac for conversion.

 

Step 2. Choose MOV with Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro.

Click the "Format" option, and move mouse cursor to Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as output format. To get 1080 videos, we need to click the "Settings" button and choose 1920*1080 as output video size.

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Actually, there are many options for you to choose. According to the Apple ProRes white paper, Apple ProRes 4444 is the highest quality in the ProRes group, but also demands high computer configuration. Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) offers the best quality in ProRes 422 group. Apple ProRes 422 offers lower data rate than Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), and Apple ProRes 422 (LQ) is perfect for digital broadcast environments, while Apple ProRes 422 (LT) is for offline editing.

 

Step 3. Deinterlace M2TS 1080i videos.

Select the 1080i video and click the "Editor" button, go to the Effect tab and make sure the checkbox for deinterlacing is ticked.

 

Step 4. Convert AVCHD video to MOV with ProRes for FCP.

Click the convert button under the preview window, the Mac M2TS to ProRes 422 QuickTime converter will start converting and deinterlacing 1080i AVCHd .m2ts videos to ProRes 422, so that you can edit highest quality videos in Final Cut Pro.

 

Hope you enjoy the best way to convert home videos AVCHD to ProRes 422 QuickTime for FCP.

 

Tips:

The output profiles under the Final Cut Pro group in Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac only works properly when you have Final Cut Pro or say Final Cut Studio installed on your Apple computer. For example, the DVCPro HD 1080p25 (*.mov) profile only works in perfect video and audio sync on computers with FCP.

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