The great thing about digital cameras nowadays is their ability to act as video cameras as well. Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX30V digital camera is such a little gadget. It captures video in AVCHD format at 1080p60 or 1080i60 quality at a few different bit rates – including a one that maximizes recording time, but grabs video at a resolution that is not fully HD (1,440 x 1,080). As long as you don’t opt for 60p, you’ll also be able to capture 13-megapixel stills while recording video.
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Be ware that AVCHD is not the best format for editing, social media sharing or even burning onto DVDs. The two 1080p modes warn you that you need a Blu-ray burner to create a disc. So some users choose to shoot in 1080i mode. It is still very good. As for AVCHD editing, people might consider converting Sony HX30V MTS clips to a format that is well suited for using within FCP X, iMovie, FCE 4, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro. There are lots of software apps to do this job, like MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. It allows users to change the AVCHD footage from Sony HX30V camera to a variety of other media formats keeping 720p or 1080p HD-quality for different uses, including editing, sharing, playing and burning. If your source AVCHD files are interlaced (e.g. 1080i), by using its ‘deinterlacing’ facility, you are able to remove the interlaced lines from your video to deliver excellent image quality. More than handling MTS footage generated by a consumer-level digital camera, it is also able to deal with shootings produced by professional AVCHD camcorders.
Tips:
1. The free trial version is provided for you to see if it would be able to convert your AVCHD format video from a Sony HX30V digital camera.
2. The trial version will create videos with PAVTUBE logo standing in the center of the output image. To bypass the watermark, you should purchase its full version.
Import media files from Sony HX30V to FCP X, iMovie, FCE 4, Avid, and Premiere Pro
The guide below shows the details on how to transcode AVCHD files from a Sony HX30V camera for editing within Final Cut Pro X, iMovie, Final Cut Express 4, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro by using Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.
1. Launch HD Video Converter as a Mac Sony HX30V camera video converter.
2. When its main interface comes up, click ‘Add video’/ ‘Add from folder’ to input AVCHD source files captured by your Sony HX30V camera. You can load directly from your camera or from a file folder that contains your source files that stored on your Mac computer.
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3. Go to ‘Format’ menu and choose an output format depending on the editing application you are using.
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Tips:
1). If you intend to edit Sony HX30V AVCHD footage with FCP X, you can choose “Apple ProRes 422” as output format under ‘Final Cut Pro’ column.
2). If you are going to work with iMovie or FCE 4, ‘Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC)(*.mov)’ is recommended.
3). If you are editing with Avid Media Composer, you’d better select ‘Avid DNxHD (*.mov)’ as target format from “Avid Media Composer’ option.
4). If you are using Adobe Premiere Pro to handle Sony HX30V MTS clips, you can opt ‘MOV (AVC) (*.mov)’ as output format under ‘Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas’ catalogue.
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4. Click ‘Convert’ button to start rewrapping Sony HX30V videos to your editing system preferred file format. As soon as the conversion finished, you can click ‘Open’ button to get the generated files. These files now are ready for editing in FCP X, iMovie, FCE 4, Avid, or Adobe Premiere.
Be ware that AVCHD is not the best format for editing, social media sharing or even burning onto DVDs. The two 1080p modes warn you that you need a Blu-ray burner to create a disc. So some users choose to shoot in 1080i mode. It is still very good. As for AVCHD editing, people might consider converting Sony HX30V MTS clips to a format that is well suited for using within FCP X, iMovie, FCE 4, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro. There are lots of software apps to do this job, like MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. It allows users to change the AVCHD footage from Sony HX30V camera to a variety of other media formats keeping 720p or 1080p HD-quality for different uses, including editing, sharing, playing and burning. If your source AVCHD files are interlaced (e.g. 1080i), by using its ‘deinterlacing’ facility, you are able to remove the interlaced lines from your video to deliver excellent image quality. More than handling MTS footage generated by a consumer-level digital camera, it is also able to deal with shootings produced by professional AVCHD camcorders.
Tips:
1. The free trial version is provided for you to see if it would be able to convert your AVCHD format video from a Sony HX30V digital camera.
2. The trial version will create videos with PAVTUBE logo standing in the center of the output image. To bypass the watermark, you should purchase its full version.
Import media files from Sony HX30V to FCP X, iMovie, FCE 4, Avid, and Premiere Pro
The guide below shows the details on how to transcode AVCHD files from a Sony HX30V camera for editing within Final Cut Pro X, iMovie, Final Cut Express 4, Avid Media Composer and Adobe Premiere Pro by using Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.
1. Launch HD Video Converter as a Mac Sony HX30V camera video converter.
2. When its main interface comes up, click ‘Add video’/ ‘Add from folder’ to input AVCHD source files captured by your Sony HX30V camera. You can load directly from your camera or from a file folder that contains your source files that stored on your Mac computer.
3. Go to ‘Format’ menu and choose an output format depending on the editing application you are using.
Tips:
1). If you intend to edit Sony HX30V AVCHD footage with FCP X, you can choose “Apple ProRes 422” as output format under ‘Final Cut Pro’ column.
2). If you are going to work with iMovie or FCE 4, ‘Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC)(*.mov)’ is recommended.
3). If you are editing with Avid Media Composer, you’d better select ‘Avid DNxHD (*.mov)’ as target format from “Avid Media Composer’ option.
4). If you are using Adobe Premiere Pro to handle Sony HX30V MTS clips, you can opt ‘MOV (AVC) (*.mov)’ as output format under ‘Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas’ catalogue.
4. Click ‘Convert’ button to start rewrapping Sony HX30V videos to your editing system preferred file format. As soon as the conversion finished, you can click ‘Open’ button to get the generated files. These files now are ready for editing in FCP X, iMovie, FCE 4, Avid, or Adobe Premiere.