I've just had a quick look through this thread and a few things came to
mind.
To encode 50fps .MTS files you need to use 240mb/s or 365mb/s to recode
to DNxHD
The extra track in cinelerra's time line may be caused by the subtitle
info stream (pgs subs) of your cam (though I couldn't replicate this on
my system) . I would suggest using ffmpeg with this command and the -sn
option to remove ;
ffmpeg -i my_file.mts -vcodec dnxhd -b:v 240M -acodec pcm_s16le -ac 2
-sn output.mov
When using ffmpeg for aac audio I believe you still have to use the
-strict experimental option;
..... -acodec aac -strict experimental -ab ***k -ac 2 .....etc
For better cinelerra playback, you may want to experiment with the play
every frame options.
Lastly, using both libav and ffmpeg can only cause confusion. Ive stuck
with ffmpeg because I know it works well.
Regards
Gavin