some panasonic and sony cameras have their own capture programs that you need to use to bring the media onto your computer, so check the software downloads area for this particular camera on panasonic's site. They are pretty mac friendly.
The second course to try which is worth a go (and I usually do with HDV cameras as I find it easer than final cut pro's log and capture) is to connect the camera up to iMovie, let it detect it and import all the footage, and then bring that footage into FCP afterwards. Especially useful if you have an old version of Final Cut and a new version of iMovie. On 15 April 2013 14:02, Sam - MacAmbulance <[email protected]> wrote: > You'd want the files digitally, rather than exporting visually through the > AV ports. Normally the FCP capture method would convert on the fly from MTS > to MOV file. MTS is just Panasonic's wrapper for MPEG4 video, so shouldn't > have any problems importing it. How is your friend importing the video > exactly? What menu commands etc. Also what version of FCP is it? > > Regards > > Sam > MacAmbulance > > Providing affordable Apple & PC services > > Sam Mullen > 07747 778022 > http://www.macambulance.co.uk > [email protected] > > On 15 Apr 2013, at 13:18, Jason Davies <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Smuggers > > A friend has got one of these and has found that the video files are MTS - > but she wants to use as MOV. There are loads of converters that claim to > work but she has had issues with all of them... Does anyone know if you can > export from these via the HDMI or AVI/digital out ports in the way that > iMovie used to work with firewire? > > Failing that the voice of experience (rather than google) on the best way > to convert these files would be very welcome.. currently we seem to have a > two-stage process with Handbrake to mp4 and then other software (MPEG > Streamclip, I think she said) to MOV (into Final Cut Pro) [I haven't > actually been able to get my hands on her set-up to work out why all even > though that sounds a bit odd. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Sussex Mac User Group" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Sussex Mac User Group" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/smug?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
