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long .mts files
I have a client that I often shot events for. The are very simple one camera deals where all I have to do is clean up the heads and tails and occasionally make a few cuts if there is some dead spot in the event. They are long enough though that the .mts files my camera records to are broken up into several files and if I import them directly there is a skip at the file break. is there either a way to import them as a single .mts file or is that skip a known quality where I just have to trim x frames from and end for it to line up? Would be great if I didn’t have to transcode the footage and save me some time.
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7 Replies
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Importing those files through the Media Browser is usually the answer to this type of thing.
The file segments should all come in as one file per each record start/stop.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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wonderful. Will try it this afternoon. Thank you. Just got my nMP on friday so handling .mts files in the NLE was way to cumbersome before. The thing flies. It is absolutely amazing. Can get this little things out same day now.
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Tim has the right suggestion, but in addition to using Media Browser, very important to maintain the original folder structure from the camera’s SD card – copy EVERYTHING over to a new folder on your hard drive. If you ONLY have the .mts files by themselves, things may not work out as well.
Thanks
Jeff Pulera
Safe Harbor Computers -
Yes, Jeff makes a good point that I didn’t even think of…but not transferring media from camera media to hard drive IS still a recurring issue…
I’ve never seen any software manufacturer instruct someone to extract only the .mts or .mp4 (or whatever) files from a camera’s data structure…yet I still get this kind of thing sent to me 2 or 3 times a year.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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HA yes. Any of us that delt with footage from the MarkII learned very quickly about the importance of bringing over the entire file structure from the camera.
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My all time favourite was a guy who merged 2 x BDMV folders together from two XDCAM EX cards. Yeah…that didn’t work!
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[Sam Lanes] “My all time favourite was a guy who merged 2 x BDMV folders together from two XDCAM EX cards.”
Wow… OK, I have nothing to rival that.
TimK,
Director, Consultant
Kolb Productions,Adobe Certified Instructor
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