MTS to MOV Conversion

[Michael Gissing]

https://forums.creativecow.net/thread/8/1104883#1104883

Rafael and other regulars here have answered this question before. Searching this forum pre whinge is recommended practice.

[Tim Allen]

I did search the forums, and I did see this thread. Neither responses provided a good answer. ClipWrap is not free, and MPEG Streamclip does not work as stated in my original post.

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The Real Tim Allen
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[Tom Wolsky]

AVCHD is a camera format generated in a metadata wrapper. If you have the wrapper that includes the mts files Final Cut will have no problem reading it. There is absolutely no reason and no excuse for the MPEG stream being separated from its folder structure. If you have that you’re good to go without spending any money or using a third party utility. If the MPEG stream has been separated ClipWrap is the price you have to pay.

All the best,

Tom

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[Andy Mees]

[Tim Allen] “…and I still can’t read .MTS files that are allegedly just AVCHD H.264 files?!?”

Maybe you want to provide a bit more detail regarding these files. Where did they come from? Might help folks in helping you to diagnose and resolve your issue in a means more to your liking.

By the way, your attitude really sucks.

Cheers
Andy

[Daniel Ludwig]

if the meta-datas are deleted and you only have the m2ts-files you can transcode these files to quicktime-mov using adobe media encoder CS4 or CS5, if you have installed encore and premiere.

cheers

danny

[Rafael Amador]

[Daniel Ludwig] “you can transcode these files to quicktime-mov using adobe media encoder CS4 or CS5, if you have installed encore and premiere.”
Hi Daniel,
This is a Final Cut Forum, and what you are suggesting is not a solution for a Final Cut user.
rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Andy Mees]

C’mon Rafa, appreciate the loyalty buddy but many stalwart Final Cut Studio users also have (and regularly use) Adobe’s Production Suite too (for After Effects and Photoshop).. And anyway, just because someone suggests a commercial software solution outside of the immediate Apple Final Cut Studio apps does not make it bad advice. If Tim has Premiere and AME then he may appreciate Daniel’s tip.

[Shane Ross]

[Tim Allen] “Why is it that I have a $1,200 “Professional” editing software package (Final Cut Studio), and I still can’t read .MTS files that are allegedly just AVCHD H.264 files?!?”

Why is it that Avid Media Composer ($2500), the INDUSTRY STANDARD non-linear editing application that has been around for DECADES doesn’t edit AVCHD native? It needs to convert it too!

That’s a horrible argument….doesn’t hold water. WHY doesn’t it work? Because AVCHD wasn’t designed to be edited natively.

What a piss poor attitude you have.

Shane

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[Rafael Amador]

One of the problems of the AVCHD, is that there are as many flavors as camcorders manufacturers.
The AVCHD from canon, may differ from the SONY, and both differ of PANASONIC, etc.
I’ve been advocating ClipWrap, because the “Re-wrap” function was very interesting.
However I’m very disappointed. The re-wrapped files from my JVC Everio, maes FC get a “Out of Memory” error.
I’ve talked with “Divergentmedia” and I’m still waiting for a fix since a couple of months.
Rafael

http://www.nagavideo.com

[Tim Allen]

Hey Gang,

Thanks for the help. Perhaps I should have added an “lol” at the end of my first statement to make it sound not so “piss poor”. I just think it’s silly that there doesn’t seem to be a single solution for all this.

The issue here is that a client provided just the .MTS files to me, completely out of context from the media they were acquired with – so no meta data.

I suppose it makes me feel a little better that at least it’s because the media is not in the context it was intended to be in for my uses.

Thanks for the info… guess I’m droppin’ 50 bones on ClipWrap. 😛

FYI: I’m not frustrated at Apple or Avid for doing a less than stellar job of supporting the AVCHD format. I’m personally frustrated at the format for even existing. But that’s just me. 🙂

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The Real Tim Allen
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