FCP fails to properly import sound of mts video-files following updating into FCP 10.8. Prior to this updating everything worked well. The mts files are stored on my Mac. What can I do?
iMac 27″, macOS 14.5
We use EditReady to rewrap older camera media. A benefit of the rewrap, besides being able to leave files in place when importing, is you can have EditReady create unique filenames for the clips so there's never any chance of naming collisions or confusion (like 50 files all named 0001). I usually prepend the shoot date so if they were shot today, something like 20240801-0001.mov, 20240801-0002.mov, etc.
If FCP doesn't date sort the rewrapped files the way you'd like, I wrote a simple bash script that changes their modification dates to their creation dates.
#!/bin/bash
for i in *.mov
do
created=`/usr/bin/GetFileInfo -d "$i"`;
/usr/bin/SetFile -m "$created" "$i";
done
We use EditReady to rewrap older camera media. A benefit of the rewrap, besides being able to leave files in place when importing, is you can have EditReady create unique filenames for the clips so there's never any chance of naming collisions or confusion (like 50 files all named 0001). I usually prepend the shoot date so if they were shot today, something like 20240801-0001.mov, 20240801-0002.mov, etc.
If FCP doesn't date sort the rewrapped files the way you'd like, I wrote a simple bash script that changes their modification dates to their creation dates.
#!/bin/bash
for i in *.mov
do
created=`/usr/bin/GetFileInfo -d "$i"`;
/usr/bin/SetFile -m "$created" "$i";
done
EditReady can rewrap them to QuickTime, which will give you the same file in a proper format. Compressor and EditReady can batch process.
@knut194 - Just a heads up that apparently 10.8.1 fixes an issue with audio and mts files.
Use Compressor or Handbrake to convert the files to proper video formats.
Great, this works! The 10.8.1-update has obviously taken care of the problem. Thanks for informing me, Terry! I will now go out into the sun rather than organising coversions of MTS-files for hours on end.
Thanks, Tom! Suggestions as to which format I should convert to? MOV? And: Are there any other methods so I do not have to convert all my Mts-files (literally hundreds of hours) in order to edit them on FCP?
Knut
That's good news. Thanks for reporting back that the update fixes the issue. Don't forget the sunscreen! ;)
FCP fails to properly import sound of mts video-files
