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How to import AVCHD movies into iPhoto without wavy lines.

Seems to be quite the common plight but few resolved answers (that I could find) ...

Importing videos in to iPhoto from Sony Handycam "works", but upon viewing the quality is garbage with lines, shooting in 1080i mode at 30 fps.

I know I can import into iMovie but because it converts that to AIC it chews up way more space. I've also played around with ClipWare, but that only seems to reduce the distraction slightly.

Any other automated software out there to do this? Seems like a good market to make some serious coin for whoever comes up with software for it.

Posted on Oct 25, 2012 12:39 AM

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léonie

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Oct 31, 2014 10:49 AM in response to kbacon

How is importing video into iPhoto and wanting to view it in iPhoto not "using the provided tools the way they are meant to be used"? If Apple didn't want me to import videos into iPhoto it would be simple enough to remove video support altogether.

Still cameras can record videos, so Apple added the support for video from still cameras.

I have not found a link for iPhoto, but for Aperture has Apple provided this list:

Aperture 3: About video and audio formats in Aperture

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4025

With Aperture 3, you can use video and audio formats from many still cameras. The cameras listed here have been tested, but video and audio from still cameras that have not been tested may also work.

How to import AVCHD movies into iPhoto without wavy lines.

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