Final Cut Express HD with Sony HDR Footage.

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Final Cut Express HD with Sony HDR Footage.

Hi Everyone, I have imported Video files originally in .MTS from a Sony HDR-XR520. I then Used Wondershare Video Converter Ultimate to convert the files to .MOV. when I tried importing into Final Cut Express HD It gave me an error of unknown file. I tried then converting the .MOV file with the same program and with Quicktime's Exproting System, but nothing. Ive tried .mp4 .mpg m4v and nothing I have the latest verison of everything: Final Cut 4.0.1, MacOS 10.7.5,

Sombody Help me please! the fotage i took with the GoPro3 Work awesome, except for the footage of my sony HDR.

Final Cut Express HD-OTHER, Mac OS X (10.7.5), Sony HDR-XR520

Posted on Feb 21, 2013 11:01 AM

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Meg The Dog

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Feb 21, 2013 12:12 PM in response to Oliver Konow

Confirm you shot in HD on the camera. Your camera will shoot both HD footage and SD footage. If the footage is SD, you will need to follow a different procedure.

If the footage is HD -

Connect the camera to your computer via a USB cable. You may have to select some options on the camera when you plug in the USB cable.

Open FCE 4.0.1 and go to the menu File > Log and Transfer (not Log and Capture).

When the Log and Transfer window opens, it should populate automatically and you can ingest the clip(s) of your choosing.

MtD

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Oliver Konow Author

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Feb 21, 2013 12:34 PM in response to Meg The Dog

Hi, yes I did shoot in HD. I have already tried loging and transfering from Final Cut Express and iMovie. The log and transfer feature hasn't worked for this camera for a along time. It does however usually work with iMovie. This is what prompted me to use other methods.

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Meg The Dog

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Feb 21, 2013 12:44 PM in response to Oliver Konow

Did you try to fix your system so that Log and Transfer works?

Log and Transfer is really the best way to ingest from your AVCHD camera as it does the proper transcoding for use in FCE - and it eliminates the need for third party software, or multiple step conversions.

If you want to use third party conversion, you can try Clipwrap -

http://www.divergentmedia.com/clipwrap

I believe they have a free trial - but it may be time limited.

Make sure you set the Clipwrap Output format to Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC).

MtD

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