Deinterlace /Editing Sony NEX-5 AVCHD .MTS files to Final Cut

Posted by admin on July 29, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Sony Alpha NEX-5 is one of the interchangeable lens digital cameras, with all the components, bodies and lenses support the feature to tackle continuous autofocus and exposure adjustment while recording video. The Sony NEX-5 supports recoding 1920×1080 AVCHD video.

There is one warning about AVCHD files editing in iMovie or Final Cut. When you import your AVCHD footage from Sony or Canon HD cameras into iMovie or Final Cut for editing, the two applications actually do not edit in native HD videos.

Final Cut Pro was said to support AVCHD .mts files, but I could not figure out the reason for my issue yet. I then find Mac MTS to FCP converter and get .mov videos for editing on FCP. It works wonderfully for my Sony NEX-5 HD videos. I just use the USB extension cable to connect the NEX-5 to PC, transfer the videos to Mac hard drive, and load the videos to the MTS to FCP converter, choose Common Video > MOV – QuickTime(*.mov) as output format for conversion. I can then load the videos to Final Cut Pro without problem.

Step 1. Load AVCHD files to Aunsoft AVCHD Converter
Drag and drop AVCHD-MTS files into the program. You can also click “Add” button to load MTS or M2TS files into the app. Then you will face the interface as below.

Step 2. Deinterlace AVCHD footage.
Follow “Editor”> “Effect” and tick the checkbox of “Deinterlacing” and you will get a sharper image. Check “Apply to all” to deinterlace all your imported files.

Step 3: Choose output format
Click the “Format” option, and choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MOV (AVC)(*.mov) for converting MTS to H.264 MOV for FCP. The MTS converter will keep the original 1920×1080 video resolution to the QuickTime MOV file. More than that, Aunsoft AVCHD Converter provides with many other options for your different devices or purposes, such as iPod, iPad, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, Zune, Audio output, Flash Video, etc. You can also custom your destination folder for output videos in “Export to” list.

Step 4: Merge MTS files and Convert
Join MTS files (optional) and convert. Before you start conversion, you can check “Merge into one file” to combine multiple AVCHD files together and output to one single video.

Deinterlacing and merging AVCHD MTS/M2TS files with Aunsoft Mac version of MTS/M2TS Converter. So what I’m going to say is that if you have large AVCHD footage (over 1GB) and relatively not well equipped Mac (no eight-core), it’s recommended that you choose a solid and well performed AVCHD Converter to convert AVCHD to Final Cut/iMovie friendly format instead of abruptly importing your MTS or M2TS files into these editing software.

Tips:
1. The QuickTime .mov output from Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac also works for other editing tools like Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, Kdenlive, etc. The Mac Sony MTS converter automatically deinterlaces AVCHD videos and removes interlacing artifacts for perfect video playback on iMac/MacBook Pro.
2. Deinterlace/Convert Sony Alpha NEX-5 1080i AVCHD M2TS Video