Convert/Edit Panasonic DMC-LX5 AVCHD to Quicktime Mov for iMovie and FCP

Posted by admin on September 15, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

In addition to Motion JPEG images, the Panasonic DMC-LX5 can record high-definition motion picture in AVCHD Lite. It features almost doubling the recording time in HD quality compared with the conventional Motion JPEG format. The picture quality is greatly enhanced thanks to the newly added Intelligent Resolution technology. The LX5 also features Dolby Digital Creator to record high quality audio.
Panasonic DMC-LX5 shoot 720p high-definition video in AVCHD Lite and motion JPEG formats. The camera’s manual settings are enabled in video mode, allowing videographers more-granular control over footage; during AVCHD Lite video capture, you’re also able to change the bit rate from 17 mbps to 13 mbps or 9 mbps.

If you have just purchased Lumix DMC-LX5 digital camera, and have difficulties playing the recorded AVCHD Lite files on iMac, Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac is the recommended Panasonic video converter on Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, 10.5 Leopard and 10.6 Snow Leopard.
Below is the fast conversion from AVCHD Lite to iMovie on Mac Snow Leopard.

Step 1. Load Panasonic AVCHD Lite videos to Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.
Connect Lumix DMC-LX5 to MacBook Pro with USB cable, and transfer .mts files from camcorder to Apple hard drive. Run Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac as the perfect Mac Panasonic AVCHD Lite converter, and click the “Add” button to load .mts videos for conversion.

Step 2. Choose output format.
To get iMovie MOV format, just just click the “Format” option, and choose Common Video > MOV – QuickTime(*.mov) for converting AVCHD Lite MTS to MOV.(Also can choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MOV (AVC)(*.mov))

Step 3. Convert AVCHD Lite to iMovie format.
Click the convert button under the preview window, and the conversion from MTS to MOV for iMovie will start immediately.

After the conversion, the output videos shall play on QuickTime without video and audio synchronization issue, and the output videos could be imported to iMovie, Final Cut Pro (FCP) and FCE4 for smooth editing, and iDVD for perfect burning to DVD.

Tips:
The Mac Panasonic video converter also works with videos from other Panasonic camcorders like Panasonic DMC-LX5, or other AVCHD camcorders like Panasonic DMC-ZS7, DMC-TS7/ZS3, DMC-FZ100, DMC-TZ10 ,Panasonic HDC-TM700, Sony HDR-CX550, Canon HF S200, you can also use the Mac Panasonic AVCHD converter to bring HD videos to iMovie, Final Cut Pro, FCE or Adobe Premiere Pro on Mac OS X.