Import and Edit Sony NEX-VG10 Full HD 1080 Files in iMovie 8/9 with Best Quality

Posted by admin on October 13, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

As the successor of Alpha NEX-5 and Alpha NEX-3, the NEX-VG10 shoots 1920-by-1080 AVCHD video at 60 interlaced fields per second (you’re fixed at that 60i frame rate), and its maximum bit rate for video capture is 24 mbps. But its the incompatibility of supplied PMB with Mac makes numerous Mac users frustrated. They are looking for the best solution to make NEX-VG10 generated AVCHD files playable and editbale on Mac iMovie, FCP, FCE and other non-linear editing software. Right, a program named Aunsoft MTS Converter for Mac is the recommended software to convert NEX-VG10 AVCHD files to MOV for iMovie with the least loss of original video quality.

The step-by-step guide below shows you how to convert Sony NEX-VG10 1080 24Mbps .mts videos to H.264 .mov for iMovie on Mac Snow Leopard.

Step 1. Load Sony NEX-VG10 full HD videos to Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.
Use a card reader to copy and transfer the .mts files to iMac hard drive disk, run Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac as the fast Mac Sony MTS converter, and click the “Add” button to load the .mts videos. You can also use the drag-and-drop method to load the 1080p .mts files to the application UI.

Step 2. Choose iMovie compatible MOV format.
Click the “Format” option, and choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MOV (AVC)(*.mov) as output format. The Sony MTS converter will transcode Sony NEX-VG10 AVCHD to iMovie compatible MOV with H.264 as video codec in HD 1920×1080.

Step 3. Convert Sony NEX-VG10 MTS to MOV for iMovie.
Click the convert button under the preview window, and the conversion from Sony NEX-VG10 1080 24Mbps MTS to MOV for iMovie 8/9 will start immediately. The converter works great for have a batch of files in the queue for conversion.

Step 4. Load Sony HD videos to iMovie.
After the conversion, you will get excellent results with the output HD MOV videos in iMovie on Mac Snow Leopard. Create a project in iMovie and import videos for editing. You can trim video and audio clips, add captions and titles, add narration and transitions, and create scrolling credits for the end of the movie.

Tips:
1. After choosing the format in Step 2 with the Mac NEX-VG10 Full HD to iMovie converter, you can also change the output frame rate from 30 fps to 24 fps, or other value you like. The video bit rate will be changed to lower than 24Mbps, and you can customize the output video bit rate if you like. You just need to click the “Settings” button to change the parameters.