Sony has released many hot cameras this year, such as the Sony A7, A7R and A7S compact system cameras, many fans though that Sony may not continue its A-mount SLT (single lens translucent), but several days ago Sony released template Alpha 77 II, which proves this not to be the case. The Sony A77 II will replace the A77, which is now discontinued.
Sony A77 Mark II has a 24 million-pixel sensor, and uses respected Bionz X processor, and improved AF system. The hardware means that the Sony A77 Mark II is capable of resolving a high level of detail and controlling noise at high sensitivity settings.
Question: “How can I import Sony A77 Mark II recorded MTS video to FCP X for editing? I have purchased the Sony A77 2 camera to take photos and full HD 1080p videos, after recording I find the files are in .mts format, and when I import Sony A77 2 files to final cut pro X on Mac, it shows the format is not supported, can you help me to edit Sony A77 2 videos natively with FCP X?”
From the quoted question of one Sony A77 Mark II user, we learn that the user want to import Sony A77 Mark II AVCHD MTS files to FCP X for editing. On Sony camera forums, many users are talking about this issue, as many people have use Sony cameras to record videos in MTS format, but editing software like FCP X can’t support recordings well, there are many problems occurred.
Best solution:
How to import Sony A77 2 video to FCP X for editing natively?
In order to transfer Sony A77 1080p AVCHD MTS files to FCP X, you have to transcode/convert MTS files to FCP X compatible format, like Apple ProRes 422 MOV format, it’s native editing format. So you will need a 3rd party software for converting since the FCP X can’t recognize the MTS files directly.
Acrok HD Converter for Mac is the best software to convert AVCHD MTS video to Apple ProRes 422, AVI, MOV, MP4 or other formats. This excellent program has been used by many Sony, Canon, Panasonic, and JVC camera/camcorder users, it works perfect to convert AVCHD MTS files to Apple ProRes codec for FCP X native editing, besides it has native codec output like DNxHD codec for Avid Media Composer, AIC codec for iMovie, etc.
Below is the main interface of this Sony A77 Mark II to FCP X Converter. It has Windows and Mac version, you can choose corresponding version to download.
After you downloaded the software, please install it on your computer, launch it and import your Sony A77 Mark II recordings. You can import several files at one time, batch loading and converting feature is supported.
After importing the videos, please choose output format in the AVCHD to ProRes Converter. To convert Sony A77 2 to FCP X best format, please select Apple ProRes codec MOV for output. You can also choose others according to your need.
If you want to customize the output parameters, you can click settings button and then adjust the codec, bitrate, frame rate or others.
The last step is to click convert button to start the Sony A77 Mark II to FCP X conversion. When the conversion finished, you can click “Open” button to get the converted videos, and then you can use them with final cut pro X/7/6 natively. Just take a try now!
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