Unable to Hi Folks, I cannot get my footage to appear in Final Cut Express 4. Below i list 4 ways i tried. I hope it all makes sence. the footage is recorded in 1440 CBR and the camera is connected to the pc by firewire. 1) in Final Cut the 'easy setup' is set to HD, HDV-Apple intermediate Codec 1080i50. When I click 'capture' a black dialog box pops up and on the bottom it says 'Cueing tape' and nothing else happens. Final Cut knows the camera is connected because it will let me know once I switch the camera off that it has lost connection. 2) with the 'easy setup' mode set to PAL, DV-PAL i click 'capture' and a capture dialog box opens that has a sort of tv test screen. On the bottom it says  'VTR ok'. Next to that is another capture 'now' button that opens again a black dialog box. On the bottom of that it says 'waiting for timecode, device must be in VTR mode when device control is enabled. Nothing else happens. Final Cut refers to VTR (VCR) saying the camera must be in that mode. I cannot find any reference to VTR or VCR in the JVC manual or on the camera. 3) I can only get the camera to send a signal in the 'playback to pc' mode when connected by USB but Final Cut doenst seem to recognize a USB connection. 4) when I try to open or import a copied video file from the pc directly, Final Cut does not recognize the file format. The file format is .MOD Any ideas ?? Thanks !!

Do you want to batch process camcorder footage such as AVCHD MTS/M2TS files at one time? Or you may want to make some basic editing like joining, cutting and then output the movies for different usage. The guide introduces who to <b><a href="http://www.aunsoft.com/batch_manage_camcorder_avchd_mts_m2ts_footage_at_one_time_on_mac_os_x/">batch handle AVCHD MTS/M2TS footage at one time</a></b>, one for lossless output, the other for transcoding to other formats. <br /><br /><b>Featured Camcorder Software for Mac</b> <br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.aunsoft.com/final-mate-mac/">Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac</a></b>, the ultimate camcorder companion for Mac users, help capture AVCHD footage from camcorder, edit MTS/M2TS files on Timeline, lossless output your memories or convert to other Mac friendly formats, such as Apple ProRes 422 Codec or AIC. <br /> <br /><b>How to <a href="http://www.aunsoft.com/final-mate-mac/">Batch Process AVCHD Footage on Mac</a> with Final Mate for Mac? </b>Please follow the step by step guide below. <br /><br />Step 1: <b>Free Download AVCHD camcorder software for Mac</b>. <br /><br />First of all, free download trial version of <b><a href="http://membercenter.aunsoft.com/download/?s=8ab8a5878beb4005ec26373a35a4fd24&n=www.aunsoft.com/final-mate-mac/">Final Mate for Mac</a></b> and then install the software on your Mac computer. You can launch the app from Application folder. <br /><br />Step 2: <b>Import AVCHD MTS/M2TS files</b>. <br />There are two ways for you to add AVCHD footage to Final Mate for Mac. The first way is to import files from camcorder, the other is from computer. <br /><br />- Import AVCHD MTS/M2TS files from camcorder to the program <br />If you haven't copies your AVCHD footage to your computer, you can directly connect your camcorder to your Mac machine and launch Final Mate for Mac to capture AVCHD footage. Follow included camcorder wizard to easily transfer MTS.M2TS videos to the program. Imported videos will be listed in Camcorder Tab of Final Mate for Mac main interface. <br /> <br />- Import AVCHD MTS/M2TS files from computer to the program <br />Or you can add AVCHD footage from your computer. In this case, just launch Final Mate for Mac. <br />Click Resource Tab and select a path from the drop-down list of "Path" "Add" , then all AVCHD videos saved in this path will be automatically listed in Resource Tab. The AVCHD videos shown in Resource Tab are available for further editing in Final Mate for Mac. <br /> <br />Step 3: <b>Create movies for lossless output and for conversion</b>. <br />Final Mate for Mac is able to batch process AVCHD files at one time, one for lossless output and the other for conversion. To create movies for two different purposes, please click on Create Movie button in Movies Tab to choose the type of movie you want to create. <br /> <br />Click "For Lossless Output" to create a blank movie for lossless output without re-encoding. And click "For Conversion" to create a blank movie for conversion. After you've created movies, you can drag and drop files from Camcorder Tab or Resource Tab to the blank movies. <br /><br />Tip: <br />1) A movie represents an output file. So if you want to join multiple AVCHD clips into one, just drag and drop files to one single movie and all files will be merged as one video. <br />2) For lossless output movies, please make sure that all your files imported to this blank movie are of the same format (MTS or M2TS) and parameters (such as frame rate, resolution, etc). <br /><br />Step 4: Edit your movies. <br />Double click a AVCHD movie in Movies Tab to select and highlight it in the Timeline. Then you are able to make some basic editing, such as split, trim, crop or replace audio file. <br /> <br />Note: About lossless output movies, you can only split or cut the scenes. For other editing features such as video restoration, audio replacement, they are not available. But for conversion output movies, all the editing features in Final Mate for Mac are available. <br /><br />Step 5: Output your movies. <br />Click on Export button and you can find output details on Export window. It will list the number of lossless output movie and conversion output movie. <br /> <br />After confirming your output details, please click on Export into Editor, Export into Device or Common Formats to choose output format for movies to be converted. In this case, I follow Export into Editor &gt; Final Cut Pro &gt; Apple ProRes 422(*.mov) to convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS movies to Apple ProRes MOV format for further editing in FCP. <br /> <br />Once you've chosen your output format for movies to be converted, click ok to start exporting your movies. <br /><br />With Final Mate for Mac, you can easily <b><a href="http://sony-mts-converter.com/2011/06/batch-managehandle-camcorder-avchd-mtsm2ts-footage-at-one-time-on-mac-os-x/">Handle AVCHD camcorder footage in batch</a></b>, either lossless joining/splitting files for playback on HD TV or convert MTS/M2TS files to Mac friendly format such as Apple ProRes 422(*.MOV), Apple Intermediate Codec(*.mov). <br /><br /><b>Tip</b>: If you are a PC user, you can choose the correspondent product <b><a href="http://www.aunsoft.com/final-mate/">Aunsoft Final Mate</a></b> for batch handling AVCHD files on Windows platform.

Video editing software on Mac like iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro still have big troubles in recognizing footages shot by AVCHD camcorders. The problem is especially obvious for those people who do not have the latest version of these editors. Because these AVCHD cameras such as Canon HF S11, HF S200, JVC GZ-HD620, Panasonic AG-HMC40, etc. are all recording videos in the format of MTS or M2TS, which have not got native supports from the above mentioned Mac editors to full extent. To make MTS files possible for editing on Mac, here I would recommend you Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac, which will convert MTS to MOV and other container formats that are accepted by often used Mac editors-iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro. The application works well on Mac OS X and handles TS, TP, M2TS, M2T format as well. The following guide tells you how to convert MTS files to a workable format for editing on Mac step by step. If you are frustrated by the similar problem, please read on it to find out the solution.
1. Run Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac and click "Add" button to load MTS files shot by your camcorder to this program.

2. Click on the drop-down menu of "Format" to select a compatible format for your iMovie, Final Cut Express, or Final Cut Pro. I select "MOV-QuickTime (*.mov)" as an example.

3. Click "Settings" button to adjust audio and video parameters
You are allowed to adjust audio and video parameters like codec name, bit rate, aspect ratio, frame rate, and audio channel in the following window. In principle, the larger input values, the larger file size, but accompanying with the better file quality; the smaller input value, the smaller file size, but accompanying with inferior file quality. That is to say, if you want to do advance settings, you’d better make a balance between the file size and the file quality.

4. Start converting MTS files
Once all the above settings are finished, you can click "Convert" button to start converting MTS/M2TS AVCHD files into iMovie, FCP or FCE&nbsp;supported format. The interface below will show you clearly about conversion&nbsp;progress, time elapse, left time, generated file size, and estimated file size.&nbsp;&nbsp;After conversion is done, you can easily find out the output files for editing via&nbsp;clicking "Open" button.

The end! Hope this helps.
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