Apparently in earlier versions of FCPX you couldn’t do this. In Final Cut 7, once you had the special AVCHD plugin installed, you could import AVCHD footage via Log and Transfer. It’s not like what you see on a traditional DSLRS which have. What makes it such a pain to use is that cameras that use it create this complex file structure in which the video is buried. the Canon’s C100, Sony’s FS100, the Panasonic’ GH2 to name a few). As many of you probably know, AVCHD is a proprietary video format developed by Sony and Panasonic that is used in a number of cameras (e.g. The “private” folder mentioned above is specific to our Canon Vixia video cameras.A few weeks ago I was editing my first AVCHD project in FCPX (I’ve edited AVCHD projects in legacy versions of FCP, but not yet in FCPX), and I’ll be darned if I didn’t have a heck of a time finding definitive information about the proper procedure for importing AVCHD video into Final Cut Pro X. NOTE: The name of the folder than contains your AVCHD video files may vary from camera to camera. You can transfer your new MOV files to an external USB hard drive, and/or to UCSF Box. When the progress bars all turn green, the process is complete. Select Rewrap (Source Format) from the “Format:” drop-down menu.Click the Add New button, and select Desktop as the Movie Destination.ClipWrap will automatically detect each of your video clips, and display them in the window. Drag-and-drop the “private” folder from the memory card, into the ClipWrap window.Position the memory card window and ClipWrap window side-by-side on the desktop.Its icon looks like a video tape with disguise glasses over it! You can either use a card reader or cables supplied with the camera. Connect the memory card from your camera to your workstation.In just a few clicks, you can convert complex AVCHD files into stand-alone MOV files, without any generational loss of quality.ĬlipWrap is available on each of the iMac workstations in the Library Tech Commons. It’s a simple application, available on all Macs in CL240, called ClipWrap. If however, you don’t need/want to edit the video, and you just want to “download-the-video-and-go!”, we have a solution. Just connect your camera to your computer, start a new project, and then import the AVCHD video. They need to be processed first! Video editing applications like iMovie, Final Cut Pro, and Adobe Premiere have “import” functions that make this easy. The videos probably won’t play, and you could miss companion files that are required for editing/playback later. In most cases, you cannot, and should not, attempt to drag-and-drop AVCHD files from a video camera onto a workstation and immediately try to play or share them with others. So if you’re capturing an event that is 30 minutes or longer, you must use the AVCHD format. For example, our Canon Vixias limit recording in MP4 format to 29 minutes. In some cases, you can capture video in the more user-friendly MP4 format, but the quality is not as high, and there may be other limitations. It allows recording devices to capture sharp, professional-quality video, but it creates a package of files that are not easy to manage or playback once the recording is done. AVCHD is a file format (Advanced Video Coding High Definition) used by many high-definition video cameras, including the Canon Vixias that we loan from the Tech Commons.
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