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I was interested in purchasing a Sony HDR-PJ260V camcorder but will I have any issues with the AVCHD compression format in iMovie? I don't want to loose any video quality while editing.
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AVCHD compression format
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I believe both iMovie and iPhoto have recently been updated to better handle AVCHD. If you don't want to lose any quality while editing, import your video as Apple Intermediate Codec or DV format and edit in that.
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I edit movies in Final Cut Pro X and have the same issue with old footage from a AVCHD-source which is not supported. So I bought the little app ClipWRAP. It re-wraps your AVCHD-files in to a mov-container without transcoding and therefore doesnt make any changes to the quality of your footage. It takes seconds for a clip to convert.
Check it out: ClipWrap: Easy AVCHD and HDV conversion for the Mac
Check it out: ClipWrap: Easy AVCHD and HDV conversion for the Mac
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As chas says, AVCHD is not a problem, however, going by the number of topics on the subject, getting your Sony camcorder to work with a Mac may well be a problem.
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The only problem is that Cowgirl will loose quality if AVCHD is imported from the camera to iMovie. When importing iMovie is transcoding the files and thereby reduces quality. My suggestion is - if the camera or storage media in the camera can be attached to a mac as a drive - to lift the original files into the computer.
So the workflow is without loosing quality due to transcoding:
1) Copy original files directly from the camera to a folder on the mac
2) rewrap with with ClipWrap in to a mov-container
3) now import the mov-files into iMovie
Does it make sense?
So the workflow is without loosing quality due to transcoding:
1) Copy original files directly from the camera to a folder on the mac
2) rewrap with with ClipWrap in to a mov-container
3) now import the mov-files into iMovie
Does it make sense?
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