I'm trying my best to find an answer throughout the forums. I really like the Canon xa10 and it records in AVCHD. I have a mac with fcp9 and was wondering if it's possible to edit.
Is AVCHD incompatible with Mac's?
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The latest version of FCP is 7, which is definitely compatible with AVCHD. You'll need to open the "Log and Transfer" window from the FCP menu bar (or Command + Shift + 8, I think) and import your footage through there. If you copy AVCHD files from a memory card, make sure to copy everything - Log and Transfer needs the entire file and folder structure to work correctly.
Same here, I'm interested in hearing some feedback on it!
I do not use AVCHD natively -- too processor-intensive. I convert it to ProRes.
Most modern editing applications will take the AVCHD videos, but they are extremely processor intensive and fat as heck. I would recommend that you convert the files before bringing them in to really shorten your rendering times. Apple's Compressor is a fantastic option, or you can look into MPEG StreamClip by Squared5.
Just pretty much gonna repeat what everyone else has said; AVCHD for me has been a troublesome format, and the needless separation of audio and video caused many problems in a recent edit. And it used to work on my Mac, too.
Just convert to an easy format, I had to covert to .mp4 since the audio wouldn't import into Premiere CS6...have no idea why either, because it worked before!
So yeah, annoying and unreliable format; convert or if that's not an option, just import the entire file structure, which is inconvenient in itself.
Just convert to an easy format, I had to covert to .mp4 since the audio wouldn't import into Premiere CS6...have no idea why either, because it worked before!
So yeah, annoying and unreliable format; convert or if that's not an option, just import the entire file structure, which is inconvenient in itself.