FCP X, the most powerful software in video editing, really made it easy to embellish videos from camcorders or computers. But it’s difficult to master this software if you don’t have enough comprehension on the video files/folders. Have you ever found that sometimes you can import videos into FCP X easily as sometimes can’t? Where does the problem exist?

To be clear about this problem, we should make certain of FCP X first. Made by Apple, this software supports Apple ProRes video format directly. Some MOV videos can be also supported when they have the proper codec. Here, the problem is, Most videos from camcorders are with MTS/M2TS files. Can the format be supported by FCP X? If not, how to make it possible?

Actually, FCP X can only support MTS/M2TS videos with the whole file structure. But what is “the whole file structure”? Maybe this picture can make you be clear about it.


So, what can you get from the image shown right? This structure contains all the data of the video. When imported, FCP X can read/analyse the data and then allow the import. In another word, if you have a single MTS file without BDMV, you can’t achieve import. And what’s worse, even if you have BDMV with the video, when the format is 50/60p, it still can’t be imported into FCP X. Suppose I were a camcorder owner, I prefer spending much time on “editing”, but not on “importing”. Is there anyway to solve such “importing” question?

Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac, the most powerful convert tool, helps solve such questions. It can easily transcode the MTS/M2TS files to correct formats for FCP X, such as MOV and Apple Pro Res. It’s really an easy operation. You can manage this tool as soon as download. I will show the 2 steps to Convert MTS/M2TS to ProRes for FCP X.

1 import video files into Final Mate for Mac

No matter where the video files are from, camcorder or computer, just run the software, Final Mate for Mac can easily read the files and show you in the surface. Drag and drop the files chosen to the blank below for further editing.

2 Choose correct format, set parameter, convert and export
All the function buttons are easily to understand. What you need is just “follow”.

Isn’t it easy? Do you manage it? If you still have problems on how to convert videos to different formats, maybe you will be interested in Video Convert Classroom.




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