Mac FCP AVCHD>Prores or DVCPROHD Workflow

[MattRobertson]

Ok so I am sure this question has been asked before, but I couldn't find a solution to my questions. So I have a quad core mac pro with the most recent final cut studio, and I am wondering what is the best workflow. I downloaded a Test avchd mts. file that someone posted on this forum and I wasn't able to get it to work. As far as i know, the DVCPROHD panasonic convertor is PC only and therefore i'm stuck with that, however what is the best process for using prores? I tried converting the MTS file in compressor but it didn't even read the file. I don't have a HMC150 yet but I plan to get one in the very near future, so I wanna have these things nailed by the time i do purchase it. Can you simply Log and Transfer the files just as you would with MTX files produced by a hvx?

If there is a good thread that has this nailed just direct me to that please.

By the way, this is my first post on this forum, although i've been lurking here for a while. I post alot over at Hv20.com and i'm moving from my canon hv20 to a more profesional hmc150. Can't wait to get it

Thanks

-Matthew

[ullanta]

FCP for whatever rewason needs rthe whole AVCHD card structure, not just the .mts files. For testing, see if you can find a complete card image... some have been posted around here in the past...

[pailes]

Additionally you could transcode with another tool like Toast 9/10. FCP seems to have some issues with that AVCCAM-footage still.

[MattRobertson]

FCP for whatever rewason needs rthe whole AVCHD card structure, not just the .mts files. For testing, see if you can find a complete card image... some have been posted around here in the past...
Got it, knew it was something simple like that.. Weird

[MattRobertson]

Additionally you could transcode with another tool like Toast 9/10. FCP seems to have some issues with that AVCCAM-footage still.
It seems weak to have to use a 3rd party tool when I already have compressor included with fcp, ya know?

[pailes]

It seems weak to have to use a 3rd party tool when I already have compressor included with fcp, ya know?

Compressor can't deal with it. The import functionality is invoked by Log and Transfer...

[trez]

Are you sure there are problems when importing AVCHD to FCP? I used to have them (some adjacent frames were swapped during transcoding), but one of the recent FCP upgrades addressed HMC150-related issues afair. I haven't done the AVCHD->ProRes transcoding since then, but I really hoped that bug had already been fixed :(

[butter1093]

I just heard from my friend that final mate for mac supports importing single .mts files and convert to prores for fcp.

[AffiBD]

professional MTS/M2TS conversion tool for MAC.
http://fastblurayripper.com/how-to-log-and-transfer-mts-fils-to-final-cut-pro