Avid MC 5.5 does not work with AVCHD Lite files

[videofan]

One of my clients has a Panasonic Lumix GH2 camera which shoots video in the AVCHD Lite (.mts) format.
Unfortunately he found his Avid Media Composer 5 does not support the AVCHD Lite files directly though MC5 does support the standard AVCHD (.mts) files.
But he then found the M2T format file can be imported and rendered very well in Avid MC5. Does any one know how to re-wrap AVCHD Lite (.mts) file into M2T file?

[mcgeedigital]

Maybe try using clipwrap to transcode the files into DNxHD.

[MichaelP]

You can import an MTS file directly. Won't work via AMA if that is what you're trying. I did an entire project with MTS files in 5.5.

Michael

[videofan]

Maybe try using clipwrap to transcode the files into DNxHD.

He tried both clipwrap and another program Aunsoft MTS Converter to convert to DNxHD, but the generated file seemed to be too large to play smoothly in MC5.
But it seems DNxHD is currently the best choice.
Thank you!

[videofan]

Hi Michael,
Yes, MC5 is able to import the standard AVCHD MTS file directly, but unfortunately Panasonic Lumix GH2 files are in MTS AVCHD-Lite. "Lite" a subset of AVCHD, and is not supported by AVID directly. I am not sure whether it is because the video my client shot is so special that it cannot be supported by MC5 directly. Below is the media information of his file:
GeneralID : 0 (0x0)
Complete name : H:\Panasonic_GH2_720p_59.94_AVCHD-Lite.MTS
Format : BDAV
Format/Info : Blu-ray Video
File size : 116 MiB
Duration : 1mn 2s
Overall bit rate : 15.4 Mbps
Maximum Overall bit rate : 18.0 Mbps


Video
ID : 4113 (0x1011)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AVC
Format/Info : Advanced Video Codec
Format profile : High@L4.0
Format settings, CABAC : No
Format settings, ReFrames : 2 frames
Format settings, GOP : M=1, N=15
Codec ID : 27
Duration : 1mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Variable
Bit rate : 14.6 Mbps
Maximum bit rate : 16.3 Mbps
Width : 1 280 pixels
Height : 720 pixels
Display aspect ratio : 16:9
Frame rate : 59.940 fps
Color space : YUV
Chroma subsampling : 4:2:0
Bit depth : 8 bits
Scan type : Progressive
Bits/(Pixel*Frame) : 0.265
Stream size : 110 MiB (95%)


Audio
ID : 4352 (0x1100)
Menu ID : 1 (0x1)
Format : AC-3
Format/Info : Audio Coding 3
Mode extension : CM (complete main)
Codec ID : 129
Duration : 1mn 3s
Bit rate mode : Constant
Bit rate : 192 Kbps