Current best choice from MTS to ProRes?

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I just jumped ship to FCPX to be current with my vendors. I have files not in the original file format... didn't know until now. Doing some searches, I see mention of Clipwrap and I remember seeing threads about 5DRGB a while back but nothing seems to be pointed out as the current best.

What is currently the best way to get to ProRes, maintaining quality?

Is one of the re-warppers or converters doing well?
Do I rebuild folder structure... is it possible... how is it done?


Thanks in advance for any insight.
Rob
 
Quality wise I would say they all all the same. Clipwrap give more options for transcoding to different ProRes flavors than within FCPX.
 
The best way to maintain quality is to use the original file format whenever possible. There's always the possibility of generation loss when you transcode.

Otherwise, I like the output of both 5DtoRGB and Magic Bullet Grinder. However, you should not manually transcode if you have spanned clips. That can introduced lost frames.
 
I'm all for not transcoding. However, I don't have the original file structure in tact... I just have MTS files and can't seem to figure out how to get them into FCPX.

What is the trick?
 
Clip wrap may be a good option then. You can just wrap the m2t files into mov format with no recompression. This way you can straight import the files into FCPX and still work with the native format. It will also batch convert to prores if you want it to. I have had a few cards from a hacked GH1 not work in FCPX so I used clip warp to rewrap the files.
 
I have used AVCCAM Restorer from Panasonic to rebuild the directory structure that FCPX expects to see on an SD card from the raw video files.

https://eww.pass.panasonic.co.jp/pro-av/support/dload/avccam_restorer/agree_e.htm

Note that it is "destructive" in that you point it to a folder full of your raw video files, then it will replace it with a new folder structure/etc. So if you want to keep the original files archived as they are wherever you have them, you should run AVCCAM Restorer on a copy of it.
 
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