Wanna transfer MTS video files from the Canon XA25 to FCP 7/X? You need to transcode Canon XA25 AVCHD files to Apple ProRes 422 MOV so that FCP 7/X can afford Canon MTS videos well.
The Canon XA25 is ultra-compact, professional camcorder designed for run-and-gun videography and ENG. It can also record 1080/60p video in 35 Mbps MP4 and 28Mbps AVCHD. With such outstanding videos saved on camcorder, filmmakers are eager to import Canon XA25 MTS videos to FCP 7/X for further edting to get thier own masterpiece. However, they are hard to Log&Transfer them to your FCP for fluent editing. Some problems occurred while transferring Canon XA25 MTS videos to FCP 7/X
Situation One: Only audio is ingested by FCP, the picture is gray out
Possible Reason:
1: Users may just load single MTS files to FCP without entire AVCHD folder including .cpi, .mpl files from camcorder.
2: AVCHD Videos recorded in 1080 50/60p are non-standard for FCP.
Situation Two: FCP crashes unexpectedly after clicking import button
Possible Reason:
1: Computer configuration is too lower to afford the rewrapping process of AVCHD to MOV in FCP.
From above analysis, we can easily find that editing Canon XA25 MTS videos in FCP directly is not so simple. Fortunately, there is an easy way for you to fix the issues. Since Apple ProRes 422 is the most compatible video codec for FCP, then we can quit Log&Transfer and find a powerful MTS Converter to transcode Canon XA25 AVCHD videos into Apple ProRes.
Here Brorsoft MTS Converter for Mac is designed for you. With this ideal Mac AVCHD footage converter, you can transcode Canon XA25 MTS to Apple ProRes, the well-acknowledged optimal editing format for FCP, saving trouble and time for rendering, as ProRes video will be processed by Final Cut Pro natively. Plus, you can also convert AVCHD to AIC .mov, MPEG-2, DNxHD, which are fully compatible with iMovie/FCE, Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, etc. Simply download the program and start the AVCHD to ProRes conversion.
How to Load Canon XA25 MTS videos to FCP 7/X
Step 1: After launching the Canon MTS Converter on Mac, load your AVCHD footage to it from your Canon XA25 Camcorder. If necessary, you can click the button "Merge into one" to join several MTS videos to one file.
Step 2: Click the format bar or the pull down menu of "Format" to select output format. To get AVCHD into FCP, the best format is"Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422".
Tip: You may as well go to Settings page to customize the video/audio settings codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel for Final Cut Pro easy editing.
Step 3: Tap Convert button to start encoding Canon XA25 AVCHD to ProRes 422 for Final Cut Pro on Mac OS X (High Sierra included).
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