Mac Merge/Join Sony CX360V AVCHD without Conversion for Playback on DUNE HD Player

Mac Merge/Join Sony CX360V AVCHD without Conversion for Playback on DUNE HD Player
Sony HDR-CX360V High Definition Handycam Camcorder offers 1920 x 1080 high definition resolution letting you record your memories in Full High Definition quality. The built-in 32GB embedded Flash memory can record and store up to 13 hours of high definition video footage with HD LP mode. It’s also capable of 60p recording and playback via HDMI and compatible HDTV4 providing stunning clarity and incredibly detailed playback of your memories.

However, to enjoy a complete movie of your holiday videos is not just about connecting CX360V camcorder to HD TV with HDMI cable. In most occasions, people record dozens or even hundreds of clips. You may wonder is there an Mac AVCHD joiner which is capable of stitching all your clips into one movie without any quality loss?

The guide introduces how to merge Sony CX360V AVCHD files in a lossless way for playback on DUNE HD Player with featured product on Mac OS X – Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac.

Step 1. Import/Capture AVCHD video footage from Sony CX360V to the program
There are two ways to import CX360V mts videos to Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac: you can directly capture/copy/extract MTS clips from camcorder to the program o you can browser videos from your computer.
- Capture Sony CX360V AVCHD videos from camcorder.
Connect CX360V camcorder to computer via USB cable, and launch Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac from Application folder. With built-in wizard, you can easily to capture mts video files from camcorder to the program. Select “Import” instead of Backup to quickly capture videos from camcorder. You can find imported videos under “Camcorder Tab” in the main interface of Final Mate.

- Import AVCHD videos from computer.
If you have already backup all your video recordings from Sony CX360V to your computer, you can browse your video path and the software will automatically show your AVCHD clips in “Resource Tab”.

Step 2. Merge all CX360V MTS clips into one movie for lossless output
Click the drop-down button of “Add Movie” icon and choose “For Lossless Output” to create a blank movie.

Then drag and drop video clips from Camcorder Tab (imported from Sony CX360V) or Resource Tab (imported from computer) to this new movie. In this way, all your clips have been merged together as a whole complete movie for lossless output, which means no re-encoding is involved.

Step3. Lossless output your combined AVCHD movie
Click Export button directly to start output your movie. You can find combined Sony CX360V MTS videos in export folder of your Mac machine without any quality loss. Plus as no decoding or re-encoding is involved, so the whole process of lossless output will be finished in only a few seconds or minutes.

Step 4. Enjoy High Definition memories on DUNE HD Player
Transferring merged AVCHD movie to Dune HD Player over the network 10/100 is plenty fine for streaming media. Thus, you are able to enjoy real high definition memories with your family and friends on your big TV.

Tip: If you are a windows user, you may be interested to know how to combine AVCHD clips without conversion on PC.

Fix EOS plugin problem on FCP-Edit Canon 7D H.264 Movies on Mac
FCP transcoder alternative-EOS MOV to Apple ProRes no frame drops
I have Canon EOS 7D for excellent picture, and sometimes shoot movie with it. However, I could edit it on my iMac with Final Cut Studio 2. I am running Mac OS X (10.6.3) with quad core and 4G RAM. I then installed Canon EOS MOVIE Plugin-E1 for Final Cut Pro, and it helps me import the video without error message. however, I found that some clips are shorter than what they are really taken. It seems that some frames were dropped when transcoded to ProRes.

When looking for solutions to fix EOS plugin problem, I find Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as FCP transcoder alternative to convert EOS MOV to Apple ProRes no frame drops. It provides Apple ProRes 422, ProRes 422 (HQ), ProRes (LT) and ProRes (Proxy) and ProRes 4444 for editing in Final Cut Pro.

Below is the fast guide for converting Canon EOS movies to Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) with best quality.

Step 1. Import Canon footage to Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac.
Run Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as FCP transcoder alternative for Apple ProRes, click the "Add" button to import the H.264 .mov files from Canon 7D.

Step 2. Choose Apple ProRes 422 (HQ).
Click the "Format" option, and navigate to Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422(HQ) (*.mov) as output format. Click the "Settings" button and choose 1920*1080 from the drop-down box of video size to keep HD resolution.

Step 3. Convert Panasonic 1080p 28Mbps MTS to MOV for FCP.
Click the convert button under the preview window, and the H.264 MOV to Apple ProRes converter will start converting Canon 7D video for Final Cut Pro.

You can then import the Apple ProRes 422 HQ video to Final Cut via File > Import > Files without any problem.