Play/Stream Panasonic SD800 AVCHD to Motorola Xoom on Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard

Play/Stream Panasonic SD800 AVCHD to Motorola Xoom on Mac OS X Leopard/Snow Leopard

In the Motorola XOOM manual it states H.264 MP4 playback and AAC playback. It can’t support MTS files from any AVCHD camcorder like Panasonic HDC-SD800. So if you want to put and download MTS file from Panasonic HDC-SD800 to Motorola XOOM for playing. You need convert MTS to MP4 format and change quality from (1920 x 1280) to (1280 x 800) and it would be nice to put it in the Motorola XOOM for playing. So all you need is a Mac Panasonic AVCHD to Xoom MP4 Converter.

Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac is a must-have camcorder assistant software for directly capturing MTS files from AVCHD camcorder, for merging and converting camcorder mts recordings to Motorola Xoom, Galaxy Tab, Wii, Xbox 360, PS3, WDTV Live, Popcorn Hour, iPad, etc for playing.

Now I will show you a fast way to download/Play/Stream SD800 MTS files to Motorola XOOM on Mac OS X like 10.5 Leopard, 10.6 Snow Leopard .

Step 1. Download the 1080 60p/50p MTS files from Panasonic HDC-SD800 to Final Mate for Mac. It will auto capture your files from camcorder when it is connected. Select import in camcorder wizard. It is very fast and easy.

Step 2. If you want to merge Panasonic HDC-SD800 MTS files and make a conversion, you first need to create a movie for conversion by selecting Add > For Conversion in Movies Tab for putting my video clips on. Then select all the files from the Camcorder tab using Ctrl+A, drag and drop to the movie in Movies tab.

Step 3. Convert 1080p MTS files to MP4 for Motorola Xoom by clicking “Export”, because you need a video conversion, you first have to select output format MP4 in Export window by clicking Export into Device > Android > Motorola Droid X H.264 Video (*.mp4) for Motorola Xoom. And set the video size to 1280*800 for Xoom. Then the Panasonic HDC-SD800 MTS to XOOM conversion on Mac will start.

Step 4: Transfer the converted videos to Motorola XOOM.
Place/transfer the videos on a SD card and then you can enjoy converted Panasonic recordings on Motorola Xoom via this SD card. If you don’t know how to transfer converted files to Motorola Xoom, please read: Transfer/Stream videos to Motorola Xoom.

Hope this guide will be helpful to you. Have fun!

Tips:
1. Final Mate for Mac supports all Panasonic AVCHD camcorders like Panasonic HDC-TM900, Panasonic HDC-HS700, Panasonic HDC-TM700,Panasonic HDC-SD60, Panasonic DMC-GH2, Panasonic Limux ZS7, etc.

2. Wanna convert Panasonic AVCHD camcorder videos, Convert/Play Panasonic SD800 AVCHD to Motorola Xoom on Mac, please use Aunsoft iMedia Converter for Mac.

Transcode/Convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS Video to FCP Apple ProRes 422 without rendering on Mac

Apple ProRes 422 is a standard-definition and high-definition lossy video compression format developed by Apple Inc. for use in post production. It was introduced in 2007 with Final Cut Studio 2 and is comparable to Avid’s DNxHD codec which has the same purpose and uses similar bit rates. Both are DCT basedintra-frame-only codecs, and are therefore simpler to decode than distribution oriented formats like H.264. FCP/FCP7 is Mac based editing software which supports transcoding AVCHD MTS/M2TS to Apple ProRes for further editing.

AVCHD MTS/M2TS files produced by HD camcorder like Panasonic HDC-TM700, HDC-HS700, HDC-SD700/SD600, Sony CX350, Sony CX550, Canon HF200, etc are not the preferred formats by FCP/FCP7. Even you will have problem for transferring and logging these MTS, M2TS videos.


So the program you need is a great Mac MTS Video to Apple ProRes 422 Converter. With it, you can convert any HD camcorder 1080 60p/50p, 1080i AVCHD (*.mts, *.m2ts), 720p AVCHD lite files to Apple ProRes 422 for editing with Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Pro 7 on Mac.

Below is the step-by-step guide for you to quickly Transcode/Import AVCHD to FCP Apple ProRes 422 Codec (*.mov) for editing.

Step 1. Download MTS/M2TS files to Apple computer.
Connect your AVCHD camcorder c to Apple computer via USB cable, find the .mts, *.m2ts files from the camera folder like PRIVATE > AVCHD > BDMV > STREAM. Then copy and transfer the .mts, *.m2ts files from camera to the Apple hard drive disk.

Step 2. Import MTS/M2TS files to Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac.
Run Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac as the best AVCHD to FCP Apple ProRes Converting software, and click the “Add” button to load AVCHD .mts or .m2ts videos. You may also directly drag and drop the AVCHD video to application UI for importing files.

Step 3. Choose Final Cut Pro–Apple ProRes (*.mov) output format.
Click the “Format” option and navigate the mouse cursor to Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as output format. The Mac MTS/M2TS Video to FCP Converter will convert AVCHD to Apple ProRes 422 MOV with high quality. (Tip: The Apple ProRes (*.mov), DVCPROHD (*.mov), HDV (*.mov) formats under Final Cut Pro output profile are available when your FCP is installed on Mac).


Step 4. Convert AVCHD MTS/M2TS video to Apple ProRes (*.MOV) for Final Cut Pro.
Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Mac MTS/M2TS to FCP Converter will start the conversion from AVCHD to Apple ProRes MOV for Final Cut.

After the conversion, you can easily import Apple Prores 422 to Final Cut Pro without rendering for editing.

Tips:

If you would like to edit AVCHD MTS/M2TS with FCE/iMovie, Avid, etc, you can convert MTS/M2TS to Mac itself bring format like Apple Intermediate Codec, DV PAL/NTSC, DVCPRO NTSC/PAL, DVCPRO50 PAL/NTSC (*.MOV) for FCE and iMovie, or transcode MTS/M2TS to Avid DNxHD (*.mov) for Avid on Mac.