I've been asking a few questions on the Final Cut Pro forum about the lack of mts support, or rather the lack of the software's ability to recognize mts files stored on the hard drive, it can only import mts files direct from a camera/camcorder. The reason I was looking at FCP was because I was told that iMovie 11 doesn't support AVCHD/mts. But having done more research I'm starting to think that it does but it needs to be imported direct from a camera and cannot be retrieved from the hard disc, is this right? If you can use mts does it keep the quality or does it convert the format and lose quality?
One workaround I was given in the FCP forum to retrieve files stored on the hard drive was to convert them to QuickTime files, this way the software would recognize them, and there would be no loss of quality. Does iMovie work with QuickTime files and would it keep the quality? I'd like to use iMovie rather than FCP and save myself £200.
I can't try any of this myself yet as my MBP doesn't arrive until next week.
Cheers
One workaround I was given in the FCP forum to retrieve files stored on the hard drive was to convert them to QuickTime files, this way the software would recognize them, and there would be no loss of quality. Does iMovie work with QuickTime files and would it keep the quality? I'd like to use iMovie rather than FCP and save myself £200.
I can't try any of this myself yet as my MBP doesn't arrive until next week.
Cheers