2.7 GHz Intel Core i7 --iMovie9 - SonyAX2000 AVCHD

[Wurish]

I have a Sony AX2000 on it's way to my house right now. I also just recently got my Macbook Pro 2.7 GHz Intel Core i7.

I plan on using iMovie 9, with Sony, which uses the AVCHD format. Will this work?

Do I need to do anything special to make the importing smoother? If it doesn't work, what do I need to do, to make everything jive?

Thanks so much!

 

[plinden]

iMovie 09 supports AVCHD but the AX2000 isn't listed here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3290

However, that list is likely to be always somewhat out of date.

AVCHD is just a container for H.264 video and AC-3 audio. If you have difficulty, it's possible to convert this to an mp4 container - I use ffmpeg to convert my point-and-shoot's AVCHD Lite to (MTS -> mp4), but that may be considered a bit geeky.

This is very quick since there's no conversion of the actual video or audio. I use:
ffmpeg -i <input file> -threads 5 -vcodec copy -acodec copy <output file>.mp4

 

[Wurish]

So you think I should be fine with what I currently have,and won't need anything in addition?

Thanks so much!

 

[simsaladimbamba]

So you think I should be fine with what I currently have,and won't need anything in addition?

Thanks so much!

An external Firewire 800 or TB HDD would be good to store the footage on and use as scratch disk.
Btw, iMovie will transcode the CPU intensive AVCHD footage, which doesn't use an editing friendly codec, to a editing friendly format during import anyway, thus even a 2006 Mac can work with that kind of video.

 

[Wurish]

An external Firewire 800 or TB HDD would be good to store the footage on and use as scratch disk.
Btw, iMovie will transcode the CPU intensive AVCHD footage, which doesn't use an editing friendly codec, to a editing friendly format during import anyway, thus even a 2006 Mac can work with that kind of video.

OK, great. Thanks! I have a large Passport that I will be saving the footage too.