avchd and imovie

[BabaG]

i just got some test files from a canon hf10 to test with on my
mac pro. i find that imovie imports them fine and transcodes them
to apple intermediate codec. is there a way to transcode them to
something else through imovie?

i keep seeing references to prores as a good alternative. can this
be done in the imovie workflow? can the clips be directly transcoded
to prores through imovie?

my final destination will be final cut. i tried opening the clips (.mts)
in mpeg streamclip but the index.bdm files say they are an
unsupported file type and the .mts files don't open either. qtplayer
says neither is a movie.

what's an easy, hopefully free way to transcode these clips to prores?
uncompressed?

thanks,
BabaG

 

[jmann]

You can use something like visualhub to convert the clips.

 

[r.j.s]

Not sure what the easiest way is, but iMovie is too basic for prores ...

 

[BabaG]

jmann4489,

visualhub seems to be discontinued. any other thoughts?

thanks,
BabaG

 

[jmann]

jmann4489,

visualhub seems to be discontinued. any other thoughts?

thanks,
BabaG

http://www.download.com/VisualHub/3000-7970_4-10557907.html

it's there, or isquint is the same but free version. It's just doesn't have as many settings

 

[r.j.s]

it's there, or isquint is the same but free version. It's just doesn't have as many settings

Last I checked, iSquint couldn't convert to prores either.