Working with Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD MTS clips in FCP X

Are there any workarounds to use Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD mts video clips in FCP X smoothly? If you are having issues editing Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD footage in Final Cut Pro X, we would recommend re-encoding the footage to QuickTime format first. Keep reading to learn the details.

"Hi there, my client handed me a drive with .mts clips copied off the Sony Alpha a6300 with no folder structure. FCP X got stuck in dealing with these .mts clips. Do I have to convert them first for a smooth workflow? Thanks for any advice."

Actually, the AVCHD folder structure is the "container" for the video. It is the "cassette". Tell your client to stop that and give you the entire AVCHD (or whatever root folder) on a hard drive. Have them put each AVCHD folder into a nicely named folder so you know what it's for. In your specific case, you could convert bare MTS files extracted from the Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD folder to an editing friendly format (e.g. ProRes) for FCP X first.

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How to transcode Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD mts files to ProRes for FCP X?

To transcode Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD footage to ProRes for FCP X, do as below:

Video Converter (It is available for Mac, simply download the proper version depending on your computer.)

Step 1: Import Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD mts files. Start up Video Converter for Mac and click "Add File" to load Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD video files that you need to convert into this program. This converter supports batch conversion, so you can import a bundle of Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD video files into it to do conversion at a time.

Step 2: Choose output format for FCP X from "Profile" list Working well as an Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD converter app, Video Converter for Mac comes with a flavor of Apple ProRes codecs , including Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) and Apple ProRes 4444. For a good balance between quality and file size, we would recommend choosing "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format under "Final Cut Pro" column. The ProRes 422 codec will ensure a good performance working in FCP X even on an old Mac machine.

Tips: If necessary, you can click "Settings" button to modify video and audio parameters like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, aspect ratio, sample rate, and audio channels. You can also "Enable 3D Settings" to add 3D effect to your source media.

Step 3: Start Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD MTS to FCP X conversion. Click "Convert" to start Sony Alpha a6300 AVCHD mts video to ProRes 422 conversion for FCP X. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click "Open Folder" to get the generated Apple ProRes 422 files for editing in FCP X with optimum performance. Hope it helps.