Convert Panasonic TM900 AVCHD on Mac

 

December 28, 2011 7:09 am / Posted by Jack Fisher to Camcorder Tips
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How to Convert Panasonic TM900 1080/60p AVCHD files on Mac freely?

The Panasonic HDC-TM900 High Definition Camcorder is a high-end HD offering from Panasonic. It is one amazing Camcorder used to captured many full HD videos from important times in my daily life.

Right off the bat a few of the camera's most desirable features include:

1920 x 1080/60p recording, a 32GB internal flash memory, an SD memory card slot, the option to record in 3D, and a quality image sensor system. These features alone give you detailed, beautiful images, a plethora of recording space, and the ability to shoot fun and unique movies in 3D with an optional lens.

I spent quite a while studying why my AVCHD (from Panasonic HDC-TM900) files cannot be loaded into (also tried the log and capture method) to Mac fluently. Some mts files imported correctly (but a little bit slow) while some failed.

Then I Googled the problem and found some information that iMovie still cannot support AVCHD files natively in some cases. You still have to transcode your source mts files into iMovie codec in MOV or DV etc in order to settle the problem.

Panasonic HDC-TM900 AVCHD Converter for Mac supports converting AVCHD, MTS, M2TS files from Panasonic HDC-TM900 to the Mac video editing software iMovie, Final Cut Pro/Express MOV, DV, MP4, MPEG-2 on Mac os x(10.5-10.7.1). it also allows to convert HD AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, TOD, MOD, MOV etc camcorder video to AVI, MPG, MP4, H.264, H.263, WMV, MP3, WAV, DV, HDV, WMA etc for import to your Mac freely also import converted videos to others Mac application and device.

With the professional software, you can also easily convert Panasonic HDC-TM900 1080/60p AVCHD files to Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (LT), and Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), which are accepted by FCP or FCP X freely.

Moreover, with the help of the powerful Mac Panasonic HDC-TM900 AVCHD Converter, you can also edit AVCHD files, including, Clip, Merge, Crop, Snapshot, Apply effect, setting output parameter, Rotate etc in personalized feel with its easy-to-use interface.

Now, reading the step by step guide to import Panasonic TM900 1080/60p AVCHD video to mac.

Step 1: Download "AVCHD Converter for Mac" on your computer (also act as Panasonic TM900 1080/60p AVCHD Video Converter for Mac)

Step 2: Add Panasonic TM900 1080/60p AVCHD video to the software and set output as DV, HDV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MOV etc.

Step 3: Click "Start" button to convert Panasonic TM900 1080/60p AVCHD files to DV, HDV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2 and MOV files on Mac(10.5-10.7 lion).