How to convert Canon HF R50 AVCHD for iMovie/FCE editing

Summary: If you have problems to work with Canon Vixia HF R50 footages, this guide will help you out. Follow it step-by-step you will learn how to transcodeing Canon Vixia HF R50 AVCHD MTS in iMovie/FCE on Mac easily and efficiently.

With built-in Wi-Fi? and amazing image quality, the compact VIXIA HF R50 makes it easy to connect to friends, family and the world by sharing vivid Full HD video of special occasions and everyday fun. The HF R50 is capable of recording 1920×1080 videos in AVCHD, with extensions of .mts of individual files. You may already shot some wonderful moments with it. However, AVCHD files always take large memory storage and not easy to be previewed or edited, especially in many nonlinear editing programs such as iMovie, FCE, FCP, Adobe Premirer, Avid Media Composer and so on.

If you intend to import Canon Vixia HF R50 AVCHD footage to iMovie or FCE for basic editing, you will need to transcode Canon HF R50 AVCHD video to Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) before you start. To do format conversion, third party software like HD Video Converter for Mac is required, which works well as a Canon HF R50 Video Converter for Mac. the converter can help you transcode Canon Vixia HF R50 AVCHD format on Windows and Mac, let you edit AVCHD in FCP X, FCE, Premieres, Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker, iMovie etc.

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How to Transcode Canon Vixia HF R50 AVCHD recordings to AIC for editing in iMovie/FCE

Step 1. Add AVCHD files
Intall and run Canon HF R50 Video Converter for Mac, When its main interface appears, click “Add Video” to import your Canon HF R50 footage to the program.



Step 2. Choose the best video format for iMovie/FCE
You can find many presets in Format drop-down list. Choose iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov).

Step 3. Set up output settings AIC videos
Click Settings button and you can find some other settings such as Size, Bitrate, Frame Rate and son on. The video quality is corresponding to bitrate, the higher bitrate you choose the better video quality you will get. You can check the file size easily here.



Step 4. Start converting AVCHD to AIC for iMovie/FCE
When ready, click ‘Convert’ button to start transcodeing Canon HF R50 media to AIC. You can check Shut down computer after conversion if you are doing a batch conversion and do not want to wait on the front of computer. Wait for some time, now you get the fresh new converted AIC videos for editing in iMovie/FCE.

Useful Tips
To be able to transcode AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, M2T, MXF, GXF, TiVo, H.264 MOV, MKV, VOB, MPG, AVI, DVR-MS, VRO files and more to any formats you required, you may need HD Video Converter.