Sony RX100 and Pinnacle Studio workflow-convert RX100 60p AVCHD footage to MPEG-2 Video

Have shot some magnificent footage with your Sony DSCRX100 AVCHD Camera and wanna to import them to Pinnacle Studio for editing? Well you’d better convert RX100 AVCHD footage to MPEG2 first then, because AVCHD footage is not really well-supported by Pinnacle Studio. What is the best software for this conversion? Give a shoot with AVCHD Video Converter and you’ll find it is quite easy to edit AVCHD files in Pinnacle Studio. Below is a short guide telling you how to convert or shrink Sony RX100 AVCHD files to Pinnacle Studio friendly formats.

Recommended Software:
AVCHD Video Converter is a converter program designed for transcoding AVCHD media, including camera and camcorder video files to whatever format you need with best video and audio sync program. It supported camera brands include Canon, Sony, JVC, Nikon, Panasonic, Fujifilm, Pentax, Red, Blackmagic, Sanyo, and so on. with this little tool, you are able to create editable files for NLEs like iMovie, Final Cut Express, FCP X, FCP 6/7, Avid MC, DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro CS 6, Sony Vegas, etc. and export playable files for iOS devices, Android devices, HD Media Players, Game consoles and more.



Sony RX100 and Pinnacle Studio workflow-convert RX100 60p AVCHD footage to MPEG-2 Video

Step 1. Install and launch AVCHD Video Converter, add the Sony RX100 AVCHD video you want to convert. Press the “Add Video” button to load the RX100 AVCHD file that you’d like to convert. Besides Sony RX100 AVCHD MTS and M2TS format, the program also supports TS, M2TS, TP, TRP, DV, RM, RMVB, MP4, MKV, MOV, WMA, VOB, H.264, 3G2, AAC etc.



Step 2. Set output video format for your video conversion. Click the “Format” bar and move to “HD Video” and then select a 1080p HD video format from drop-down list. Basically, MPEG-2 HD Video (*.mpg) format is recommended, since MPEG-2 encoded videos are friendly to Pinnacle Studio. Finally, click the file icon beside output bar, and choose a destination folder for saving output files.



Step 3. Click “Convert” button to start converting Sony RX100 AVCHD into Pinnacle-optimized videos. Then you could click “Open” button to find the converted MPEG video in destination folder. In this way Sony RX100 AVCHD footage can be successfully loaded to Pinnacle Studio for editing and authoring.

Tips:
1. To join or split AVCHD clips, you can combine files together by checking “Merge into one file”. To split video and trim off unwanted segments, you may click “Edit” menu, switch to “Trim” tab, and set starting and ending time to include the part you want to keep only, and then leave the split work to AVCHD Video Converter.

2. To cut down file size, you can click “Settings” and set a smaller video bitrate. In “Settings” panel you can also set video resolution (1920×1080, 1440×1080, 1280×720, etc).

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