Adding .mts files to Final Cut Pro

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Uh, does anyone know how one might import .mts files to Final Cut Pro?
I have very limited experience in video editing, and have just discovered that ALL of the footage I shot on a trip to New Zealand cannot be added as it is (in .mts format on my HD) to shitty ****ing Final Cut Pro.
I guess I'm looking for a way to convert these files to whatever extension type Final Cut is looking for? But with minimal quality loss. I did a little googling, but the results seemed varied. Wondered if anyone has any experience with this kind of shit, and can point me in the right direction (I already tried smashing my video camera against the cement. Relieved some frustration, however, initial problem remained).
Please advise! :cry

 

Uh final cut is a industry standard for film/video editing. The best option is, if you the footage on the original sd cards off the camera, you can log and transfer it right off the sd card into the aic or prores format final cut works best for. From your post it sounds like you just copied them down to your hard drive, which in that case you need a convertor, like Clipwrap. .mts/achvd is a shitty camera format that really sucks to edit once you have copied it out of the camera's sd card.

 

Thanks for the reply, Colemanguy.
I don't have the files on the camera's sd card anymore, so I guess the converter is what I need. Can you tell me if I will lose a bunch of quality doing that conversion with Clipwrap? Also, what exactly am I converting these files to?
And more importantly, is there a way to copy files in the future in the RIGHT format for Final Cut?

 

The correct procedure would be to take the sd card of the camera, insert it in a sd reader on the system with final cut, and use the log and transfer feature. You should loose no quality as clipwrap is just rewrapping the contain for the video, although it makes editing a bit more painful as at least when i use it, it seems to be slower and require longer render times during editting. If you use the log and transfer feature, it will transcode it into prores or aic, depending, which makes it take more hard drive space, but works better with final cut. You can also use clickwrap to transcode, but i believe you might loose a slight bit of quality in that process. In clipwrap if you use rewrap it wont take long to rewrap into a .mov container that works with final cut, the other few options will transcode the footage into what ever you choose, prores or aic or so on.

 

Thanks for the info. I'll try Clipwrap to rewrap those .mts files that i've already got on my computer.
For the future, my macbook doesn't have an sd reader slot; can i just plug the camera (with the sd card in it) into the computer via USB and still use the log and transfer feature?
Again, thanks for your help.

 

Possibly, read your cameras manual and often times it will have the best directions on importing those files in.