Most of Sony DCR camcorders record video in SD MPEG-2 such as some Sony DCR-SX series, Sony DCR-SR series, Sony DCR-DVD series. However, there is an exception: Sony DCR-SR5E which shoots AVCHD footage. Obviously, you can't playback AVCHD video for the video format can't be natively supported by QuickTime. However, VLC media player should be your excellent assistance. But how about editing the .m2ts shooting? Won't take the risk of losing quality, when editing it? At first, transfer the footage to Mac for backup. Then begin your editing job.
Convert M2TS to Mac-friendly format like MOV or MP4, for which has better compatibility with iMovie, FCP. In this way, you can smoothly edit the footage. Doremisoft Sony M2TS Converter for Mac is such a powerful program that can not only convert M2TS to wide range of popular multimedia formats like MOV, FLV, M4V, MP4, AVI, H.264, etc, but edit the HD M2TS on Mac as well. It makes it easily to upload M2TS footages to YouTube, edit it in iMovie or FCP, enjoy shootings on iPad, iTouch, Creative ZEN and other portable players as well.
Let's have a look at how to Convert Sony DCR to Mac:
Step1: Add Sony DCR Video on Mac
Click "Add File" to upload your chosen Sony DCR video to Mac AVCHD Converter after you launched it.
Step2: Set Output Video Format
Click "Profile" to open the Profile drop-up list to select MOV, or MP4 as output video format for Mac OS, Quicktime, iMovie, FCP, FCE, etc.
Step3: Convert Sony DCR Video to Mac
Press the "Start" button to convert Sony DCR SD video or AVCHD MTS/M2TS files to Mac.
After conversion finished, just import the generated file into iMovie and begin your movie making.
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