Bring your Sony HDR-CX580V 1080 60p MTS to iMovie for freely editing

With 32GB embedded Flash memory, Sony HDR-CX580V Handycam camcorder is able to hold up to 11 hours of HD footage at a time1 or use the dedicated slot to insert a compatible SD card or Memory Stick for added space. It also can bring you to life in 1920 x 1080 60p/24p Full HD Video. Get an even closer take on the action with 20x extended digital zoom while advanced Face Detection automatically reduces background noise and improves the clarity of recorded voices. It only costs us $650, so it has won many people's hearts. 

Have you got the camera? Do you like editing recordings with iMovie 11? Have you met some troubles with importing and editing your CX580V 60p .mts/.m2ts footage? Do you know iMovie, even the lates iMovie 11, can't edit natively 60p videos. In fact, 1080 60p is not a standard format, it is not compatible for almost NLE's. To successfully bring Sony CX580 60p MTS to iMovie for further editing, you have to transcode MTS to iMovie's native format, like AIC .mov.

From googling, I believe Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac can help you easily do the fast conversion. Plus, it also can keep the original quality and allows you to freely set video and audio settings. Below is the easy guide on how to reformat MTS to AIC MOV with best settings.



Step 1: Install and run the MTS to iMovie Converter. Click the Add File icon to import your .mts/.m2ts files to it.

Step 2: Click on the “Format” and you will get a dropdown menu. Move you pointer to iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov). Then you can set the output folder by clicking “Browse” icon as you need.

Step 3. Click “Settings” to set the video size, video bitrate, video frame rate, ect as you want, if your resource file is 1080 60p, you'd better follow the below profile.



Step 4: Start to convert Sony CX580 recording to MOV by clicking “Convert”.

After the fast conversion, you can easily find the converted video by clicking "open". Then you are able to get it into iMovie 8/9/11 for editing without any errors.