Upload Canon XA30 AVCHD to iMovie edited with Appele InterMediate Codec (El Capitan)

Here is a complete workflow for transcoding, importing, and editing Canon XA35 MTS footage in iMovie smoothly.

Combining a compact form factor and professional video features, the Canon XA30 is well-suited for event coverage, wedding videography, independent and documentary filmmaking, and other applications that require a compact, professional camera. To fit into your workflow, the camcorders captures up to 1920x1080 video at 23.98p, 29.97p, 59.94p, and 59.94i frame rates, while also offering Slow and Fast Motion recording modes, as well as an interval recording option to capture fast motion of up to 1200x the original speed.

The XA30 offers multiple recording modes, resolutions, and frames rates, giving you the ability to adapt to a variety of workflows and applications. It can record in Full HD 1920x1080 resolution up to 59.94p in both AVCHD and MP4 recording codecs, at multiple bit rates, and even simultaneously to dual SD cards. For documentary and independent film work, 23.98p frame rates are available.

The AVCHD delivers stunning picture quality, but it not an ideal editing format for both iMovie. So you'll get crashed or other issues when using the Canon XA35 1080p MTS files in iMovie.

To achieve your goal smoothly, the easy workaround is to convert Canon XA35 MTS footage to a more editing-friendly format, such as Apple Intermediate Codec for iMovie. Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac is considered to be the best video app for you here.

This Mac Canon MTS converter features full support for almost all Canon, Sony and Panasonic AVCHD cameras, and it converts Canon MTS files to editable format for using in Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer without visible quality loss and ensures audio and video in perfect synchronization. Below is a simple guide to follow for transcoding Canon XA35 MTS to iMovie.

Transcoding Canon XA30 MTS recordings to iMovie

Step 1: Install and Launch the Mac MTS Converter and load your .mts/.m2ts files to it.



Step 2: Click on the Format box and select a proper format in dropdown-list.
Choose "iMovie and Final Cut Express--> Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov)" as the output format.



Step 3: Click "Settings" button if you’d like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.

Step 4: Click the Convert button on the main interface to start the Canon XA30 to iMovie conversion. Once the process is at 100%, then the converted video is ready for importing and editing on Mac OS X.

Additional features with the best AVCHD MTS Converter:

1. Joining files: Tick the box "Merge into one" on the main interface.
2. Preview: Double click on the file and you can get a preview on the converter.
3. Crop: Edit --> Crop and you can get the imported videos cropped as you want.
4. Auto shutdown: Click Option and tick the box “Shut down the computer after conversion” before conversion starts.

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