Transcode Sony NEX-5 AVCHD to MOV for Avid MC/FCE/iMovie on Mac

Published on May 21 2014 by Johe

The Sony NEX-5 (together with its smaller sister model, the NEX-3) is Sony's first contribution to the mirrorless interchangeable lens camera sector. Both NEX cameras are both built around the 14.6 megapixel Exmor APS HD CMOS sensor announced at the PMA 2010 exhibition in February and the mirrorless E-mount. The NEX-5 offers a high-resolution tilting screen, fast continuous shooting and 1080i HD AVCHD video capture.

To transfer Sony NEX-5 HD videos to Apple hard drive, you can use the Apple iMovie, Final Cut Express. But you shall make sure that you at least have iMove 8 or iMovie 9, FCE on your Mac with Intel processor. However, if you have iMovie 6 or first copy AVCHD files from camera by looking for PRIVATE -> AVCHD -> BDMV -> STREAM on SDHC/Micro SDHC card, or copy MTS file from AVCHD -> BDMV -> STREAM on built-in HDD, you may find it difficult to import to iMovie, FCE, or even Avid MC. UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac is the perfect Mac AVCHD camera converter that it helps you convert Sony NEX-5 MTS to AIC MOV for editing on Mac.

With the 3 steps below, you can import Sony NEX-5 HD videos to Avid, FCE, iMovie, Premiere for editing.

Step 1. Load Sony NEX-5 MTS video to UFUSoft AVCHD Converter for Mac.

Run UFUSoft Sony AVCHD Converter for Mac as the Sony NEX-5 Avchd Software for Mac, and click the “Add” button to load 1080p mts videos.

Step 2. Choose AIC MOV or DHxHD mov for Avid/FCE/iMovie.

For Sony NEX-5 AVCHD to iMovie and FCE, you can choose iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC); for Sony NEX-5 AVCHD to Avid, you can choose Avid Media Composer -> Avid DNxHD (*.mov). (For Sony NEX-5 AVCHD to FCP, please read Edit Sony Nex-5 AVCHD in Final Cut Pro)

Step 3. Transcode Sony NEX-5 AVCHD to MOV for Avid MC/FCE/iMovie.

Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Sony NEX-5 MTS to Mac Converter starts converting 1080i MTS to HD MOV for Avid/iMovie/FCE on Mac.

After conversion is finished, you can import the HD videos to Avid MC, Avid Xpress Pro, Final Cut Express, iMovie and other non-linear editing tools like Adobe Premiere, Kdenlive on Mac.