How to Get iMovie Support Sony HDR-PJ440/B MTS Files?

One of my friends has a Sony HDR-PJ440, which is the best camcorder as he thought. He captured many videos with his PJ440 like 1080/60p AVCHD, XAVC S, and he wants to edit the AVCHD MTS recordings with iMovie thus he can share the videos with us and upload video to the website. But while he trying to import MTS clips from Sony HDR-PJ440 to iMovie, the program can’t be compatible well with these AVCHD files. 

 

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iMovie is one of the best video editing tools for Mac. With it, you can beautify your videos simply by cutting, cropping, merging, adding effects etc. to them. It works stable on Mac computer, so it’s loved by millions of users. On the official site, it says iMovie can support DV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MOV and M4V file types. According to this, you are unable to import MTS to iMovie. 

As far as we know AVCHD format is a delivery codec not for editing, so it is not compatible with many editing software, such as iMovie. That is to say, iMovie doesn’t support Sony PJ440 AVCHD well, it takes much time to render. If you want to smoothly import and edit Sony HDR-PJ440/B MTS files with iMovie, you should convert Sony HDR-PJ440/B MTS to MOV format encoded with Apple InterMediate Codec, that is best supported by iMovie. 

Based on our testing, you can get a professional video tool like Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac (review) to finish the conversion task. It can easily convert Sony HDR-PJ440/B MTS files to AIC MOV for iMovie on Mac OS X without quality loss. It can generate best editing format/codec for filmmakers and video enthusiasts to use in different NLE apps, such as Final Cut Pro 6/7/X, Adobe Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6/CC, Adobe After Effects, Avid MC, Final Cut Express, and more. 

  

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How to work Sony HDR-PJ440/B MTS files with iMovie? 

Step 1: Drag and drop source Sony HDR-PJ440/B MTS files to the main interface. Or click “Add Video” button to import videos. 

 

Step 2: Set up output format for Sony HDR-PJ440/B MTS files to iMovie. From format list, choose “iMovie and Final Cut Express>>Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)” for output. 

 

Step 3: This program offers some editing functions. You can tick “Merge into one file” under the preview window. And click “Edit” button, you can make changes to the video effects as you wish. In the editing window, you can trim your favorite part from the video, crop the frame size, adjust the visual effects, or add watermarks or subtitles. If you want to change the video parameters, go back to the main interface and click “Settings” button, you can select the video encoder, resolution, audio channel and more. This function is something worth trying. You can get the work done splendidly. 

Step 4: Press the “Convert” button to start Sony HDR-PJ440/B MTS files to AIC .mov conversion. 

Conclusion: Once finished, click “Open” to get converted videos. Then you could transfer them to iMovie for editing. 

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Work with PJ440/B MTS Files in iMovie