Best H.264 to Apple Prores 422 Converter with timecode

Q: I sought so much advice beforehand, and decided to convert my 80+ hours of H.264 documentary footage to ProRes to make the edit easier. I am using Tipard HD Video Converter for Mac, but it doesn't keep my timecode for FCP ? So I'm asking is it possible to get the best h.264 to apple prores 422 converter with timecode preserving? 


Nowadays more and more popular DSLR cameras and AVCHD camcorders has come out the record footage is often in H.264 codec. And a common sense is that the H.264 is not really an editing-friendly codec and that is the reason why we go from H.264 to Apple ProRes 422 and other less-compressive codecs. 


Apple ProRes is a line of intermediate codecs, which means they are intended for use during video editing, and not for practical end-user viewing. ProRes is a lossy video compression format developed by Apple Inc. for use in post production in Final Cut Pro 6 and later on versions (FCP 7 & FCP X). ProRes 422 is a DCT based intra-frame-only codec and is therefore simpler to decode than distribution oriented formats like H.264. 



To get H.264 video files work perfectly with Final Cut Pro, all you need to do is to convert the native footage from the H.264 to ProRes which is in higher quality and is less compressed. How do you convert H.264 to ProRes codec? 


Well, there are MANY ways to do this. You can use Final Cut Studio's Compressor software – I create droplets and drop my files onto them. It's good. But some of you may not own Final Cut Studio… Well I recommend you look into the utility that has quickly become my absolute favorite way of converting my footage: 

Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac ($35) - an easy to use and user-friendly tool. 



It's also often faster than Compressor and is much cheaper. With it, you can transcode H.264 to a FCP compatible Prores .mov format on mac quickly and easily with retaining the timecode for FCP . Before converting, pls download and install the first-class HD Video Converter for Mac from Pavtube. 


Step-by-step guide to learn how to convert H.264 to Prores 422 for FCP with keeping timecode. 

Step 1. Download and install the H.264 to Prores 422 Converter with timecode on your Mac. Launch it and import your h.264 .mov/.mts/.mp4 clips into it. 
 




Step 2. Choose Apple Prores as output for FCP. 



Click on "Format", follow "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" format for native importing and editing in FCP. 

 




Step 3. Click on Settings to adjust audio and video parameters including video size, video frame rate, bitrate, sample rate, audio channel. 

Step 4. Start transcoding h.264 to Prores 422 by clicking on "Convert" button. 

After the conversion is done, you can easily import h.264 footage into FCP X with retaining timecode. 

Refer to the picture below to see how this cool mac H.264 converting tool keep the timecode for FCP. It is not difficult to find that the timecode is kept. 




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Pavtube 40% Off Spirit Halloween Coupons & Discount

Pavtube launched 40% OFF Halloween Promotion from October 21 to November 6, 2015 when users can get top Video/DVD/BD Converter for Win/Mac with the least money. 
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Halloween is coming. To give you a better Halloween celebration, Pavtube holds 40% off Halloween promotion from October 21 to November 6, 2015. During the period, you can get the professional Blu-ray/DVD Ripper and Video Converter for Win/Mac with less money than any other campaign. 

During Halloween, many people will not just watch Halloween movies but make Halloween videos by themselves. No matter Halloween movies enjoyment or Halloween video production, you probably need a video converter. For example, when you want to play your Blu-ray/DVD Halloween disc on your iPad Pro, Surface Pro 3, you can rip the disc to the device supported format with Pavtube BDMagic or Pavtube DVAid. Another case, you record the Halloween party scene and you are about to upload the camcorder video to Facebook to show your cool dressup, you’d better choose to transcode the camera video to Facebook or Vimeo accepted video with Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. No matter what situations about video editing and producing, you can find the software you want at Pavtube Studio. 

Pavtube product is closed-source, not like Handbrake. But it deserves to pay for its life-long technical support and update in time to compatible with any Win/Mac system upgrade. Catch this opportunity and enjoy the best video production experience with the least money. 

The price comparison of Pavtube featured products between Halloween price and original price is as below: 

• Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate: Original price $65, Now $52 
• Pavtube BDMagic: Original price $49, Now $34.3 
• Pavtube DVDAid: Original price $35, Now $21 
• Pavtube ByteCopy: Original price $42, Now $33.6

Note: This attractive price will only be get until November 6, 2015. Please bear in mind all software programs will go back to original prices once the Halloween special offer 2015 ends. 

Time-limited. What are you waiting for? Action now!

Pavtube 2015 Halloween Special Offer - Up to 40% Discount

Summary: Pavtube Studio presents big surprice for Halloween celebration with up to 40% discount on Blu-ray & DVD softwares. 

Festivals are always the best opportunities to purchase the goods you were not willing to buy or had no ability to afford in the past days. 2015 Halloween is coming. Are you ready to open your wallet? To make your Halloween celebration even greater, Pavtube Studio has prepared a great Halloween Promotion – we are offering you a generous 40% Discount on our Blu-ray & DVD Softwares (Windows 10 and El Capitan supported). 

 

Since Pavtube Studio offers many kinds of Blu-ray/DVD/Video softwares that you possibly don't know which one to choose, I can make a brief introduction and a recommendation to you. 

Recommendation 1: If you often do video conversion process, you can take Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate and Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac into consideration. It can accept any Halloween movie source, like Blu-ray/DVD disc and 4K/SD/HD online/local video in any format and transform them to nearly any popular video format you have ever seen. 

  

Recommendation 2: For those who have plenty of Blu-ray discs, Pavtube BDMagic and Pavtube BDMagic for Mac will be the best choice. They are cheaper than the recommendation one but supply the same effect on Blu-ray/DVD Halloween movies. 

  

Recommendation 3: DVD owners who just need to rip and backup DVD disc or copy DVD folder, DVD ISO/IFO can focus on Pavtube DVDAid and Pavtube DVDAid for Mac. It only can deal with DVD movies but it is the cheapest item. 

  

Recommendation 4: Pavtube ByteCopy and Pavtube ByteCopy for Mac are for situation that your Halloween Blu-ray/DVD movies have several subtitles and audio tracks and you want to keep all the tracks and chapter markers while ripping and copying the discs. What's more, it enables you to extract FLAC/WAV audio from Blu-ray audio disc and extract SRT subtitle from Blu-ray movies. 

  

Think about which one is the best choice for you so that you can solve your video conversion problem with the least money. Don't waste the money-saving chance on Halloween. Just do it!

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Tips on Importing H.265 (HEVC) Videos to Premiere Elements

You said you have shot some H.265/HEVC footage? You must be Samsung lover I guess, right? According to the output footage H.265 you owned, Samsung NX1 4K camcorder could be your favorite ones. So the issues are coming: Editing our H.265/HEVC in some NELs such as Premiere Elements must not be easy. To tell you’re the truth, that’s the purpose we write this article. 

 

You may be wrong if you think H.265/HEVC videos only refused by Premiere Elements. As the new codec, H.265 is not friendly with Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid MC etc. Also, some changes you may need to do if you wanna enjoy H.265 movies on handle devices such as iPhone 6. What a pity is until now, these popular NELs still have no capacity of editing the H.265/HEVC codec. However, we also have the good news, some H.265 encoder/decoders can also make the job smoothly work well in Premiere Elements. 

Expand knowledge: Higher quality Smaller Size—-That’s the most important point that H.265/HEVC brings to us. 

In order to fulfill the task of importing H.265/HEVC recordings to Premiere Elements, here you are fortunately to have the Pavtube Video Converter, which is upgraded to the newest version to supportencoding/decoding the H.265/HEVC videos nicely. Naturally speaking, this H.265 encoder can easily convert our H.265 to the Premiere Elements most suitable formats, MPG, MOV or WMV. What’s more, even on the latest Mac OS X Yosemite operation, we can work it well. 

Guide: Let me show you how to convert H.265/HEVC to MPG, MOV or WMV for Premiere Elements. 
Step 1. Add your original files 
As soon as you launch the H.265 encoder/decoder, we suggest you to add your files for the first step, ‘Add video’ and ‘Add from folder’ can be your good choices. 

 

Step 2. Select the right output for Premiere Elements 
Open the output list through the ‘Format’ bar, then drop down the list. Nearly on the bottom of the list, choose the ‘Adobe Premier Pro/Sony Vegas’ item. Here, we can choose the ‘MOV’, ‘WMV’ or ‘MPG’ as our best. 

 

Step 3. Optional function: Adjust the video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video & Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality. 



At the end, just press on the ‘Convert’ icon on the main interface, we can smoothly get our conversion work started. If you have already owned the Pavtube Video Converter, just open the main interface and select the “Help” >>”Update” to upgrade/download to the latest version 4.8.2.0 for free. Freely import your H.265/HEVC videos to Premiere Elements, are you still worrying about that? 

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Comparison of Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan and 10.10 Yosemite

Compare to the previous generations of Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, there are many new welcome features in 10.11 El Capitan. Fortunately, Mac users are able to upgrade to the new El Capitan for free or easily partition Mac to install both El Capitan and Yosemite for conveniently switching one to another. Following article will make a detailed comparison of El Capitan and Yostemite in many mayor aspects. 

Pavtube has upgraded with El Captian support for all its Mac Blu-ray/DVD/Video products. 

 

Performance in El Capitan VS Yosemite 

Apps in El Capitan will load apps up to 1.4 times faster and switching between apps will be twice as fast. Compare that to Yosemite: since its introduction many Mac users have been painfully aware of lags and slowdowns, such as stuttering animations and network connectivity issues. We experienced nothing like this in El Capitan. 

Look and feel in El Capitan vs Yosemite 

OS X El Capitan's user interface use a variation of the San Francisco font that was introduced with the Apple Watch and also features the iOS 9. San Franciso is much more Retina-friendly compared to Yosemite's use of Helvetica Neue. 

Force Touch trackpad support was introduced with Yosemite and in El Capitan there's additional setting within the Trackpad pane of System Preferences to deactivate the click noise. Referred to as Slient Clicking, this somehow doesn't compromise the degree of feedback, which is still handled via the Click slider. 

The El Capitan bar can now autohide via a setting in the General pane of System Preferences, in the same way that the Dock can dive out of the bottom of the screen in Yostemite and earlier releases of OS X. If you've used Full Screen mode in Yosemite then you'll already have experienced this feature but now it can be used all the time to gain a precious few centimeters of desktop space. 

Core tools in El Capitan vs Yosemite 

Safari: The new Safari on Mac OS X El Capitan is the perfect browser tool for your Mac device. The New Safari allows you to Pin your favorite websites, thus you can keep them opened, likewise you can mute audios without checking the tab from which the sound is coming from. The Develop menu of Safari, accessible via the Advanced pane within Safari's Preferences, now features a cool Responsive Design mode that lets you switch the web page to dimensions used on various Apple devices. 

Mail: As with Safari, feature additions in Mail within El Capitan are subtle compared to Yosemite. With the new Swipe gesture and improved full screen support, you can now optimize the way you read or manage your mails better on Mac OS X El Capitan - you can use this feature as a quick correspondence handler, and also manage your contacts and calendar much better from your inbox. With one swipe, you can mark an email as read or unread. 

Notes: Notes in El Capitan is essentially a whole new app compared to Yosemite, featuring more control over text formatting. The app is also now a share destination from within other apps, so you can send a map location straight to a new note, for example, or even a file from Finder/the desktop. The Reminders app can also receive items in this way via its own new entry on the share menu. To gain access to the new notes features, make sure upgrade your Notes iCloud database when you first run Notes on El Capitan, but doing so also makes your existing notes instantly incompatible with earlier versions of Apple's operating system. 

Maps: The enhanced Maps available on Mac OS X El Capitan provides maximum public transit information you can ever ask for, thus you will never miss your way even in a big city. You will have access to in-built public transport maps, directions and schedules. With El Capitan, you can easily plan your route with just few clicks. 

System tools in El Capitan vs Yosemite 

Spotlight: The new Spotlight window introduced in Yosemite can be moved around in El Capitan by clicking and dragging. It can also be resized to show more than a handful of results. Spotlight in El Capitan can also respond to Siri-like queries, such as "photo from last November in Germany". 

Mission control: El Capitan also comes with a full screen tweaks and mission control features. The mission control displays the names of existing apps at the top of the screen page, and this has replaced the thumbnail feature on the Yosemite. 

Disk Utility: Disk Utility has been given a visual overhaul compared to Yosemite and now features a bar graph showing how full a partition is, and what kind of files are taking up the space. 

Disk Ultility: The Disk Utility has been given a visual overhaul compared to Yosemite and now features a bar graph showing how full a partition is and what kind of files are taking up the space. Disk repartitioning within Disk Utility is now handled via a more common sense pie chart representing the entire disk, with a handle on its border that can be dragged to resize individual partitions. 

Mac users who have upgraded to the new Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan may encounter with some video playing and editing issues since many video players or editing applications have not updated themselves with perfect support for this new OS. With Pavtube recently upgraded Mac products, you will get no problems to copy/backup 2D/3D Blu-ray/DVDdisc, convert and edit virtually any SD/HD/2K/4K video and audio formats on Mac OS X El Capitan. More Mac OS X El Capitan related articles are as below: 

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How to Play Videos on Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 (Pro)

You are out if you still do not heard of the latest portable device—Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2(Pro)! That’s indeed the big news which can bring us the nice enjoyment for favorite movies, right? To enjoy any videos on this new Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2, we are offering the best way to play videos smoothly on Lenovo Yoga Tablet2 without any troubles. 

 

Hot Search: 1080p Videos on Android | AVI to Galaxy Tab | VOB to New iPadPart 1.Lenovo Yoga Tablet2—Bigger screen tablet is coming! 

As phones keep getting bigger, 8-inch tablets are quickly becoming the sweet spot for shoppers. And Lenovo’s Yoga Tablet 2 is one of the best slates you can buy. This device boasts an improved kickstand design and houses a long-lasting battery in its cylindrical side. For seeking the better enjoyment of watching movies on Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2, how to make all video formats friendly with Yoga Tablet2 has become the top issues online. Any good suggestions there to play videos nicely on Lenovo Yoga?Supported video and audio files for Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2: 

Supported Videos: H.263 MPEG-4/3GPP, H.264 AVC MPEG-4(MP4), MPEG-TS, 3GPP, MPEG-4 SP 3GPP, VP8 WebM, MKV, etc. 

Supported Audio formats: MP3, 3GP, MP4, M4A, AAC, WAV, TS, FLAC, OGG, MID, XMF, MXMF, RTTTL, RTX, OTA, IMY. 

Supported Image formats: JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP, WEBP.Part 2.How to add supported videos to Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2?—USB date line 

As usual, it would be much easier to add our suitable videos to Yoga tablet on computer. Just connect the tablet to PC with USB cable, when the main interface pops up there, we are going to click the ‘Add media’ or ‘Add files’ to load them in freely. Due to the supported video information we mentioned above, we just need to wait for a moment through the third-party assistant tools. 

Part 3.How to add those unsupported videos to Lenovo yoga Tablet 2?—PavtubeVideo Converter for Windows. (Mac version) 

How could we import those incompatible video files to Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 for playback? That may be the top point as soon as we wanna watch the recordings which took by ourselves. The easiest way to transfer them freely to Yoga tablet is transcoding the formats there. Fortunately, Pavtube studio has the professional Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2 converter for us to enjoy any movies without any troubles. Specific steps are allowed here which are deserved for us to have a try.

   


Step 1. Open the main interface and with the ‘Add files’ we can easily load the original files in. Or directly drag the files in is also a good idea!



Step 2. Choose the best output for Yoga tablet. Come to the output list by clicking the ‘Format’ bar there. Drop the list down, here we suggest you to select the ‘HD Video’>>’H.264 HD Video(*.mp4)’ as the suitable one for Yoga tablet as the supported information mentioned above.



Optional functions for advanced users:

Click the “Effect” button to open the Video Edit window to achieve editing MP4 like trim, crop, image, watermark, effect, subtitles and rotate and etc in the corresponding editing pane.

Click the “Setting…” button to open the Advanced Settings window to adjust the output video codec, resolution, bitrates, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio codec, channel, volume and etc in the advanced tab.

Go back to the main interface if you have done all the preparation work there. Hit the ‘Convert’ button, we can make this conversion job started! In a word, with this guide on how to add any videos to Lenovo Yoga Tablet 2, we are so glad to enjoy movies on this 8-inch screen tablet! Do you wanna join us for more?


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Video Tips for Handbrake on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan

At Times you need HandBrake Alternative software to achieve better SD/HD video and DVD/Blu-ray conversion on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, and iMedia Converter for Mac is best recommended HandBrake Alternative for on Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan. 

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Handbrake is a open source video transcoder, which is wildly used by Mac OS users. It supports to transcode video and audio from nearly any format to MP4, MKV, AVI on iMac abd MacBook. With Handbrake, you can convert Videos, DVD, Blu-ray on Mac OS X for viewing on your iPad, iPhone, iPod touch easily. 

Following with this detailed HandBrake Mac Tutorial, you will learn how to rip DVD, Blu-ray and transcode videos on Mac OS X with Handbrake. 

Step 1: Download and Install Handbrake 

Firstly, you should download and install Handbrake for Mac on your Mac OS X. 

 

Note: Here, we can see that HandBrake for Mac OS X 10.6-10.10 is for 64 bit Intel. 

Step 2: Load source video to HandBrake and set Destination and Output 

Click the “Source” button on the main interface to add video, DVD or decrypted Blu-ray to the program. In the Destination section you can set the output folder by clicking Browse button. One thing you need to decide is what format (MP4, MKV, AVI, OGM) Output setting section also has 3 options you can choose: Large File Size, Web optimized and iPod 5G support. 

 

Note: Handbrake supports to input multiple file formats, but it can only convert them one by one, if you want to transcode many videos, please make sure you have enough time to do it. 

Step 3: Adjust video and audio settings 

You can adjust video filter, video, audio subtitles, chapters, etc to make the output videos more suitable. You should pay attention that when you select the birate, the higher bitrate you choose, the bigger size the output file will be, and the better quality you will get. 

 

Step 4: Start to convert video with Handbrake on Mac OS X 

Click on the Start button on the left top of Mac version HandBrake. The encoding time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your Mac computer and which Mac OS, Mac OS X Tiger, Leopard, or Mac OS X Snow Leopard. What other activity your computer is currently doing, the codec you selected (H264 or MP4). 

Conclusion of this Handbrake Tutorial for Mac: 

This is basic HandBrake Tutorial for Mac OS X users, for details explanation, you need to cast an eye on HandBrake official site. And as a free transcoding software, you may come across with unexpected issues when using HandBrake on your Mac from time to time. Handbrake has some limitations. For instance, it can load multiple video and copy protected DVD, but it does not support the encrypted Blu-ray disc. It only can be used to transcode a Blu-ray disc that the protection is first removed using a third party application. It does not support batch conversion and shut-down automatically after conversion. And the most severe problem is HandBrake just supports Mac OS X 10.6 - 10.10. The newest Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan system is not supported by HandBrake. 

Therefore, it is better to find some HandBrake Mac version Alternative software to fill all the limitations that Handbrake lacks, such as backing up encryption Blu-ray, ripping DVD to iTunes, copying Blu-ray andDVD on Mac OS X El Capitan. Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is the recommended HandBrake Alternative. It is all in one solution for you to convert SD/HD videoS, rip DVD/Blu-ray to various formats on Mac OS X from 10.6 to 10.11 El Capitan. You can use the batch conversion functions to transcoding multiple files at a time. The versatile and distinctive editing functions can help you create elegant videos. 

Free download and install 

  

Other Download: 
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.cn/imedia-converter-mac/ 
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-iMedia-Converter/3000-2194_4-76177788.html 

How to use HandBrake Mac Alternative on Mac OS X El Capitan? 

Step 1. Load your Blu-ray 

Run Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac on Mac OS X El Capitan, load your Blu-ray disc, folder, ISO image files by clicking the "File" icon. 

 

Step 2. Choose target format 

Click the format bar to choose "HD Video" and "H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)". 

 

Step 3. Start conversion 

After everything is OK, click the big button "Convert" to start conversion on Mac OS X El Capitan. After conversion, you'll get your desired MP4 movie in output folder. 

That is easy to use HandBrake Mac Alternative to convert videos on Mac OS X El Capitan. Just try. 

If want more detailed video conversion steps, read this article: How to Convert Videos on Mac OS X El Capitan with Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac? 

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Good News! To thanks for your continuous support, Pavtube Official Website and Pavtube Facebook are now holding the biggest sale for this summer with fantastic 50% off discounts and giveaway. Pay less to get powerful Blu-ray/DVD/Video Converter to build your own home media center on this summer! 

Giveaway: First Five customers can share this post, email us your order numer and the snapshot to win one more FREE license, no product limit! 

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Free Software to change Tivo files to MPEG format without losing quality

This article mainly introduces free software for converting Tivo to MPEG. If you are looking for software for free, here is right for you. 

TiVo is a popular home setup box for recording television programs and movies for later playback. It has the capability to transfer the recordings to your personal computer by using the TiVo Desktop Software application. An issue with the files is that they are not always compatible with other multi-media programs or editing softwares like Adobe Premiere, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, etc. 

 

Q1: I have recently exporting a TV show from my TiVo to my PC using my TiVo home network, but the file is in .TiVo format. Does anyone know the best way to convert this to a avi file or mpeg for editing? 

Q2: I need software that will change tivo files to mpeg files for viewing on my computer. I have tried Tivo Decoder, VisualHub, iTivo, and ffMpegX all with not so good results. So is there any program or a method for conversion? 

Have you got the similar question when you want to use to view and edit TiVo files? As a result, it is required to convert the TiVo files to a common format that widely supported by media players and editors. e.g. MPEG format. The guide shares with you how to convert TiVo file to MPEG step-by-step. 

Part 1: Transfer TV shows from TiVo to PC 

To transfer TV shows on any PC, you need to download TiVo Desktop software. When your TiVo is connected to your home network, TiVo Desktop provides you with a list of available shows for transferring to your PC. 

You can play TiVo video files using Windows Media Player. 

Hints: TiVoToGo Transfers system requirements: TiVo Series2 DVR, TiVo software version 7.1 or later, TiVo Series2 box must be connected to your home network using a wired orwireless USB network adapter. 

Part 2: Guide to Converting TiVo to MPEG 

At first, for converting .tivo to .mpg, you may have search a lot and find that there are many software with cost, which can help you. If you want free software, Pavtube Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate is right for you. Becides supporting Tivo to MPEG conversion, it is integrated software combined with converting both DVD and videos. And it will support converting them to MKV, AVI, WMV, MOV, MPG, etc. 
(P.S If you are a Mac user, you can try Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac) 

Go to download Free Video DVD Converter Ultimate and install it. Then follow me to learn how it works. 

Step 1. Import source files. 

Click "Add Video" icon to load video, or you can drag and drop it to the software directly. "Load files" icon will allow you to load DVD disc, ISO/IFO and DVD folder. 

 

Note: If you want to import Tivo video, you should import the Media Access Key first. 

 

Step 2. Select output format. 

Many video formats in the Format dropdown list, you can choose the one you need. Here, you can choose "MPEG-2 Video (*.mpg)" from "Common Video" Option. 

 

Step 3. Video Editing (optional). 

Powerful edit function including Trim, Crop, Add subtitles, etc will give you great experience for conversion. For example, you can use Trim to cut off the prevue of DVD that you don’t want to retain in output videos. 

Step 4. Start conversion. 

Click "Convert" button to start TiVo to MPEG conversion conversion. Click "Open" button you can find the generated files. 

And with the help of CUDA Acceleration and full use of cores, you will have a fast speed. 

 


If you want to convert to more popular portable devices and editing software, Updrade version will give you more great features. You can 1:1 backup DVD or 100% backup the main movie of DVD. Also you can choose to output MP4/M4V files for all portable devices to enjoy videos anywhere. 

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Merge/Join hard drive camera recored MTS videos into one with no conversion

In this guide, you will learn how to combine and join m2ts files recorded by hard drive camera without losing details. 
OK, I have a hard drive camera this year. I’m trying to take multiple files and convert them to one? Here is a sample of the file I attached. I shot this in the hallway but will be filming Basketball games and it’s going to have multiple files. Does anyone know of a way to join multiple .M2TS files - without having to re-encode the video? Thanks in advance. Below is a screenshot of my video files.

P.S. The hard drive camera is used for filming basketball games. I am a high school basketball coach. My software that I use needs the game film in DV format. My old camera was a mini DVD camera and it was simple to use that pavtube to convert to DV format. This new hard drive camera is recorded on a sd 64 GB card and is played back on to my hard drive. For some reason everytime you hit start and stop on record it makes that segment into a file. Since games are constantly stop and start I have over 80 clips that need to merge into one file for DV format. 

 

There are some MTS converters that can convert my m2ts media from hard drive camera in mp4 file as I read, but it will definitely lose a lot of details doing it and it usually takes a long time encoding the H.264 contents. Also, it can't join my m2ts files together. 

To fast organize and join .MTS/.M2TS files without encoding, the Pavtube Media Magician for Mac is a best choice. Its "Lossless Output" option provides a jointless MTS/M2TS/TOD merging and rewrapping solution. Using the software, you can join m2ts/mts clips into one without encoding. Not only the processing time is greatly shortened, but also you get the original HD quality. I have used Pavtube products for about 6 years now. And I have already purchased this program for a PC and a Mac. I was surprised by its amazing speed and high qualtiy video output. Below is a guide I share for your reference. 

Free Download Pavtube Media Magician or Mac (Download a dmg file for Mac OS X 10.5 users) 

Tip: 

If you are a Windows user, please turn to Pavtube Media Magician 

Note: The free trial version of Pavtube Media Magician for Mac has the following limitations: 

• It will add Pavtube logo watermark in output file(s).
• Lossless output has a file size limit of 5 minutes.

Warnings: 

To remux camera videos to MKV/M2TS, you need to use "Lossless Output" in Media Magician for Mac. There are some things you need to pay attention to while using "Lossless Output": 


1. Currently the "Lossless Output" only handles MTS, M2TS, MOD, and TOD formats, thus you are limited to do the following rewrapping without conversion: 

- Remux MTS to MTS 

- Remux M2TS to M2TS 

- Remux TOD to TOD 

- Remux MOD to MOD 

- Remux MTS to MKV 

- Remux M2TS to MKV 

- Remux TOD to MKV 

- Remux MOD to MKV 

2. The format and codec of video files on timeline should be substantially the same; 

3. Any editing effects (such as Effect, Audio, 3D) will be ignored when output. 

The steps to merge/join AVCHD MTS/M2TS camera videos on Mac 

1. Import source files into Media Magician for Mac 

Run Pavtube Media Magician for Mac, load source videos into it. (Learn the details on how to import source videos into Media Magician) 

 

2. Drag and drop hard drive camera m2ts recordings to timeline 

In the Timeline panel of Pavtube Media Magician for Mac, you can copy a video clip by "Duplicate This Clip" in the Timeline. You can also change the start time and end time of a clip to trim/cut off unwanted parts in a movie clip. To remove clips, select one or more clips in the sequence and press "Delete". You can also change the order of clips once they are there in the Timeline. If you would like to split a clip into two parts, you can drag the cursor/pointer to the right place and click the "Cut" button to cut off the clip. 

 

Read how to Duplicate, Trim, Split and Delete a Clip with Media Magician for Mac. 

3. Remux hard drive camera recored MTS videos with no conversion on Mac 

Choose "Output" in the main interface, then switch to "Lossless" > "original" or "Lossless" > "original". Click "Plus" icon to add conversion task, and click "Start" to begin merging and remuxing hard drive camera MTS recordings without recompression on Mac. 

 


Soon after the rewrapping task is finished by Media Magician for Mac, you can add the generated MTS file to your Mac media server and play hard drive camera recored M2TS video over Wi-Fi. Enjoy it now! 

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Importing Canon T4i/650D h.264 footage in iMovie Mac

Importing Canon T4i/650D h.264 footage in iMovie Mac 

Summary: The following passage guides you how to convert Canon T4i/650D H.264 MOV footages to iMovie Apple Intermediate Codec encoded MOV file so that you can edit the Canon T4i videos in iMovie 8/9/10 without problems. 

The Canon EOS Rebel T4i Digital Camera is an ideal camera for any level photographer; combining both high quality imaging power and a wealth of functions that enable you to create beautiful imagery with ease. 

Full HD 1080p video is supported and features a full-time Movie Servo AF system for continuous auto focusing while using live view to record movies. When using one of Canon’s STM lenses, ultra-quiet and smooth performance is possible for fluid HD movie making. 

With every new Camera, comes many new questions about workflow. The term ‘workflow’ can be fairly broad, but today I am looking at importing Canon Rebel T4i (EOS 650D) footage into Final Cut Pro. The Canon T4i uses the same workflow as the Canon EOS series of cameras which includes the 550D (T2i), 600D (T3i), and 1000D (XS), because it records in the same H.264 MOV format. Although the tools for importing the footage have been updated by Canon, it seems not working well when ingesting T4i footage to iMovie. Below, I will throw a quick tutorial up on how to import videos from Canon T4i/650D into iMovie without the EOS Movie Plugin-E1. 

 

Software requirement 

Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac – this program is good at encoding camera shootings in different formats (H.264 MOV, MTS/M2TS, MXF, etc.) to video editing software compatible file types, i.e. AIC for iMoive, ProRes for FCP, and DNxHD for Avid Media Composer. In this guide, we will run it as a Canon MOV to iMovie Converter to convert Canon EOS 650D (Rebel T4i) to AIC for iMovie. More than dealing with Canon T4i recordings, you can also use it to handle H.264 MOV footage shot by Canon EOS 550D(Rebel T2i), Canon EOS 600D(Rebel T3i), and Canon EOS 1000D(Rebel XS). 

How-To: 

How to import Canon Rebel T4i (EOS 650D) MOV to iMovie for editing? 

Step 1: Run Canon T4i MOV to iMovie Converter and load H.264 MOV clips to it 

You can click either “Add Video” button or “Add from folder” button to load source MOV files. 

 

If you want to combine the loaded MOV clips into one file, simply tick off the checkbox before “Merge into one file”. 

Step 2: Select “Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)” as target format 

In order to convert Canon T4i MOV to AIC for use in iMovie, simply hit “Format” menu and follow “iMovie and Final Cut Express” > “Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)”. 

 

Useful Tips: 

1. By clicking “Browse” button, you can browse and specify a destination folder for the output AIC files instead of the default save path. 

2. By clicking “Settings” button, you are able to enter the “Profile Settings” panel to adjust video and audio parameters for your Canon T4i MOV source files, including video size, bit rate, frame rate and more. 

Step 3: Start H.264 MOV to AIC Conversion 

Click the big button “Convert” to start Canon H.264 MOV to AIC Conversion. As soon as the conversion is completed, you are able to click “Open” button to get the generated AIC MOV files for use in iMovie. 

Step 4: Import converted Canon Rebel T4i (EOS 650D) MOV to iMovie 

Launch iMovie, and then choose File > Import > Movies to import the converted Canon Rebel T4i (EOS 650D) MOV to iMovie for further editing. 

 

Know more about how to edit Canon T4i H.264 MOV files in FCP. 

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