Final Cut Pro and Canon FS200

[sillyme]

Hi,

I have a Canon FS200 and want to use Final Cut Pro to edit my videos.

The camera outputs .mod files currently. And I convert the file to .mov for editing in FCP.

Is this the most efficient way of working? The video conversion takes a long time.

 

[jhansolo]

Have you tried google for the workflow, I have not use it so I'll not comment, but I do know that the conversion is the next best thing, that is if you have to use FCP.

http://forums.creativecow.net/thread/162/867636 shows you why not.

 

[sillyme]

Thank you.

Yes, I did some Googling. It seems that most point to a conversion.

I wanted to check if anyone here know any better solution

 

[jhansolo]

that is with FCP, anything that is not native .mov requires conversion there is no 2 ways to that.

 

[fadlin]

Hi,

I have a Canon FS200 and want to use Final Cut Pro to edit my videos.

The camera outputs .mod files currently. And I convert the file to .mov for editing in FCP.

Is this the most efficient way of working? The video conversion takes a long time.

Im using Imovie to import the Canon FS200 file. First time doing it. Not so sure how long will it take to convert to .mov. Worst case scenario, I will just edit it with my imovie instead of final cut.

 

[killerslayer92]

try to find codec pack for final cut pro

 

[kate59588]

Hi,

I have a Canon FS200 and want to use Final Cut Pro to edit my videos.

The camera outputs .mod files currently. And I convert the file to .mov for editing in FCP.

Is this the most efficient way of working? The video conversion takes a long time.

I have a JVC Everio HD300 HD camcorder,i am annoyed with the MTS and MOD files, for they counldn't be edit on Adobe Premiere but now i found out a fastest and easiest way to solve it-just use a professional HD Video converter which can convert MTS/TOD/MOD to wmv, mov, mp4, avi, etc. without any problem.The software seems to do a decent job. I've had good results converting the .mts/.mod files to .mov, with the settings h.264, 12000kbps, 1280*720, 25fps, aac. The files look good on my Mac running Adobe Premiere, edit easily, and convert well to DVD format.

http://www.pavtube.com/guide/convert-hd-footages-to-hd-mac.html

 

[Shuttercounts]

You mean you need to convert your file from your canon videocam to MOV file before you can edit in Final Cut Pro? I thought the file from Canon is already MOV when you import them into the mac?

Just curious MOV file are editable without converting in the new Final Cut HD?