“Can you tell me what’s the best way to edit Sony PJ540 AVCHD files with Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer? I have some 1080p MTS files recorded by Sony PJ540 camcorder, now I need to transfer these footages to Premiere and Avid MC for editing, but the software can’t support PJ540 AVCHD format, what I need to do?”
Sony PJ540 is becoming more and more popular since it released, after many users got this camcorder, there are a lot of questions asked. On the forum, after many tests, a problem has been found while importing Sony PJ540 AVCHD to Adobe Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer.
Maybe you have also met the same problem while transferring Sony PJ540 AVCHD files to Premiere Pro or Avid MC. You may get an error message as “The file has unsupported compression type” or “Codec not supported”. According to the error message, you can get that the problem lies in the codec/format of the imported files. Sony PJ540 records high resolution full-HD 1,920×1,080 60p videos in AVCHD or MP4 format, the codec of which is great for streaming or playing, but it is so highly compressed, thus not perfect for editing. So you will find that Sony PJ540 AVCHD files are rejected by many NLEs. Although Adobe and Avid have tried best to make more formats work with its Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 or Media Composer, they always have incompatiblity problem reproted.
The best solution to the problem is to convert Sony PJ540 AVCHD files to Premiere Pro and Avid MC best supported format, such as MOV format. In this case, you are recommended to use our HD Video Converter software, which is able to convert Sony PJ540 MTS to MOV for Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer, since MOV is proved to be the most friendly video format for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 and Avid MC.
Convert Sony PJ540 AVCHD to Adobe Premiere Pro & Avid Media Composer
Here please try top Sony PJ540 MTS Converter for Premiere/Avid MC, applying which you can get your Sony PJ540 1080p AVCHD footages converted to MOV with original quality. Follow the listed four-step Sony PJ540 AVCHD to MOV conversion, and then you can edit Sony PJ540 files in Premiere Pro and Avid Media Composer without any problem.
Step 1: Free download and install Sony PJ540 AVCHD Converter for Mac or Windows version. Load .mts files from Sony PJ540 camcorder, if you have copied them to your Mac, you can directly drag and drop the videos to the Sony PJ540 Converter.
Step 2: Click the Format box and you will get a drop-down menu, on which you can select Adobe Premiere Pro/Sony Vegas MOV as export, to edit Sony PJ540 with Avid MC, please choose Avid DNxHD MOV format.
Step 3: Adjust audio and video parameters in Profile Settings. You can change the default codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.
Step 4: Click the convert button on the main interface to start transcoding AVCHD files from Sony PJ540 to MOV for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 and Avid Media Composer.
When the Sony PJ540 MTS to MOV conversion is 100% completed, you can edit your Sony PJ540 videos in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 or Avid MC easily and effortlessly.
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