Convert Panasonic Lumix G2 AVCHD Lite to Final Cut Express on mac

Just bought a Panasonic Lumix camera which also records 720p video in ACVHD format. FCE picks up other videos just fine, but won’t even see AVCHD videos. I’ve tried opening the videos directly to FCE, but no luck there, either. I’d be very grateful for any suggestions. With thanks in advance.



I’ am lucky that many people have provided me with helpful advices, here, I want to share this solution with more people, Hope that it can help more Panasonic Lumix fans who wants to edit Panasonic Lumix series videos to FCE on mac os.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 is a relatively small, DSLR-like camera that uses the Micro Four Thirds sensor jointly developed by Panasonic andOlympus. Panasonic’s Lumix DMC-G2 is a digital, interchangeable lens system camera with a movable LCD that allows for touch-control and the successor to the award-winning and revolutionary Lumix G1, which was the world’s first Micro Four Thirds digital camera. The intuitive touch-control shooting elevates the camera’s operability, letting the user adjust auto focus (AF) simply by touching the subject on the large 3.0-inch 460,000-dot high- resolution LCD. The Lumix G2, also shoots 720p High Definition video using the AVCHD Lite format.

With the incompatibility of Panasonic Lumix G2 AVCHD Lite footages with Final Cut Express, the best solution to edit Panasonic G2 AVCHD Lite files with transcoding AVCHD Lite to MOV for importing and editing in FCE. Lumix AVCHD to FCE converter will be the first choice for you. It does not only convert AVCHD files to MOV files on mac os x lion, Mac 10.6, Mac OS X 10.7 Lion, 10.4, Tiger, Leopard, 10.5.7, 10.5.8, Sonw Leopard. , but also enables you to keep original video bit rate for high quality video editing on FCE.

Lumix AVCHD Lite Video Converter for Mac is also workable with other Panasonic Lumix camcorders, like Panasonic Lumix DMC-GH2/GF2, DMC-ZS3/TZ7, DMC-TS1/FT1 and DMC-FZ35/38. With this program, edit AVCHD (Lite) in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and iMovie.

Now I would like to guide convert Panasonic Lumix G2 AVCHD Lite to Final Cut Express on mac

Step 1: Load Panasonic Lumix G2 footage to AVCHD Lite Converter for Mac

Download and run Panasonic AVCHD Lite Converter for Mac. Click the “Add” button on the up-left corner of top tool bar, by clicking it or dragging & dropping the video directly you can import the AVCHD Lite files to the program. Plus, multiple files are allowed to be imported altogether.



Step2:  Set output as MOV and save

Click the drop drown menu next to the “Profile” field, select MOV format for FCE, then Click the “Settings” button; you can open a profile window in which you can adjust the video resolution, the aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, codec, etc to get better output quality.

Click the drop drown menu next to the “Destination” field, chose the folder to save the converted MTS video.



Step 3: Convert Panasonic Lumix DMC-G2 AVCHD to MOV for Final Cut Express.

Click the convert button under the preview window, and the Mac Lumix AVCHD video converter will start the batch conversion from Lumix 1080P AVCHD to MOV for Final Cut Express with the best quality.



Tips: If you are using Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7, and want to edit Panasonic Lumix G2 with WMM, just free download the Windows version of Lumix AVCHD converter.

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