"I'm importing some transport stream files (.ts) into final cut pro x. All files were captured from the same device which captures from a satelliete. Some files import fine, while others may either not import at all or import with only half of the audio. Is there anything I might be missing in regards to these types of clips?"
Normally, we can get TS files from HD camcorders such as Sony, Panasonic and cannon. But TS video cannot be played on many media players and portable devices because of incompatibility. Sometimes if you try to load TS files to Final Cut Pro X/7/6 for editing and customization, you will encounter problems mentioned above. If you are in such situation, just follow the guide and find out the reason and solution below here.
In fact, that's a common problem. The reason for that is the FCP just support DV, HDV, AVCHD, etc. but no TS files, so if you wanna edit TS files with FCP, you should convert TS files to FCP compatible formats and then import TS files into FCP. To convert TS files to FCP, a professional TS file converter is needed indeed. Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac can be the great help in this task.
By running it, there's no need to set the codec yourself: the program has optimized presets for Final Cut Pro (FCP X included). With it, you can do batch conversion from TS to FCP X/7/6 compatible video formats ProRes MOV without quality loss. Plus, it also allows you to convert TS to AIC for iMovie, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, MPEG-2 for Premeire Pro etc to meet your diverse editing demands. By the way, if you're on Windows, please get the Windows version. Now download the right program and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.
Download TS video converter:
(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)Guide: Converting TS videos to edit in Final Cut Pro X/7/6
Step 1. Click Add button to load the TS files you want to convert for FCP. Or simply drag your videos to the left item bar for converting. Batch conversion is supported so you can add many files at a time to save the conversion time.
Step 2: Click on "Format" bar and set a FCP friendly format in dropdown-list. You are advised to "Follow Final Cut Pro" template and "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" format.
Step 3: Click the "Settings" button and customize proper video/audio parameters if necessary. Video size, bitrate and fame rate are flexible and can be adjusted as you like. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing.
Step 4. Click the convert button to start transcoding TS for Final Cut Pro X/7/6.
After the process completes, click “Open” button to find the generated videos, and then you can transfer the TS recordings to Final Cut Pro X/7/6 easily and quickly.
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