How to play and edit Panasonic HDC MTS videos on Mac Snow Le

People have higher demand about the video quality today, and high technology has let us realize this demand. Panasonic Hi-Def Camcorders -Panasonic HDC- series- show us outstanding HD video image. Since Panasonic HDC is a common camera sery used by digital fans, to import Panasonic HDC videos into mac becomes a big problem for we mac users. As a result, it's necessary for mac users to know the way how to resolve this problem directly.

Panasonic HDC series cams are Standard Definition Models. Most popular models are as the following.

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What you need: A 6 pin or 4 pin cable. Usually, camcorders usually need a 4 pin cable end in order to be able to connect to the Mac, although sometimes they might allow a 6 pin end as well.
Step 1, Make sure your camcorder is set to the correct mode for importing photos and videos. For information on which mode to choose, see the instructions provided with your camcorder. If your camcorder has a “sleep” mode, make sure it is disabled or set to a time increment long enough to allow your images and videos to download.
Step 2, To locate the four-pin FireWire port on your video camcorder. On most video camcorders, you'll find it located under a plastic or rubber boot. Leave the video camcorder powered off and simply lift up the boot from the camcorder and insert the smaller four-pin end of the FireWire cable into the the FireWire port of the camcorder.
Step 3, Once the camcorder is connected, take the other end of the FireWire cable, the larger six pin end, and insert it into the FireWire port of your Mac. When both of the cables are connected, you can turn on the power to your video camcorder.
Step 4, In a few seconds your Mac should automatically launch iMovie. Follow the on-screen instructions on your Mac and begin the video transfer from your video camcorder to your Mac.

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Most often, people prefer to edit camcorder HD videos on their Mac, however the Panasonic video formats are different from those of Mac software. So we just need to convert them on Mac before editing work or playing these Panasonic HD videos. http://www.applemacvideo.com/camera/convert-camcorder-panasonic-hdc-video-mac.html#179 (Panasonic HDC MTS converter for mac) is an outstanding software to convert Panasonic HDC HD videos for Mac.
Panasonic HDC record videos in AVCHD or mpeg4-avc/h.264, which are stored as .mts or other formats .But those formats are not compatible with Mac OS and Mac software. At this time, http://www.applemacvideo.com/camera/convert-camcorder-panasonic-hdc-video-mac.html#179 (Panasonic HDC MTS converter for mac) decode and convert them to the compatible format like .mov or .mp4 for Mac, after which, you can successfully use converted Panasonic videos to edit for sharing.

Now, just enjoy digital life with your Panasonic HDC camera on Mac.

Tips: MTS format is a high-definition MPEG, AVC, H.264 transport stream video file format which commonly used by HD camcorders such as Sony, Canon, Panasonic. MTS files are used primarily with Sony hardware. Camcorders make use of MTS in the form of AVCHD, a recording format made specifically for camcorders. Some camcorder models from Canon also use MTS files. These files are also present on Blu-ray disc compilations, therefore they are capable of storing quite a large amount of information and data tracks.

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