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Moving video files to a Mac
Posted on 2/24/15 at 8:48 am
Posted on 2/24/15 at 8:48 am
Does anyone have experience moving .MTS files to a Mac. I've been trying to get some info on how to do this efficiently, but every link I click is some converter software solicitation. I've read that I can do it through iMovie, and have been going that route. It seems that it's really hard on the machine, though. I'm curious if there is a more efficient way to get a large amount of video files moved over.
Also have previously rendered (.avi) files that I would like to move over as well. Any light you could shed on that would be greatly appreciated.
Also have previously rendered (.avi) files that I would like to move over as well. Any light you could shed on that would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted on 2/24/15 at 9:16 am to LSUmakemewanna
I'm not seeing why you can't put them on an external drive, plug that drive into your Mac, and then drag and drop them into whatever folder you want to in the Finder.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:18 am to colorchangintiger
This is what the "app" mentality and the non-necessity of basic file management on mobile devices has done to the world.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:25 am to Korkstand
Thanks bud.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:29 am to LSUmakemewanna
cut and paste them over your network
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:34 am to LSUmakemewanna
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Thanks bud.
Sorry, it wasn't a knock directed at you, just an observation on the state of tech knowledge in the world. But if you want to edit those MTS files with iMovie, then I think you will need a converter app as your initial googling pointed you toward. Either that, or plug the camera (I assume these files are from a video camera?) into the computer and use iMovie to import the video, which will convert them for you. The AVI files you can just copy them with Finder and play them with any video app.
Edit: I re-read your post, and I think you have been doing the import via iMovie as I mentioned, but you think it's hard on the computer. Yeah, converting video is a very intensive process. Maybe you can check your camera settings to see if it will save directly to a more common format that most video apps can handle.
This post was edited on 2/24/15 at 10:38 am
Posted on 2/24/15 at 10:49 am to Korkstand
No worries. I find the older I get, the less patient I get (is it supposed to work that way?). I'm just frustrated at no matter how a phrase the question in my search bar, I get the same damn solicitations for converter software. And that may be the answer, I just want to get a some more information before I start acquiring all this free converter software.
I may or may not edit the files. Up to this point they are importing through imovie (the only way I've been able to do it up to this point).
The files I'm referencing are on an external drive that I used with my Windows machine. The camcorder link up for future imports will be less problematic, I believe, as you mentioned iMovie will convert upon import.
I believe that the lastest version of iMovie is auto converting those ext hard drive files into an Apple friendly format. As mentioned in the OP, that process seems to be hard on my iMac. It could be that I'm batching like 50 clips at a time. Not sure. Just wanted to see if someone could shed some light on a more efficient way of transferring.
The .avi files are "shadowed" in the finder. It doesn't let me do anything with them.
I may or may not edit the files. Up to this point they are importing through imovie (the only way I've been able to do it up to this point).
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if you want to edit those MTS files with iMovie
The files I'm referencing are on an external drive that I used with my Windows machine. The camcorder link up for future imports will be less problematic, I believe, as you mentioned iMovie will convert upon import.
I believe that the lastest version of iMovie is auto converting those ext hard drive files into an Apple friendly format. As mentioned in the OP, that process seems to be hard on my iMac. It could be that I'm batching like 50 clips at a time. Not sure. Just wanted to see if someone could shed some light on a more efficient way of transferring.
quote:
The AVI files you can just copy them with Finder and play them with any video app
The .avi files are "shadowed" in the finder. It doesn't let me do anything with them.
This post was edited on 2/24/15 at 10:50 am
Posted on 2/24/15 at 11:04 am to LSUmakemewanna
quote:Probably. You feel that your time left with us is running short, so you have less time for bullshite.
I find the older I get, the less patient I get (is it supposed to work that way?).
quote:The reason for that is there aren't a whole lot of things you can do with MTS files. There isn't much software to edit or even play them directly (one of the few that exist probably came with the camera, might not be a Mac version), so converting them is a very common thing to do.
I'm just frustrated at no matter how a phrase the question in my search bar, I get the same damn solicitations for converter software. And that may be the answer, I just want to get a some more information before I start acquiring all this free converter software.
quote:"Transferring" just means "copying", which is fast and easy and doesn't require any special software. Problem is you will still have MTS files, which you probably don't want. Converting to something more easily playable and editable like AVI or MPG is, like I said, a very intensive process and it's going to be hard on any machine (hard as in demanding, not as in difficult).
I believe that the lastest version of iMovie is auto converting those ext hard drive files into an Apple friendly format. As mentioned in the OP, that process seems to be hard on my iMac. It could be that I'm batching like 50 clips at a time. Not sure. Just wanted to see if someone could shed some light on a more efficient way of transferring.
quote:I don't know what the problem might be here, but maybe colorchangin can help you with that. Have you tried just copying and pasting them from your external to your Mac?
The .avi files are "shadowed" in the finder. It doesn't let me do anything with them.
Posted on 2/24/15 at 8:30 pm to Korkstand
I was doing this shite all wrong. I was using iMovie as the means to transfer to the Mac. Dumb on me. All the files are readily transferable (avi,mts, and wmv) through Finder to a folder of my choice. I'll dump the mts files into iMovie to convert. I'll get the appropriate converters for the wmv and avi files.
Thanks for the help
Thanks for the help
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