The Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V is a feature-packed travel-zoom camera that sits at the top of the Cyber-shot range. The HX20V also has full 1080i high-definition AVCHD video recording with stereo sound and HDMI output and 3D Sweep Panoramas and 3D Still Images.

It is so amazing on capturing superb videos and photos that many users can not help grasping it in hands. However, a lot of users are facing a problem while trying to import Sony DSC-HX20V AVCHD to iMovie for editing.

“I have iMovie 09 and a sony cyber-shot dsc-hx20v. My mac won't recognize any videos from the camera, only pictures. What’s going on?”

"I am a Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V user and met some troubles on importing 1080p MTS recordings to iMovie for editing, I always get an error information while imputing. How should I do? Help, pls!!"

Why it is difficult for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V users to imput the footages to iMovie for editing? The reason is simple: the different video codec and the different computer configuration. As we all know, the most compatible video format for iMovie editing is Apple Intermediate codec(AIC)(*.mov). So here comes the key problem. How can we transcode AVCHD from Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V to Apple Intermediate codec(AIC)(*.mov) for iMovie editing?

The simplest way is to find a third party program to transcode Sony DSC-HX20V MTS to AIC before editing in iMovie. Here the best Sony DSC-HX20V AVCHD Converter for Mac is highly recommended to you.

Free Download AVCHD Converter Mac:

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Guide: How to convert Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V AVCHD videos to iMovie:

Step 1: Set up the Converter on Mac and run it. Click “Add” button on the main interface to load your MTS/M2TS recordings.

Tips:
1. If necessary, you can click the button "Merge into one" to combine several videos into one file.

Step 2: Click the “Format” to select output format. Choose "iMovie and Final Cut Express--> Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov)" as the output format.

Step 3: Click the Arrow button on the main interface to start Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX20V to iMovie Conversion.

Tip: Before conversion, you can click the “Settings” icon to customize the video/audio settings for iMovie: 1920*1080 vide size; 30fps frame rate(for original 60fps videos) or 25fps frame rate(for original 50fps videos).

Once the process is at 100%, you can click “Open” button on the main interface to find the AIC MOV videos. Then editing AIC MOV videos in iMovie directly will become easy.

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