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AVCHD provides premium video that can be enjoyed on large screen HDTVs for the users. While, for the users who wanna do some editing before playing and sharing, the following problem may confuse you a lot. iMovie can recognize and import the 60i footage, but can not accept the 60p files directly from Sony HDR-CX290/B. Actually, importing Sony HDR-CX290/B 60p AVCHD to iMovie is not that difficult.

First, you need to know that AVCHD is not the most compatible video format with Mac and iMovie, but the Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) with MOV format is. So in order to transfer 60pMTS files from HDR-CX290/B to iMovie, you have to convert AVCHD to AIC MOV for editing in iMovie. Then, you need to find a MTS Converter, which is powerful enough to get the MTS files converted to AIC with original video quality. According to the key points, the MTS Converter for iMovie, we recommend here, is the right one for you.

Follow the step-by-step guide and you can make your 60p AVCHD to iMovie importing problem solved.

Step 1, get the top AVCHD to MOV converter and launch it to load your MTS/M2TS files from Sony HDR-CX290/B.

Step 2, choose iMovie and Final Cut Express --> Apple InterMediate Codec (*.mov) as output format on the dropdown menu which you can get by clicking the Format bar.

Step 3, adjust video and audio parameters on the Profile Setting as you need. We recommend 1920*1080 as video size, 30fps as video frame rate to get the best video quality.

Step 4, click the convert button and start transcoding 60p AVCHD files for iMovie on Mac OS X Mountain Lion immediately.

Tips for AVCHD to iMovie conversion:
1. Joining files: Tick the box "Merge into one" on the main interface.
2. Preview: Double click on the file and you can get a preview on the converter.
3. Auto shutdown: Click Option and tick the box “Shut down the computer after conversion” before conversion starts.
4. Crop: Edit --> Crop and you can get the imported videos cropped as you want.

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