The HDR-PJ790V is one of the most popular camcorders from the Sony line. It not only has a Full HD 24.1-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor for recording 1080p AVCHD videos up to 60fps, also can throw an image 100in wide for when you want to share your footage but have left your cables at home. For some users, the function that built-in mounted 5.1 microphone will capture audio in surround sound.

What’s more, Sony HDR-PJ580V camcorder is also very excellent. You can get proof of your latest adventure in impressive Full HD 1920x1080/60p AVCHD video or capture unbelievable 20.4MP stills with it.

As a matter of fact, Sony Handycam is a kind of well-known camcorder series for it preserves special occasions in stunning, incredibly detailed 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution for movies as gorgeous as the moment itself like PJ780, PJ380, PJ760, PJ-430V, PJ-230/B, PJ650V.etc

As a camcorder lover, you may be eager to edit HDR-PJ790V/580V AVCHD videos in Avid Media Composer or Adobe Premiere to get your own masterpiece after capturing the interesting videos. But you will meet the error problem while tring to import the Sony HDR-PJ790V/580V to Avid or Adobe in that Sony HDR-PJ790V/580V both take AVCHD videos in 1080p which is hard for editors to recognize and edit owing to its complex codec and high frame rate.

If you want to edit HDR-PJ790V/580V AVCHD in Avid/Adobe smoothly, then you need to transcode these AVCHD videos to the compatible video format for Avid and Adobe.

On Avid official website, it recommends DNxHD codec for editing. For Adobe Premiere, the most compatible video format is MPEG. So the next step is to find a best 3rd party program to convert the videos before editing in Avid/Adobe.

Here Brorsoft AVCHD Converter Mac is highly recommended to you which is not only preset output formats for most editing tools, such as FCP, iMovie, FCE, Avid, Adobe .etc, but also equipped with many output formats for portable devices.

Free Download Sony HDR-PJ790V/580V AVCHD Converter on Mac:

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Guide: How to convert Sony HDR-PJ790V/580V AVCHD to Avid/Adobe on Mac:

Step 1: Install and run this Sony HDR-PJ790V/580V Converter on Mac. Drag and drop AVCHD videos to this software.

Step 2: Click format column to choose the output format for Avid/Adobe. Choose Avid Media Composer->Avid DNxHD(*.mov) as output format for Avid, Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg) for Adobe Premiere.

Step 3: Click convert button to start Sony HDR-PJ790V/580V AVCHD to Avid/Adobe conversion.

Tip:
Adjust the video and audio parameters as the below screenshot, including the Bitrate of Video&Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality before starting conversion .

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