Create online tutorials with FCE-Distribute Edited HMC150 MTS files to BlipTV or TubeMogul

Convert/Edit HMC150 AVCHD MTS Videos to FCE and Distribute via BlipTV and TubeMogul

I am recording on a Panasonic HMC-150 (typically in 1080p30 and 1080p24) and do my editing in FCE. However I need a program to convert the recorded files into something FCE can recognize. I do online tutorials and Distributee to roughly a couple dozen different sites through BlipTV and TubeMogul. So far I've been limited to recording in 720p30 because it's the best format that I can work with through iMovie (I use imovie to import the raw video, export as a quicktime and then import into FCE for final editing then do a final QT conversion to mpeg-4 for upload; and to be honest not real excited on the quality I'm getting as a finished video. So I need a program which can let me Create online tutorials with FCE and convert Panasonic HMC-150 1080p MTS to high quality FCE suitable format for editing. After editing, I need Distributee to different sites through BlipTV and TubeMogul.

After searching a Panasonic HMC-150 AVCHD to FCE converter, I find Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac as the preferred Panasonic HMC-150 to FCE MOV converter on Mac OS X like Leopard and Snow Leopard. It is a great choice to do online tutorials with FCE and then Distribute via BlipTV or TubeMogul with perfect quality.

To help those who may face the same problem like me, or want to rewrap AVCHD to AIC .mov on Mac for HD editing in Final Cut Express, I here list a few steps with the fast AIC video conversion.

Step1. Capture/Import AVCHD files to Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac.
Connect Panasonic HMC-150 camcorder to computer via USB cable, and launch Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac from Application folder. With built-in wizard, you can easily to capture mts video footage from camcorder to the program. Select “Import” instead of Backup to quickly capture videos from camcorder. You can find imported videos under “Camcorder Tab” in the main interface of Final Mate.

Step2. Merge Panasonic HMC-150 AVCHD files into one movie for conversion.
Click the drop-down button of “Add Movie” icon and choose “For Conversion” to create a blank movie. Once you’ve imported your video footage, drag and drop the video clips from Camcorder Tab to the blank movie in Movies Tab. In this way, all video clips will be merged as one single movie for conversion.

Step3. Convert HMC-150 MTS files to FCE MOV.
Click the Export button and choose “Export into Editor”. Follow iMovie or Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec (*.mov) to choose output format for editing in FCE. You can then adjust video parameters to keep original video resolution, bitrate, framerate, etc with less quality loss or even without quality loss.

When the conversion process is done, you can directly import the output AIC MOV files to Final Cut Express for editing and make your online tutorials. After all done, you can Distributee to roughly a couple dozen different sites through BlipTV and TubeMogul.