Compressor will automatically determine the file type of the source file.įrom the Destination tab, select where you want the compressed file to appear.
With Compressor, you only need to set the OUTPUT. (Not the HQ version because HDV doesn’t have a high enough quality to justify the increased file size.) However, as our goal was to create an HDV file compatible with Final Cut, we will transcode into HDV for this example.ĭrag the setting on top of the file we just imported into the Task window. For my projects, I would probably transcode into ProRes 422. M2T file into another format for editing. To convert a clip in Compressor, click the Add Clip icon in the top left corner to import your file.įrom the Settings tab twirl down Apple, twirl down Advanced Conversions, and select the HDV option that most closely resembles the footage that you shot. The benefit to using MPEG Streamclip is that it is free, which means you can use it on a system which doesn’t have Final Cut installed, and it supports transcoding into far more formats than Compressor. The benefits to using Compressor is that you already own the software, its fully integrated with Final Cut Pro, it supports batch processing, and it works. There are a variety of ways of doing this, but the two easiest are: The Finder displays it as a generic document icon.
Note: You can not use QuickTime Player to preview an M2T file. This means that if someone captures an HDV file in another application, such as Adobe OnLocation or Adobe Premiere, then sends it to you, you’ll need to transcode it to QuickTime before bringing it into Final Cut. Final Cut likes lots and lots of different files – but not. M2T files into something that Final Cut can edit. Why should there be any more standardization in compressed files than there is in video formats?Īnyway, while working on my latest book, I needed to convert. I was told recently that there are 14 different versions of MPEG-2, which I find strangely reassuring.
M2T, otherwise called an MPEG-2 Transport stream, is not the same thing as the standard MPEG-2 file that we create in Compressor to use in DVD Studio Pro. The native format of HDV isn’t QuickTime, its. [ This article was first published in the February, 2009, issue of
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