Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD MTS transcoder for Premiere

You can start editing Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .MTS clips in Adobe Premiere Pro without transcoding. However, if your computer struggles to handle the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD footage, you'd better transcode them to an intermediate format first, such as ProRes for Mac based Premiere, and DNxHD for Windows based Premiere.


Adobe Premiere Pro comes with native support for Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD (MTS) files. To be able to work with Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD footage in Premiere correctly, you need to copy the ENTIRE folder from the camera to your video hard drive and import from there. If you only have bare .MTS clips without the AVCHD folder structure, you will get stuck. If that's the case, you will need to convert the Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V MTS clips first. Check out a quick guide on how to re-encode Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V MTS video for use in Adobe Premiere without a glitch.

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Part 1. How to transcode Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files for use in Adobe Premiere on Mac?
Step 1: Import Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files Start up Video Converter for Mac and click "Add File" to load Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files that you need to convert into this program. This converter supports batch conversion, so you can import a bundle of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files into it to do conversion at a time.
import AVCHD video files
Step 2: Click "Profile" to select output format. For Mac based Premiere, we would recommend choosing "Final Cut Pro" > "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format. The ProRes 422 codec will ensure a good balance between file size and file quality.
Select output profile format
Tips: If necessary, you can click "Settings" button to modify video and audio parameters like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, aspect ratio, sample rate, and audio channels. You can also "Enable 3D Settings" to add 3D effect to your source media.
Settings for video files
Step 3: Start file conversion. Click "Convert" to start transcoding Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files for Premiere on Mac. As soon as the conversion is complete, click "Open Folder" to get the generated files for editing in Premiere Pro on your Mac with optimum performance.
Part 2. How to transcode Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files for use in Adobe Premiere on Windows?
Step 1: Import Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files. Start up Video Converter for Windows and click "Add File" to load Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files that you need to convert into this program. This converter supports batch conversion, so you can import a bundle of Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts files into it to do conversion at a time.
import AVCHD videos
Step 2: Click "Profile" to select output format. For Windows based Premiere, we would recommend choosing "Avid Media Composer" > "Avid DNxHD 1080p(*.mov)" as output format.
Select output profile format
Tips: If necessary, you can click "Settings" button to modify video and audio parameters like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, aspect ratio, sample rate, and audio channels. You can also "Enable 3D Settings" to add 3D effect to your source media.
Settings for video files
Step 3: Start file conversion. Click "Convert" to start transcoding Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts media for Premiere on Windows. As soon as the conversion is complete, click "Open Folder" to get the generated files for editing in Premiere Pro on your Windows PC with optimum performance. That's all. Hope this post will help those who are having issues working with Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX100 V AVCHD .mts footage in Adobe Premiere Pro.

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