Sony HXR-NX70U's sealed body keeps out all but the toughest of elements, making it ideal for documentary and news videographers traveling to far-flung, unpredictable locations. And just because the NX70U is small doesn't mean it stints on professional features and controls. The NX70U will capture the scene and live to tell the tale.

The compact HXR-NX70 shoots in full high-definition quality (1920 x 1080) with a choice of 60p, 60i and 24p frame rates. While, after shooting videos with this outstanding camcorder, some users are puzzled if can import Sony HXR-NX70 footage directly to iMovie. The answer is that if you shot 1080 60p AVCHD videos, there’s no luck to directly import, since iMovie can’t support 1080 60p files.

There’re two solutions here. First solution we suggest you to check the settings in the record quality section of the menu and selects 24p, shoots some video and try that in the iMovie. The other workaround is to keep the 1080 60p files and transcode these AVCHD movies to an edit-friendly format on iMovie. Here we share the solution to converting Sony HXR-NX70U 1080 60p AVCHD to iMovie most compatible AIC. mov video on Mac with the best converter for Sony HXR-NX70U to iMovie, applying which, you can transcode Panasonic GH3 AVCHD 60p movies to iMovie most compatible AIC .mov format and tweak the 60p frame rate to 30p for easily recognized by iMovie on your Mac OS X.

Guide on converting Sony HXR-NX70U 1080 60p AVCHD to AIC .mov for iMovie

Step 1: Download and install the best Mac AVCHD converter and then load your .mts or .m2ts files to it to converting. If you want, you can merge several AVCHD clips by ticking “Merge into one” box.

Step 2: Click "Format" bar to choose the output format. Click and choose "iMovie and Final Cut Express--> Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov)" as the best output format for iMovie.

Step 3: Tap "settings" icon to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want. Set video size as 1920*1080, video frame rate as 30fps is better.

Step 4: Click convert button and start to transcode 1080 60p AVCHD to AIC .mov for iMovie on Mac OS X.

After the Sony HXR-NX70U 60P MTS Mac conversion, tap “Open” to find the output file, then you can upload AVCHD from Sony HXR-NX70U to iMovie for editing easily on your Mac computer.

Tips:
To learn more about this AVCHD to iMovie converter, please link to Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.

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