How to play AVCHD video on Mac



How to play AVCHD video on Mac

Question: " What do I need to play and edit my AVCHD videos from my handy camcorder on my Mac. It's running OS X 10.5 and the camera has a hard disk. "

How to play AVCHD video on MacAs known to all, AVCHD is a brand new high definition (HD) digital video camera recorder format recording 1080i*1 and 720p*2 signals onto certain media by using highly efficient codec technologies. Camcorders make use of MTS, M2TS in the form of AVCHD, which can not be played on Mac directly. So if you want to play AVCHD video on Mac, you need to make a video conversion at first.

Solution: Playing ACVHD video on Mac can be achieved with AVCWare Mac Video Converter. As a professional Mac Video Converter, it provides you a brilliant way to convert AVCHD(MTS, M2TS) video to MP4, AVI, WMV, FLV, MOV, etc. on Mac with a perfect quality via abundant video editing functions like video trimming, movie cropping and adding effects.

What's more, not only you can play AVCHD video on Mac with QuickTime player, you can also put your converted AVCHD video to iPod, iPhone, PSP, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, BlackBerry, Archos, Creative Zen, iRiver, and other portable devices as you please.

Product: AVCWare Mac Video Converter
Price: $39.95
System: For Mac
Download: Download AVCWare Mac Video Converter


Why choose AVCWare Mac Video Converter

  • Convert all kinds of videos to various portable devices such as iPod, iPhone, iPhone 3G, Apple TV, PSP, PS3, Xbox, Xbox 360, Wii, Smart Phone like BlackBerry, MP3/MP4 players like Archos, Creative Zen, iRiver, Pocket PC, PDA, etc.
  • Extract audio from videos and convert which to all kinds of audios (MP3, AC3, OGG, WAV, AAC).
  • Trim movies length to get rid of those unwanted clips.
  • Crop videos size to remove the black edges around your movie video for playback on your portable players in a full screen.
  • Adjust video effects including brightness, contrast, saturation, etc. to get a optimized output file.
  • Create your own text or picture watermark. You can adjust the watermark options(transparence, font style and watermark position).
  • Support batch conversion. You can set Maximum Simultaneous Processes and Maximum Simultaneous Running Processes.
  • Preview videos in the Preview panel and take snapshots as you like.
  • Super fast conversion speed and high-quality output file.
  • Easy-to-use and graphical interfece design.
Product: AVCWare Mac Video Converter
Price: $39.95
System: For Mac
Order: Buy AVCWare Mac Video Converter


Guides: How to play AVCHD video on Mac

Use AVCWare Mac Video Converter - the best Mac Video Converter to convert AVCHD video to MOV on Mac for playback, you will need the following hardware:

1. Mac Conputer with an intel or Power PC Processor (1 GHz or faster)
2. Mac OS X v10.4 - 10.5
3. 512MB of RAM or above

To complete the conversion from AVCHD to MOV on Mac Snow Leopard with AVCWare Mac Video Converter, you just need four steps.
How to play AVCHD video on Mac

Step1 Launch AVCWare Mac Video Converter and add AVCHD video files

After running the program, click "Add Files" button to browse your computer hard drive and choose the AVCHD videos you want to convert to MOV file on Mac.

Step2 Select MOV as the output format

a. Click the drop-down arrow to select MOV as the output format.
How to play AVCHD video on Mac - Select MOV as the output format
b. Click "Settings" button to adjust video and audio parameters according to your needs.
c. Set up your the output file destination in the Destination textbox.

Step3 Advanced settings before converting AVCHD to MOV on Mac

AVCWare Mac Video Converter provides you powerful editing functions. Click "Edit" button on the toolbar, two options provided in the drop-down menu.
For "Trim", it allows you to set the start time and end time to get rid of those unwanted video clips.
For "Effects", you will enter the Effects panel. In this panel, you can do three things.
a. Adjust video brightness, contrast, saturation or add some special effects.
b. Crop video size to remove black edge of videos.
c. Create your own watermark.
How to play AVCHD video on Mac - Advanced settings
For more detailed tips for advanced settings, you can refer to how to edit videos with AVCWare Mac Video Converter.

Step4 Start converting AVCHD to MOV on Mac

When you get ready to convert the added AVCHD video files, you can click the "Start" button to convert AVCHD video file to MOV format on Mac.
Start converting AVCHD to MOV on Mac
Now, you can add the converted MOV video to your QuickTime player for playback.

Product: AVCWare Mac Video Converter
Price: $39.95
System: For Mac
Download: Download AVCWare Mac Video Converter


Related Solutions
How to convert MTS on Mac Snow Leopard



AWARDS

REVIEWS
  • by downloadatoz
    AVCWare Mac Video Converter is a remarkable tool among the video converter tool for Mac users. It will never disappoint you! ”

  • by Amy J., Texas, USA
    "The tool is beautiful, great quality and priced just right."


GUIDES