Total Video Converter - How to convert Sony AVCHD on Mac and Windows?

October 27th, 2014 by Emily Moore

Tags: Sony AVCHD Converter

Helpful tool for Sony Camcorder users

If you are a Sony camcorder or camera user, you may have shot a lot of AVCHD videos to record happy memories with family and friends. When you would like to edit such Sony AVCHD videos with Final Cut Pro, iMovie, QuickTime, Windows Media player or transfer and enjoy Sony AVCHD files on tablets, iOS devices, portable media players or smart phones, you should have this Sony AVCHD Converter - Bigasoft Total Video Converter.

Total Video Converter is one of the top-ranking Media encoders, which is able to handle all kinds of video formats and help you convert Sony AVCHD videos to popular video formats, such as AVI, MKV, MOV, H.264/MPEG-4 MP4, FLV, VOB, WMV, MPEG-2 and even the newest WebM, HEVC/H.265. It also supports conversion from any MTS/M2TS videos which may be from internet or other devices to a wide range of video formats, like converting M2TS/MTS to MP4, M2TS/MTS to MKV, M2TS/MTS to AVI. With this Sony AVCHD Converter, it will be easy to enjoy and share your Sony camcorder and camera videos.

MP4 is one of the best choice to use on both Windows and Mac and it is compatible with most Android and iOS devices. Here we take converting Sony AVCHD videos to H.264/MPEG-4 MP4 or HEVC/H.265 for example.

Supported Devices

Handycam Camcorders : Sony HDR CX240, FDR AX100, HDR PJ540, HDR CX330, HDR PJ810, HDR PJ275, HDR CX900, HDR PJ340, HDR PJ430V, HDR PJ230, HDR PJ790V, HDR PJ380, HDR PJ650V, HDR CX200, etc.

Advanced Camcorders: NEX VG30, NEX VG900, etc.

Action Cam: HDR AS30VR, HDR AS100V, HDR AS30V, etc.

NXCAM & AVCHD: HXRMC2000U, HXRMC50U, HXRNX30U, HXRNX3D1U, HXRNX5U, HXRNX70U, NEXEA50UH, NEXFS100, NEXFS700, etc.

How to convert Sony AVCHD on Mac and Windows?

Below is a brief guide for you to convert Sony AVCHD videos to MP4 (H.264, H.265) with Bigasoft Total Video Converter. Firstly, please transfer your Sony Camcorder recorded video to computer hard disc. Then download Bigasoft Total Video Converter, install and lanch this Sony AVCHD to MP4 Converter. The Mac version is fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.10.

Step 1 Add Sony AVCHD files

Click the "Add File" button to add AVCHD video files to the Converter or just drag and drop the Sony AVCHD videos to the main interface to import them easily.

Step 2 Choose MP4 profile

Click "Profile" drop down button and choose "H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video (*.mp4)" or "HEVC/H.265 Video (*.mp4)". More than 100 formats are supported, so you can convert AVCHD video to any format you like. What's more, there are presets for iPad Air, iPad mini, iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.

Step 3 Start the conversion from AVCHD to MP4

You can set Video Size, Frame Rate, Bitrate, Aspec Ratio on "Advanced Settings panel". After that, press the "Convert" button to start the conversion.

Sony AVCHD Converter

Bigasoft Total Video Converter also supports NVIDIA CUDA and AMD ATI acceleration on Windows to accelerates its video conversion speed in a revolutionary way. Just click the button to download Total Video Converter Mac to have a try!

Helpful features in latest Bigasoft Total Video Converter:

Convert new media formats to widely used one, like H.265 to H.264, DAV to MP4/AVI, MXF to MOV, OPUS to MP3, WebM(VP8, VP9) to MP4, etc.
Convert H.265 HEVC to any other formats for Android phones or tablets.
Add new presets for iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
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