Play Panasonic HDC-SD700 1080p MTS on iMac with QuickTime Player

Panasonic HDC-SD700 is a slimmest and compact camcorder among the Panasonic's new 700 series in 2010. The SD700 does not include built-in memory, but offers SDXC/SDHC/SD Memory Card slot for storing videos and pictures. The price of HDC-SD700 is much lower than that of HDC-TM700 and HDC-HS700, but includes the same recording quality for 1080i and 1080p videos.

With the new recording mode for 1080/60p 28mbps, the AVCHD files could not play very well on Apple computers like iMac, MacBook Pro. To get Panasonic HDC-SD700 1080/60p 28mbps .mts video footage compatible to QuickTime Player on iMac, it is recommended that you use Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac to transcode the non-AVCHD compliant 1080/60p 28mbps files to Apple QuickTime files like MOV and MP4.



Follow the steps below, and you may enjoy the HD videos on Mac computer with QuickTime Player.

Step 1. Load Panasonic SD700 videos to Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac.

Use card reader to transfer videos to Apple hard drive, if you want to save the original video footage. Run Aunsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac and click the "Add" button to load the 1080/60p 28mbps .mts videos for conversion. You may also directly drag and drop the .mts files from folder to the Mac Panasonic AVCHD converter interface.

Step 2. Choose HD MOV format.

Click the "Format" option, and choose HD Video > H.264 HD Video(*.mov) as output format. The Mac Panasonic HDC-SD700 AVCHD converter will transcode 1080p 28mbps MTS to MOV in 1920x1080. You may also choose H.264 HD Video (*.mp4) as output format for the converter to convert MTS to MP4 for QuickTime Player.

Step 3. Convert Panasonic HDC-SD700 60p MTS to MP4/MOV.

Click the convert button under the preview window, and the conversion from 10801/60p 28mbps MTS to MP4/MOV for QuickTime Player will start immediately. The output format depends on the profile you choose in step 2.

After the conversion is done, QuickTime Player on iMac would recognize the HD MOV or HD MP4 videos and play the recorded videos without any problem. Just enjoy the videos for the adventures.

Tips:

The Mac Panasonic AVCHD converter also works for another two models of the 700 series: HDC-TM700 and HDC-HS700. If you are using other Panasonic camcorders like HDC-HS250, HDC-SD60, DMC-ZS7/TZ10, just find your camcorder model at the Panasonic column.