Being a line of digital cameras made by Sony, the first sony cyber-shot was made by Sony in 1996. All Cyber-shot cameras accept the flash memory which you can record the videos as you like. Here we got two problems as follows:

Problem 1: Cannot play video taken from Sony Cyble-shot on mac

I am facing a serious problem in watching video on mac, video was taken from Sony Cyber-shot DSC-HX9V. I bought my camera last week and it was working perfectly. I not much computer savvy. What is it all about and how to get rid of this problem? If any have any kind of suggest please let me know.

Problem 2: Sony Cyber-shot MPEG output not reading in imovie

I have a sony cyber-shot that out puts the movie format in MPEG. There is no problem that the movie play on quicktime, but when I import them into imovie for editing, I have tried to convert it using quicktime pro into every other format possible and for some reason every conversion results in the loss of the audio. Is there any good idea for me to import my sony cyber-shot AVCHD to mac for editing on FCP(X) and iMovie?

Based on the two problems above, people always meet the same issue on how to import Sony Cyber-shot videos to Mac, it means which is the best way to convert the sony cyber-shot AVCHD to Mac MOV, MP4, DV etc. For editing on FCP(X) and iMovie'11, iMovie'09, iMovie'08.

To convert these AVCHD models 1080p or 1080i recording to Mac MOV, MP4, DV, MPEG, we will use Mac Sony Cyber-shot DSC AVCHD Converter which is specially designed to transfer Cyber-shot DSC AVCHD to Mac compatible MOV, MP4, DV, MPEG etc. formats for editing on FCP(X) and iMovie. And the converting progress is easy and quick.

Tutorial of converting Sony Cyber-shot DSC AVCHD to Mac friendly formats (Lion included):

Step One: Import Sony Cyber-shot DSC Video to Mac AVCHD ConverterFirstly, you need to copy your Cyber-shot DSC AVCHD to Mac and launch AVCHD Converter for Mac, then click "Add File" to upload your AVCHD MTS files to the program.

Step Two: Set Output Video Format for MacClick "Profile" to open the Profile drop-up list to select MOV, or MP4, DV, MPEG as output video format for Mac OS.

Step Three: Convert Sony Cyber-shot AVCHD to MacClick "Start" button to convert Canon AVCHD MTS files for Mac. After conversion finished, you can edit your converted MTS, M2TS files with iMovie(11), FCP(x), FCE, iDVD, etc as you like.