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Much Cheaper than Final Cut Pro 6.0.1! And works on PowerPC as well as Intel  

Voltaic does what it says on the tin, converts your AVCHD video footage into HD video format that will work in iMovie or Final Cut Pro / Express. For Mac users who've been waiting to get editing their footage from the new generation of hard disk based camcorders such as Sony SR1 etc this is the solution. It's only $30US too, so it's a small price to pay for getting to use your camera properly! The resulting footage is converted into Quicktime movies using the Apple Intermediate Codec at 1920 x 1080. The audio ends up as full CD quality stereo audio tracks.

It's worth noting that although Final Cut Pro recently added support for AVCHD in the recent 6.0.1 update, Final Cut Pro 6.0.1 actually requires and Intel processor Mac to convert AVCHD footage, if you're on PowerPC systems like G5's then you're stuffed! But Voltaic works on both Intel and PowerPC systems. Another limitation with Final Cut Pro is that it requires all of the other additional files from your camera when converting, Voltaic only requires the .mts file itself.

Voltaic is really easy to use, simply drag and drop your video file onto the Voltaic app icon and it just gets on with the rendering process.

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