.mts files and burning onto Blu-ray discs.

[martini]

Just purchased the sony sr1 - great video cam
but sony has an .MTS file going into the computer.
A thread said that I am not allowed to bash formats,
does this qualify as an exception?

Question: I am running the .mts into a PC and
converting to MPG2, then I run it into final cut
express on my mac and then edit it.

If I get an HDMI card (doesn't exist for my tower)
for a PC and then burn this AVCHD file to a DVD,
will I be able to edit it with final cut express?

Q2: If I buy a blueray burner, can I burn HD to it,
if I'm using a MAC?

Martini

PS I'm still drunk from last night.

[Overseer]

Why would you need an HDMI card to burn home video to a DVD?

You might have better luck asking this Blu-Ray question on the Blu-Ray forum instead of the HD DVD forum.

[martini]

If I burn HD with a blueray burner then I may only have
to purchase one burner (I won't need the HD burner).

IS this how it works.

With respect to home video, I am not burning home video,
I am a magician and I videotape my shows - sometimes I
hire a pro ... but I like the quality of the SR1 and would like
to supplement my pro-magic video w more of my own vid's.

Martini

[martini]

Will the HDMI card mean that I have better quality video to edit,
rather than the Sony .MTS video that runs into my computer thru
the USB2

Martini

[Osko]

I may be wrong, but the file is the same no matter the card.