Splitting and Joining clips-Upload AVCHD to Vimeo from Canon HF200 Camcorder on Mac

Split and Upload the appropriate size Canon HF200 .mts files to Vimeo on Mac
Cut and Merge MTS files-Upload Lossless Joined Canon mts files to Vimeo on Mac

I have a great new Canon camcorder HF200 that also records HD video (1080 24Mbps) in the .mts file format.
Vimeo accepts these files and they look great at full screen.But with HF200 ,I record 2 video I've made one is 2.3GB big and the other one is 3.5G GB big. After four hours of uploading and processing Vimeo "rejected" it. After google search,Vimeo biggest files only support 500MB files for free. This means I must to split this video into few parts and delete meaningless .mts clips.

So I need a Mac Software not only can cut unwanted .mts clips but also export lossless MTS. After google search, I found Final Mate for Mac is the recommended lossless split .mts clips on Mac.Then I download and try it. And I had succeed with the cut the few meaningless mts files and the output .mts files without recompression. I had succeed upload those .mts files to Vimeo.

Here is the detailed guide introduces how to split unwanted AVCHD clips and join meaningful mts clips without conversion for upload on Vimeo with Mac OS X Snow Leopard on iMac, MacBook, Mac Pro.

Step 1. Capture .mts files from Canon HF200 to Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac.
Connect your Canon HF200 MTS camcorder to Mac computer with USB cable. Then launch Final Mate for Mac from Application folder. With smart camcorder wizard included in Final Mate for Mac, you can easily capture MTS files from camcorder to hard drive or to the program for basic editing.

Tip: by clicking on Browser button "Add" from Resource Tab on the main interface of Final Mate for Mac to browser for MTS file folder, you can also add MTS files from computer to the program.

Step 2: Create a Movie for Cut and Merge Canon HF200 MTS files
Click the Add movie button, and choose the" For Lossless Output", a movie about cut mts for lossless output will be created by default. You can also create multiple movie for split .mts files.The Final Mate for Mac can output multiple cut without recompression mts files.

Step 3: Add .mts files for split redundant clips without conversion.
Select the MTS files you would like to cut mts from the Camcorder/Resource tab, drag and drop to the movie.

Step 4: Splitting and Joining Canon MTS Clips on Timeline.
From the timeline, you may notice the vernier, which is used as time pointer. Click on the Vernier, and move to the timeline you want to cut, and click the "Split" button to cut the video. You may also click the Split button when the video plays to the point you want to cut.
Then click on segment you want to cut off from the timeline, and then click the" Delete" button next to the Split button to remove the unwanted .mts clips.

Step 5: Joining meaningful clips into one single after split MTS Files without re-encoding.
Choose Export in the main interface, and click the OK button to get joining videos without recompression. You will get the cutting and joining the meaningful AVCHD without quality lost in a few minutes.

Soon after the exporting, Upload AVCHD MTS clips to Vimeo for sharing. Also can store the meaningful mts files with lossless, play the mts files on Tvix HD M650 Media Player, WDTV, AC Ryan Playon HD7100.