Batch script to transcode MXF video files for using with VLC Player

In this article, we aim to offer you an easy way to help you play MXF with VLC media player freely.

• What is MXF?

MXF is abbreviation for Material eXchange Format, it is a "container" or "wrapper" for professional digital video and audio media defined by a set of SMPTE standards. MXF files are mainly from professional High Definition camcorders/cameras like Panasonic P2 camcorders AG-AC130EJ, AJ-HPX370, Canon XF series camcorder XF300, XF305, and Sony EX camera , etc.

• The basic way to get MXF files played:

Find a media player that can support playing .mxf files as well as be compatible with the Mac or Windows OS.

VLC player is a powerful media player for viewing movies or videos on Mac and Windows. Playing MXF files on VLC is by using the Mainconcept Reference codec, by installing this codec you can directly run your MXF files on the VLC media player.

• The Playback problems:

While, there are still groups of people complain of the imported with low video quality or incapability of video playback.

Q1: I read that VLC can easily play MXF but it's not working on mine. I have the latet VLC player. Any solutions? Thank you.

Q2: Hey guys. I need some help.I am using a Canon camera to record rugby games. All of my previous stuff was saved on a desktop and all of my movies and videos are saved as MXF. I use a free program to convert MXF to MPEG-4 format for playing on my VLC player. The 1st file goes well but then appears to stop converting. Is the files too large to handle? What do I have to do? 

Q3: I can play the MXF files from my XF-100 in VLC, but the audio is choppy or non-existant…The video plays without a hitch. But no audio. Any fixes for this problem, or am I the only one?

• An quick workaround to solve the MXF playback issues with VLC Player:  

Nothing is absolute, if there are some special MXF can't be played by VLC or other Video Player, you can convert the MXF files to common formats (like AVI, MOV, MPEG, MP4, etc) to fit the local VLC media player with iMedia Converter for Mac from Pavtube.

This top MXF to Mac Converter which works successfully in MXF to MP4 conversion even you have a bunch of large MXF files. I have tried it to encode MXF to MP4, it turns out playing Canon, Sony, Panasonic MXF on Mac smoothly and at original quality.

It’s the best software application for Mac users. What’s more, this converter also supports many of other video formats like MOV,MKV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MPG, etc on Mac. Below is easy steps for you, you can convert MXF to VLC player compatible formats for watching in few steps.

Step 1: Add mxf video files

Run iMedia Converter for Mac on your Mac computer. Transfer the individual .mxf file or MXF file structure (P2 MXF, XDCAM MXF, Canon XF) to HDD first, and then click "Add Video" to import the MXF files to the converter.



Step 2: Choose H.264 MP4 as output format.

In “Format” drop down list box, you may select best video format for plaing on Mac. To convert MXF to MP4 format, if you want to get common MP4 files for playback, you can choose Common Video -> H.264 Video (*.mp4); if you want to get HD MP4 files to use, you can choose HD Video -> H.264 HD Video (*.mp4).



Step 3: Start Convert

Click “Convert” in the main interface to start transcoding MXF to Mac H.264 MP4.

After conversion, you can use converted MP4 files for playback easiliy and smoothly. You can also refer to the MXF to Quicktime MOV, MXF to AVI guide, and have a try.

Tips: 

If you are Windows users, you can try Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate. It you can easily import the MXF video and the audios for playing and editing.

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AVCHD and Mac- Play and Edit MTS footage on Mac natively

Wanna a MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac? This article will give you the best AVCHD Converter Mac to help you find convert camcorder AVCHD files to any popular video formats for play and edit anywhere you want.

 

AVCHD is a format for the recording and playback of high definition (HD) video. It is with .mts extension which is a high-definition MPEG, AVC, H.264 transport stream video file format. AVCHD MTS files are used primarily with Sony hardware. Some camcorder models from Canon also use MTS files. These files are also present on Blu-ray disc compilations, therefore they are capable of storing quite a large amount of information and data tracks. So Most Mac product users will have to face to the problem of Mac being not so compatible with AVCHD videos.

 Part I: Play AVCHD Videos on Mac:

On your Mac OS computer, you can not play AVCHD files (.mts, .m2ts) on Mac from the camcorder connected via USB as an external storage device, or from removable media or from the computer's internal hard disk drive.

To enjoy AVCHD/MTS files on Mac, you can use one of the following options:

1. VLC Player (FREE)

Download VLC Player from videolan.com and start playing your AVCHD movies. You may required iLife 08 or 09 for playback.

2. Toast 9 or 10

Toast Player which is included with Toast 9 or 10 can play AVCHD files beautifully. Another advantage of Toast is fast conversion of .mts and .m2ts files to any other format you like.

Part II: Edit AVCHD Videos on Mac:

Limit:

a. As we know, Sony Vegas Pro is specially designed for Sony brand camcorders, in the purpose to allow shooting fans to edit AVCHD records from HD Camera or Camcorder. And this program usually works well in AVCHD video editing. However, Sony Vegas Pro is compatible of Windows system, but can not be used on Mac platform.

b. On Mac platform, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, ect are all the popular Mac editing tools. While, there's always a pain around the 1080p users that these video editing programs usually cannot ingest AVCHD natively, because both the container and codec of AVCHD are too difficult to handle.

Solution for the two question above:

To deal with the problems between Mac and AVCHD, a third-party software is necessary. But what can this software do? Generally speaking, this software is called Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac, it is mainly for users who are always puzzled about video formats between their Mac and HD camcorders/cameras, which means it could convert AVCHD to other various formats for different use.

1. How to make camcorder/camera AVCHD compatible with QuickTime Player. .mov is the perfect format for QuickTime to handle. As we know, .mov is QuickTime's native format as it could be broadcasted in the highest quality. So, Convert AVCHD to MOV for QuickTime is the answer.

2. What about iMovie and FCP (X)? For iMovie, AIC (Apple InterMedia Codec) works best while Apple ProRes is FCP's native format. This video codec is mainly for editing HD camcorder/camera videos and designed for editing too as it can keep the highest quality.

Learn to Use AVCHD Converter for Making AVCHD Mac-friendly

Free download Mac AVCHD Converter for Mac. and it is quite easy to achieve AVCHD converting on Mac:

1. Launch the program and import your video by clicking "Add" button.



2. Choose Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov), Avid Media Composer -> Avid DNxHD (*.mov), it's for Avid editing, HD Video -> QuickTime MOV, or MP4 format for output as your task.



3. Click "Start" button to start converting.

This best Mac MTS to Mac converter will convert recorded 1080pvideos on Mac at top speed, you can choose rich formats for output on Mac, and then you can use HD MTS footages to playback, editing or sharing. If you need to edit AVCHD on Windows platform, you can try MTS Converter for Windows. Please take a try now, good luck to you!

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