Canon XF305 to FCP- Import Canon XF305 MXF to FCP on Mac

Follow the post to learn how to import Canon XF305 MXF to FCP with FCP native codec on Mac.

The XF305, one of Canon's first file-based professional camcorders, records MPEG-2 MXF (Media eXchange Format) files – up to 1920 x 1080 Full HD at 50Mbps (4:2:2) – to CompactFlash (CF) memory cards. The Canon XF305 also offers multiple recording bit rates, resolutions and variable frame rates to expand your creative flexibility, and allow you to work in virtually any production environment.

Have you put your hands on this professional camcorder? If so, you would have collected a pile of MXF recordings, and have you tried to import Canon XF305 MXF to FCP for editing? Ever encountered some importing or editing troubles? If so, go through the page to find the solution.



As we know, FCP is the free and useful part of the Apple Mac iLife, you can use it to edit your movie or camcorder video which is shot by yourself. It supports video files like MPEG2, DV, HDV, QuickTime Movie and MPEG4 but no Canon XF .mxf files. So, to freely edit XF305 MXF in FCP on Mac, you need to convert XF305 MXF to FCP compatible video format.

Canon MXF to FCP Converter is the best Mac MXF Converter for you to convert MXF to iMovie on Mac. You can use it to convert/trasnscode Canon XF305 MXF files to Prores(Apple Prores Codec) codec MOV format, which is the FCP perfectly supported one. You can follow the guide below.

1. Download this best MXF converter for Mac OS X. This MXF to MOV converter will help you convert MXF to any formats you want, such as Apple ProRes 422 MOV, Apple InterMediate Codec MOV, etc.



2. Install and launch this XF305 MXF video converter for Mac. Import XF305 footages to the MXF Converter.

3. Click format bar to choose the output format you want. For converting XF305 MXF to FCP, you can choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), it’s best supported by FCP.



4. You can click settings button to adjust the output parameters if you want.

5. Click convert button to start converting MXF to Apple ProRes 422.

With the best MXF to MOV Converter, you can easily convert XF305 MXF to FCP, by converting MXF to ProRes 422 codec MOV format, you can edit recorded footages in FCP smoothly.

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How to convert mxf file to FCP 6/7/X support format on Mac

With this awesome guide, you can smoothly import and edit MXF files in Final Cut Pro 6/7/X by converting MXF to Prores MOV format.

Final Cut Pro is a professional non-linear editing software application developed by Macromedia Inc. and then Apple Inc. It supports like DV, HDV, etc. but no mxf format so if you want to edit mxf files with FCP, you should convert mxf file to FCP support format videos like dv, and then import mxf file into FCP for editing. Many people get some MXF files from their camcorders and want to edit them in Final Cut Pro on Mac to make their own videos or movies. But they face the problem is when they try to import MXF to FCP, they find that FCP can't recognize the MXF files.

To make MXF files compatible with Final Cut Pro, and you need to convert mxf videos to something that can be handled, such as ProRes 422 codec. This is a standard-definition and high-definition lossy video compression format developed by Apple. ProRes 422 is intended for video editing with Apple's non-linear editing software Final Cut (Pro). It retains higher quality than end-user codecs while still requiring much less expensive disk systems compared to uncompressed video.

The guide below shares with you the way converting MXF videos to Apple ProRes 422 encoded MOV files, so as to import the MXF footage to Final Cut Pro for editing.

Tips: Before converting MXF video, you need to put MXF file structure to Mac HDD, because MXF systems produce split-file A/V (that is, the video and audio stored in separate files). You also need a Mac oriented MXF Converter tool that features ProRes 422 encoder.

1. Download and run the Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac. Import MXF video clip to MXF converter.




2. Click on "Format" and choose “Final Cut Pro >>Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” format for output. It’s the best format for editing with Mac video editing software.



3. You can click "Settings" to set video resolution (1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate（from 1Mbps to 20Mbps）, frame rate (24p/30p) as you like.

4. Click "Convert" button to start transcoding MXF to Apple ProRes codec / converting .mxf to .mov videos.

After conversion, you just need to open the output folder and import the videos to FCP or other editing software. Now, you could edit MXF videos on Final Cut Pro 6/7/X as ease.

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