How to edit JVC GY-HM650U MXF, MOV, AVCHD, MP4 on Mac?

Here is the quick tutorial for you that will show you the simplicity of JVC GY-HM650U workflow for importing MXF, MOV, AVCHD, MP4 files in FCP, iMovie, Premiere Pro, Avid for editing by transcoding JVC MTS to Mac editable format (Mavericks 10.9 included). 

Mobile Newsgathering is now faster and better then ever with the introduction of JVC's GY-HM650. It supports

Multiple encoding formats:

HD MPEG2 (35/25/19Mbps)
AVCHD 1920x1080 60i
SD H.264
480x270 H.264 (web)
960x540 H.264 mode

—NEW! (eff. May 2013)

Wide media format compatibility:

.MXF with rich Metadata (optimized for asset management)
.MOV (Final Cut Pro)
.MP4 (XDCAM EX™)
AVCHD with additional lower bitrate AVCHD modes

—IMPROVED! (eff. May 2013)

JVC GY-HM650U is good enough to most photographers, however, using the HM650U MXF/MOV/AVCHD/MP4 footage on Mac is not an easy job without some other apps’ help.

As a Mac user, to easily play JVC GY-HM650U video files on QuickTime and edit these  MXF/MOV/AVCHD/MP4 footage in FCP, FCE, iMovie, Avid MC and Premiere Pro on Mac, here, I will recommend you a smart JVC Video Converter for Mac- Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac to help you get it done.

It will not only transcode JVC GY-HM650U video to MOV for native editing and playing on Mac, but also keeping audio and video synchronization on Windows and Mac (including Mountain Lion/Mavericks). Overall, With the program, you can transcode MXF/MOV/AVCHD/MP4 files at 1080i, 1080p, and 720p to proper format for:

• Editing on FCP, iMovie, FCE, Avid, Premiere, iPhoto and more;
• Playing on portable devices (iPad, iPhone, iPod, Nexus 4, Nexus 7, Galaxy S4, S3, Tab 3, Tab 2, HTC One and so on); or Media Players (QuickTime, VLC Player)

What's more, the Ultimate Converter for Win/Mac supports adding .srt, .ass, .ssa subtitle to your videos or movies.

• Subtitle FAQs
• How to output embedded with subtitle AIC MOV video?

At first, you can download a free trail version of this iMedia Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Add MXF, MOV, AVCHD, MP4 files to the converter.

Launch the Mac JVC Video Converter. Click "Add Video" or "Add from folder" button to load your source clips from JVC GY-HM650U.

Tip: If you want lossless merge multiple video files, pleas check the "Merge into one file" box.

Step 2. Choose Mac native foramt as output.

You can choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), this codec is optimized for FCP editing;

 

You can also choose Avid Media Composer -> Avid DNxHD (*.mov), it's for Avid editing;


For playback, you can choose HD Video -> QuickTime MOV;

For sharing on website like YouTube or portable devices, you can choose MP4 format for output.

P.S. If you wanna edit the video/audio parameters, you need to go to "Settings" window.

Click the "Convert" button under the preview window, and the best JVC Video Converter will start converting JVC GY-HM650U MXF, MOV, AVCHD, MP4 clips to Mac compatible mov format.

When the conversion is done, you will be directed to open the folder where you saved the converted files, and then you can import output video files for editing and playing on Mac. Please take a try now, hope it will do a great favor for you.

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FAQs & Answers: Canon XF plugins and Final Cut Pro Problem Solved

If you are using a Canon camera and camcorder, and also want to edit on Final Cut Pro 6 or FCP 7/FCP X, you can choose Canon XF plugins. Having problems with plugins? This article will offers you the best solution.

I'm in the process of purchasing a Canon XF Professional camcorder which uses MXF format files. I want to make a short video for my daughter. Next month is her birthday. I am using Apple Final Cut Pro. I always have problems with Canon XF plugins. Is there a place for solving my problems?

Canon developed Canon XF Utility for exclusive use with movies captured with the XF camcorders (XF305/300/105/100) and Cinema EOS C300 camera. The Canon XF Utility offers various options for managing and playing back clips recorded with the camcorder with which the software was supplied. Mainly, Canon XF Utility lets you do the following:

* Checking and playing back clips – Display a list of all the clips recorded on a CF card, search the list and play back clips.

* Saving and writing back clips – Save clips that were recorded on a CF card to the computer, or write back preciously saved clips from the computer onto a CF card.

* Creating and editing User Memo profiles – Create, edit and save User Memo profiles on SD memory cards. Later, you can load a User Memo file from the SD memory card to the camcorder and embed this information with the clips you record.

Canon XF plugin helps users a lot while importing Canon .MXF footage to work with non-linear video editing programs. However, users still have problems one or another when utilizing the software, especially with Final Cut Pro on Mac OS X. We have a collection of frequently asked questions about Canon XF Plugin for Final Cut Pro here, and aim to provide available solutions to these issues.

Problem 1

"We are using FCP 7, and as far as I know it does not read Canon C300 files natively. We tried Canon XF utility, with very limited success, on few different machines. Main problem with that piece of software is that it expects to see compact flash cards straight from the camera and doesn't seem to work very well with folders on an HDD. Is there a recommended workflow for us to move MXF files from an HDD to FCP 7?"

Solution to Problem 1:

It is strongly suggested to convert MXF clips to Apple ProRes 422 using Pavtube Canon MXF Converter software, because FCP 7 needs to have all the footage on a timeline in the single codec, otherwise it needs to render everything and does not preview clips in realtime. The Canon Camera Video Converter tool is able to load MXF files directly from your camera, or read from a folder stored on your computer's HDD or an external hard drive, as well as separate .MXF clips out of the camera's original folder structure. Plus, this solution is particular helpful when you need combine footage coming from different cameras with different video modes. Best of all, it is capable of keeping multiple audio tracks in your source material.

Problem 2

"Hi, I am about to begin editing a film shot on Canon XF100. I have a hard-drive onto which all of the raw files were dumped, and am now trying to find a way of working with the files. As far as I can make out everything was copied as it should be (i.e. with the directory structure intact):


I have installed the Canon XF plugin for FCP. Problems arise when I try to use Log & Transfer to transcode the MXF material. I have tried Native/Pro Res 422/ ProRes LT/in fact all of the options from the drop down destination menu, and keep getting the same problem: namely, that about 80-90 percent of files are only transcoded in part. What I mean is that a 5 minute clip ends up as only 10 seconds. I have FCP 7.0.3 and the relevant Canon XF plugins...Now I'm at a loss as to what to do... Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can start editing this film on FCP?"

Solution to Problem 2:

It seems that Canon XF utility somehow messed up when rendering the MXF media for use in Final Cut Pro 7. We heard people have troubles with EOS plugin of similar nature. Can we L&T footage without utilizing Canon plugin? Actually, there are a large number of Canon MXF converter programs claiming to be good at transferring MXF media files to Apple ProRes 422 for FCP. The thing is that it's difficult to make audio and video always in sync in the generated ProRes MOV files. As for video and audio synchronization, Pavtube Canon MXF Converter does a good job. So, it's wise to use this software for MXF to FCP ProRes codec conversion.

Problem 3

"I especially get confused when I need to download the plug-ins from the Canon site, which is a real mess! I have MXF footage shot on the Canon C300 and I'm trying to convert it from true 24p to ProRes 422(HQ) 23.976. Does anyone know an easy-to-use converter to do this?"

Solution to Problem 3:

Pavtube Canon Video Converter will shed you some light on this problem. More than encoding true 24p C300 MXF files to ProRes 422(HQ) 23.976, it can also rewrap MXF to PrpRes 422, ProRes LT, ProRes Proxy, and ProRes 4444 to fit different FCP use.

Problem 4
"I've run into a problem with a project. I copied the entire card file structure of XF305 onto a hard drive, installed all the right codecs...and it's telling me the file structure is invalid."

Solution to Problem 4:

Final Cut Pro users often meet unknown errors when editing Canon MXF clips. Fortunately, we always have workaround to deal with these incompatible issues. Simple convert MXF files recorded by a Canon camera to Apple ProRes 422 via using a Canon MXF Converter, this is the simplest solution.

Basically, with the versatile Canon Camera Video Converter, it will be possible to let Final Cut Pro touch MXF material shot on a Canon XF305/300/105/100 and C300 camera even without utilizing Canon XF plugin.

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Canon MXF Workflow - How to import Canon MXF footage to iMovie

Learn from this article, you can easily convert and import Canon MXF footage into iMovie for further editing on Mac (OS X 10.9 Mavericks included).

Specially designed for video hobbyists and independent filmmakers, iMovie is a proprietary video editing software application which allows Mac, iPod Touch 4th generation, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, and iPad 2 users to edit their own home movies. iMovie makes it easy to turn your home videos into your all-time favorite films. Here it mainly talks about how to get Canon XF footages to iMovie for editing smoothly.

As you see, iMovie supports importing directly from a large amount of popular camcorders or digital still cameras. But as for Canon XF footages, this becomes a bit tacky that you can not natively import and edit .mxf wrapped footage from the XF100, XF105, XF300 and XF305 cameras in iMovie without rendering time.

A newbie may feel disappinted when the iMovie failed to import recordings from Canon XF105 or XF300 while experienced users will convert the Canon MXF to something iMovie can edit natively, say Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) encoded MOV format. Along with some help from the third-party software. Video Converter Varies, a recommended one is Pavtube MXF to iMovie Converter for Mac.

The program can not only convert MXF to AIC codec videos for Mac editing, but also provide simple video editing functions for you. After conversion, you can import the output files in iMovie directly without rendering, but you should make sure you select the right codec and parameters to encode. Below is how.

Free Download the Canon MXF Converter for Mac

 

Guide -Transcode Canon XF MXF footage to AIC for iMovie importing/editing under Mac OS X Mavericks

Step 1. Install and run this Canon MXF to iMovie Converter to your Mac Mavericks 10.9, add you video files.



Step 2. Click on Format, select iMovie and Final Cut Express category, then choose Apple InterMediate(AIC) (*.MOV).



Step 3. Start converting Canon mxf footage to iMovie AIC by clicking "Convert".

Some more helpful features of the app:

1. Settings- click to set video resolution(1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate(from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p)

2. Editor (next to “Add” icon)- click to set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc.

Tips:

If your videos files have more than two audio channels, and you want to convert to MOV file with all multiple audio tracks preservation, Pavtube iMixMXF can help you to get it done. With it you are allowed to preserve all or any audio tracks for output MOV and mix the multiple audio tracks into one if you need.

Once the conversion completes, you can can import Canon MXF footage to iMovie successfully and get down to video editing.

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Panasonic GM1 and iMovie - Convert Lumix GM1 MTS for Editing in iMovie 11/9/8

Summary: Encountered problems when importing Panasonic Lumix GM1 AVCHD mts clips in iMovie 11, iMovie 9 & iMovie 8 for further editing? Just follow this article to find the best solution here.

The Panasonic Lumix DMC-GM1 is the company's latest Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens camera (ILC), and the first in its new GM series. This new range of ILCs focuses on cameras that are compact, and sure enough, the GM1 is the company's smallest yet, measuring just 98.5 x 54.9 x 23.5mm.

I like the high quality video in AVCHD recorded with GM1. I'm a Mac user and shoot many 60i AVCHD videos with my Panasonic Lumix GM1, I find that the AVCHD is a wonderful codec for playback but not so good for editing in iMovie, no matter the version 11/9/8.

I googled and find the reason that I can’t successfully ingest those recorded AVCHD footages to iMovie is limited by the iMovie itself. Currently AVCHD is a very non-standard format and it’s unsupported in iMovie even the lastest iMovie 11. In order to import Panasonic Lumix GM1 AVCHD footage into iMovie 11, iMovie 9 & iMovie 8 for smoothly editing, you can use 3rd-party software to re-wrap and convert MTS to Apple Intermediate Codec first, which is a native format for iMovie. It’s a great way to achieve your goal smoothly. For this purose, this article will show you how to transcode Panasonic Lumix GM1 MTS to AIC MOV in detail.

At first, here suggest you to try Panasonic AVCHD to AIC Converter for Mac. It is an ideal tool which can be used as a Panasonic AVCHD MTS Converter under Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard 10.6, Leopard 10.5. It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly transcode MTS to Apple Intermediate Codec, ProRes and DNxHD with ease and high video quality kept for working with iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer etc. non-linear editing systems. Below are the steps.

Guide on how to convert Panasonic Lumix GM1 AVCHD mts videos to iMovie 11, iMovie 9 & iMovie 8 

Step 1. Download Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac. This professional MTS to AIC Converter can help you convert Panasonic AVCHD MTS files to rich formats for use on Mac (Mountain Lion 10.8 and Mavericks 10.9 included).

Step 2. Install and launch this Panasonic AVCHD MTS Converter. Import Lumix GM1 MTS footage to the Mac converter.

Step 3. Click "Format" bar to choose the output format. If you want to edit Panasonic Lumix GM1 MTS in iMovie/FCE, please choose iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov). This is best format for iMovie 11, iMovie 9 & iMovie 8 editing on Mac, once converted, you won't need to render.




Step 4. You can click “settings” to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want.

Step 5. Click convert button to start converting Panasonic Lumix GM1 AVCHD MTS to AIC MOV for iMovie 11, iMovie 9 & iMovie 8 editing.

When the conversion finished, you can directly import the output AIC MOV files to iMovie or Final Cut Express for editing and make your movies. The importing needn’t any rendering because the AIC MOV isone of the compatible video formats in iMovie 11, iMovie 9 & iMovie 8 on Mac OS X (Mavericks 10.9 included).

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Merry Christmas to everyone! Pavtube is offering our best wishes to every Pavtube member and all potential customers in this holiday season. In addition, it provides excellent customersupport service, including lifetime free upgrade of product and technicalsupport. Users can contact the support staff via email for help and suggestion. For detailed information, please visit the activity page toget the latest news.

 

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Convert MP4 to ProRes 422 (HQ) from Panasonic HX-WA03 to work with FCP

Follow this guide you will know how to import Panasonic HX-WA03 1080P video to FCP 7/X for editing with the best Panasonic MP4 to Prores Converter.

Panasonic HX-WA03 is the perfect travel companion for your next outdoor adventure or journey. This active lifestyle camcorder will work as hard as you and is ready to go anywhere. The HX-WA03 is waterproof, freezeproof, dustproof and is designed to fit firmly in your hand to deliver exceptional performance. Capture the tiniest details in 16-megapixel high-resolution still pictures and even 2-megapixel still images while recording a video by simply pressing the Photo Shooting Button.

The HX-WA03 renders images in breathtaking Full-HD (1920 x 1080)* beauty, so you can save your memories in stunning image quality and watch them on a big screen TV. It can shoot MP4 video with 1920 x 1080 pixels refers to video recordings with 1920 pixels in the horizontal direction and 1080 pixels in the vertical direction. It's great for us to take high quality images and record vivid full HD videos.

If you have got the WA03 and use it to record 1080P video, you may have the need to edit WA03 MP4 in Final Cut Pro on Mac before sharing the videos with others. However, to tell you the truth, MP4 format is not easy to edit, many Mac users complained that they cannot load WA03 recorded MP4 videos in FCP smoothly, the main reason is the H.264 codec and MPEG-4 codec, which is not well accepted.

FCP best supported video format is Apple ProRes 422 codec MOV format. To solve the incompatibility problem, the best method is to convert Panasonic WA03 MP4 footage to ProRes for editing in Final Cut Pro, now you can follow the steps below to transcode WA20 MP4 to FCP X for editing.

To achieve this goal, Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac is a program my friends recommended to me last year. I am working well with it, and you can try it yourself. With it, you are able to ingest Panasonic HX-WA03 mp4 videos into Final Cut Pro by encoding the MP4 to Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) codec, which is naturally supported by Final Cut Pro 6/7 and FCP X.

Step 1. Add Source Videos

Launch the professional MP4 to Prores Converter, and then click “Add video” button to browse and load your source files. If you need to import an entire file folder directly, simply click “Add from folder” tab.



Step 2. Choose Output format
Go to “Format” menu and choose “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” or "Apple Prores 422(HQ)(*.mov)" as target format from “Final Cut Pro” option to work fine with FCP 7/X.



Learn more Apple ProRes, please refer to Types of Apple ProRes Codecs

Tip: If you want to set some parameters for the output profile, you could click the “Settings” button to set the output bitrate, encode, frame rate, resolution, sample rate, channels, etc.

Step 3. Start Panasonic HX-WA03 MP4 to FCP Conversion

When the former steps finished, you can press “Convert” button to start rewrapping MP4 files from Panasonic WA03 to Apple ProRes MOV for FCP. Once the conversion process is done, click “Open” button to get the generated MOV files.

NOTE: The FCP X does not install the QuickTime Codecs automatically, so you need download and install the codec manually from here.

Step 4. Import the converted footages to FCP project

In this way, you can effortlessly import and edit Panasonic WA03 MP4 files in Final Cut Pro smoothly.

P.S.

Need to convert more various formats besides MP4, or convert DVD and blu-ray movies for backup or further playback? Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac can help you to accomplish both of them. It is integrated software for converting different videos, DVDs and blu-ray discs. 

Import MP4 Video into Adobe Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6

Read this article and you will learn the best and easiest way editing MP4 files in Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 by transcoding mp4 to Premiere Pro compatible videos.

Q1: Hi I'm Hayley, I was just wondering, I have footage in a strange format; .mp4, and it wont import into Premiere CS3. Someone asked me if I had all the updates, etc, I do, and still no luck with it...I was thinking of doing a reinstall of it, but if i do that, I will likely have to download all my updates and stuff all over again, and in the end, the mp4 thing still may not work. Before I try the reinstall, I was just wondering if anything else can be done about the format.
Any ideas, friends? Thanks in advance!

Q2: I recorded using camera app in Windows 8. It names the files as mp4 but Adobe Premier Pro CS4 wasn't able to import it. Try rename to mpg, m4v doesn't work, converting using Free Make Video Converter to WMV, MP4, MPG also doesn't work.

Q3: When I attempt to import XDCAM EX clips or MP4 files into Adobe Premiere Pro CS5, I receive the error message "Unsupported format or damaged file." Every time I try, all I get are codes/words and I'm having trouble. Please help?

MP4 files are compressed using h.264 codec which is a final delivery codec not use for editing, while Adobe Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 lets you edit faster with true native format support. Therefore you may have problems when importing MP4 footage into Premiere Pro. For smoothly editing .MP4 files in Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6, you first need to convert MP4 to a more editing-friendly format with Premiere Pro, such MPEG-2/WMV.

To get the work done, a third-party software is needed. Here HD Video Converter for Mac and Pavtube HD Video Converter is highly recommended. They are professional and powerful high-quality Windows/Mac video converter and editor. With it, you can effortlessly transcode 720p/1080p MP4 files to MPEG-2/WMV format for Premiere Pro  CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 editing. Just download it and follow the tutorials.

Guide: Transcoding MP4 to Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 for editing and importing

Step 1: Add mp4 footage from MP4 file folder to MP4 Converter for Premiere Pro. You can directly drag and drop .mp4 video files to this software.

Step 2: Choose Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 best editing codec.

Select to rewrap your mp4 files to" Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas --> MPEG-2 (*.mpg) or WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv)." which work fine with Premiere Pro.



Step 3: Hit "Convert" button to carry out the MP4 to Premiere Conversion process.

When the conversion ends, you can run the Premiere Pro CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 and click File --> Import --> Files to import the resulted files in Premiere Pro.

From the steps above, I think you got the point to convert MP4 files to MPEG-2/WMV for Premiere Pro editing, please have a try, this software will solve you MP4 files conversion and editing problems, and then you can easily import and use your MP4 files in Premiere Pro  CS3/CS4/CS5/CS6 without any problems.

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