Thursday, June 6, 2013

P2 Card Mac Converter- Convert Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 MXF to FCP X

As FCP X won't import Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 MXF footage, so this easy workaround aims to help you to import/edit AJ-HPX170 P2 MXF files into Final Cut Pro X flawlessly.

Panasonic AG-HPX170 is an ultra-mobile P2 HD handheld camcorder featuring full, 4:2:2 independent frame production quality HD and solid-state recording. Its newly enhanced 1/3'' progressive 16:9 3-CCD imager delivers an excellent signal-to-noise ratio, lower noise/smear, and exceptional low-light performance. And HPX170 has two P2 card slots and records in 20 HD and SD formats. Files are saved onto the P2 memory card in MXF format allowing direct data transfer to broadcasting and production system.



After recording some files on the Panasonic AG-HPX170, you may find your Mac FCP X can not recognize the HPX170 P2 .mxf videos as below:

"I have a project has 26 files and a total size of 5.7GB. The camera was the Panasonic AG-HPX170, I found that all the video record by Panasonic P2 camcorder is of .mxf format which Final Cut Pro X don't support. How can I import the P2 MXF project into Final Cut Pro X?"

Panasonic AG-HPX170 records MXF file using AVC-Intra codecs. Due to the unfriendly codec, it is not easy to import such a P2 MXF file directly into FCP X. To edit Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 MXF footage with Final Cut Pro X smoothly, you have to import AG-HPX170 P2 MXF to FCP X natively with FCP supported video format like MOV in Apple ProRes Codec.

Here we recommend you the best Mac P2 MXF to MOV Converter, which can help you to  easily and losslessly convert Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 MXF to ProRes 422 for FCP X on Mac. And the latest Mac OS X Mountain Lion 10.8.3 is supported; just feel free to try it!

http://download.pavtube.com/mxf-converter-mac/mxfconvertermac_setup.dmg

How to convert Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 MXF to ProRes 422 for FCP X on Mac? 
Step 1. Connect your Panasonic  AG-HPX170 P2 Camcorder to Mac with USB cable or use card reader to transfer the P2 MXF files to Apple hard drive disk.



Step 2. Add Panasonic Panasonic  AG-HPX170 P2 MXF videos to MXF Converter for Mac.

Run this MXF to ProRes Converter for Mac, and click the "Add Files" button to load individuals mxf videos; or click "Add from folder" to load the entire folder.



Step 3. Choose FCP X compatible format.

Click the "Format" option and click to choose Final Cut Pro>Apple ProRes 422 for editing HPX-170 P2 MXF in Final Cut Pro X.



Pls note the "merge into one file" box above "Open", you can lossless merge Panasonic MXF footages a few clicks.

Step 4. Now click the big red "Convert" and wait for a while to get the fresh hot converted video. Click Browse the locate them directly.

Launch FCP X, and go to "File > Import > Files…" to import converted P2 footage to FCP X project.




Now you can smoothly import Panasonic AG-HPX170 P2 MXF to FCP X on Mac Mountain Lion.

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Make Sony CX550V AVCHD video workable with Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle

If you are Facing the problem with importing Sony CX550V MTS to Windows PC in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle, you can fix the issues via transcoding AVCHD video to Windows compatible format first.



Sony's flagship 2010 model, the HDR-CX550V, is a larger camcorder than its predecessor. With a $1049 price tag, the CX550 is also one of the cheaper high-end models on the market and it marks the first instance of Sony offering a 24Mbps bitrate for recording AVCHD video on a consumer camcorder.

Sony CX550V Windows solutions:

"I have just bought a CX550V camcorder, this device records AVCHD.MTS video format, now I would like to import these projects to my computer. What I want is to edit my 1920 * 1080, 24Mbps AVCHD video files smoothly without codec problems, what video codec should I use on Windows platform? Can you recommend some software which can help me import and convert Sony CX550V AVCHD videos for editing smoothly?"

As above, editing Sony CX550V MTS files on Windows PC is not an easy job as we thought. As Windows editing software like Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle are not friendly with AVCHD format and did not handle large AVCHD videos with great stability. Plus, there are so many limits you are facing like the System Requirements: Intel Core 2 Quad 2.66 gHz or higher required for 1920x1080 AVCHD editing, 2GB system memory required for AVCHD and more.

To make Sony CX550V AVCHD MTS/M2TS video workable with  Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle, you only need to convert MTS to AVI/WMV/MPEG-2, the most suitable video format for editing.

Software Requirement:

Sony AVCHD MTS Converter
 is mainly used to transcode Sony CX550V AVCHD MTS/M2TS files for editing in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle.

  

Features: 

  • Helping you to convert Sony AVCHD MTS files to AVI/WMV/MPEG-2 with original quality. Also it supports other popular used format like MP4, DV, FLV, 3GP etc for playing back.
  • Thanks to its adoption of NVIDIA CUDA & AMD APP(ATI Stream) acceleration technology, the conversion process has been accelerated up to 5 times the speed of other converters.
  • With this MTS Converter, you can edit the video clips with trimming videos, deinterlacing 1080i videos, adding text/image/video as watermarks to your original files, replacing audios, adjusting brightness/contast/saturation of the imported files, etc. 

Guide to edit Sony CX550V MTS files in Pinnacle Studio, Sony Vegas and Adobe Premiere

Step 1: Free download the best MTS to Windows PC Converter and run it to add the AVCHD footages from Sony CX550V.



Step 2: Hit the Format box and select “HD Video” option on the dropdown menu and you can choose “AVI/WMV/MPEG-2” as output format for editing with Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle . Besides, you can also choose “H.264 HD Video (*.mp4) “for playing back.



Step 3: Adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the “Settings” button on the main interface for getting the best quality.

Step 4: Click the “Convert” button on the main interface to start transcoding Sony AVCHD footages to AVI/WMV/MPEG-2 for editing in Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle.

When the conversion is completed, click “Open” in the main interface and get the converted files for importing and further editing.

With this Pavtube Sony MTS Converter, it becomes easy for you to convert Sony CX550V MTS video to Windows editing software compatible file formats. Now transferring and editing Sony CX550V AVCHD in  Avid, Premiere, Sony Vegas Pro, Windows Movie Maker and Pinnacle is smooth and without any problem.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Best XAVC Video Converter-Make Sony F55/F5 4K XAVC Video editable in iMovie and FCE

In this guide, I will show you some useful tips for importing Sony PMW-F55/F5 4K Digital Camera XAVC Footages to iMovie/FCE for smoothly editing.



Sony has announced that cameras that will support XAVC include two CineAlta cameras which are the Sony PMW-F55 and Sony PMW-F5. Both cameras record XAVC with a color depth of 10-bits and 4:2:2 chroma subsampling. The Sony PMW-F55 can record XAVC with 4K resolution at 30 fps at 300 Mbit/s and 2K resolution at 30 fps at 100 Mbit/s. The Sony PMW-F5 can record XAVC with 2K resolution at 30 fps at 100 Mbits/s.

XAVC can record 4K resolution at 60 fps with 4:2:2 chroma subsampling at 600 Mbit/s.A 128 Gigabyte SxS PRO+ media card can record up to 20 minutes of 4K resolution XAVC video at 60 fps, up to 40 minutes of 4K resolution XAVC video at 30 fps, and up to 120 minutes of 2K resolution XAVC video at 30 fps. As the lasted HD recording formats introduced by Sony, XAVC format is seldom used now, when you are planning to conduct post production to the PMW-F55 (or PMW-F5) XAVC footages with your Mac editor like iMovie and FCE, you may encounter with the problem like "the file cannot be imported/opened".

So how to solve the problem with loading Sony F55/F5 4K XAVC to iMovie/FCE? At first, you need to convert XAVC to AIC .mov which is best editing format for iMovie and Final Cut Express. Now please get the help of a professional 4K XAVC Video Converter for Mac and follow the guide below to transcode Sony F55/F5 4K XAVC to iMovie/FCE step by step:

How to make Sony F55/F5 4K XAVC Video editable in iMovie and FCE?

Step 1. Add XAVC MXF files

Install and launch Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac, and click "Add File" to import your Sony PMW-F5/F55 XAVC files; or click "Add from folder" to load videos in batch.

This is a powerful XAVC video converting software which can not only easily convert XAVC footages to FCE/iMovie preferred formats smoothly, but also import Sony PMW XAVC into FCP without any problem.




Step 2. Choose AIC codec for iMovie and Final Cut Express.

Choose output video format from the 'Format' preset, and click 'Output' to change converted video path. Then pls click iMovie and FCE>Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*.mov) to get Sony XAVC to FCE/iMovie preferred codec.



Step 3. Adjust output settings

If you want to locate your videos quickly, click Browse. The "Settings" icon will meet your requirements of adjusting video bitrate, frame rate and so on.

To get 1080 videos, we need to click the "Settings" button and choose 1920*1080 as output video resolution.

Moreover, you can edit your Sony XAVC videos before converting. By clicking the pencil icon on the top of Mac XAVC Video Converter, you can trim/crop the video clips, add or adjust video effect, or take snapshots from video as you like.

Step 3. Start converting Sony XAVC to AIC MOV for iMovie/FCE.

Click the big red circle to convert Sony PMW-F5/F55 XAVC videos to iMovie/FCE on Mac.

After conversion finished, you then are able to edit or share your XAVC HD videos on the go.

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XAVC and Premiere Pro workflow
Convert XAVC to AVI/WMV/MOV/MP4/FLV

Monday, June 3, 2013

How to get Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 MXF to Final Cut Pro 6/7

Here it mainly introduce you a top P2 Card MXF Mac Converter so that you transcode Panasonic HVX200 P2 MXF to Apple ProRes MOV for FCP 6/7.



AG-HVX200 is a P2-based camera that answers the demands of nearly any professional videographer. It builds on the overwhelming success of the original AG-HVX200, with the addition of some much sought-after revisions. The most important new feature is an updated sensor, which yields higher sensitivity, creating less noise in low-light situations. With its compact and feature-rich frame, the AG-HVX200 will never disappoint. The unit is compatible with DVCPRO HD, DVCPRO50, DVCPRO25 and consumer DV recording standards.

Have you got this professional P2 camcorder? If so, have you tried to download MXF fotoages from P2 card to FCP 6/7 for further editing? If so, you won't find anything in FCP because FCP 6 and FCP 7 can't recognise MXF format.

Question: How to make it easier for editing Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 MXF in FCP 6/7?

Answer: Convert Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 MXF to ProRes for importing to FCP 6/7.

P2 MXF to FCP Converter is the highly recommended here for you to quickly and easily convert/transcode HVX200 P2 MXF to FCP supported Prores .mov format. It supports encoding Panasonic P2 and Canon C300/XF105/XF100/XF300 MXF files to FCP for editing on Mac. This will help you import the file correctly and saving the rendering time. Below is the detailed guide.

Convert and Edit Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 MXF in FCP 6/7 with Apple Prores codec

Step 1. Free download the Panasonic MXF to FCP Converter for Mac, load your P2 MXF files into the program. As a top P2 MXF Converter, it also supports transcoding MXF to AIC Codec for editing with iMovie 8/9/11.



Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format for editing MXF in FCP 6/7.



Step 3. Click convert button in the main interface to start transcoding AG-HVX200 Panasonic P2 MXF to FCP Prores .MOV on mac.

Some more helpful features of the P2 MXF to Prores Converter for Mac:

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.

After the workflow, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to load/edit Panasonic AG-HVX200 P2 MXF files in FCP 6/7 under Mac without problems.

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Top MXF to MOV Transcoder- Convert Canon XF300 MXF files to AIC .MOV for iMovie/FCE

This guide will show you how to convert Canon MXF files to AIC MOV on Mac so that you can smoothly import/edit Canon XF300 MXF files in iMovie and Final Cut Express without any problem. 

Canon HD camcorders are more and more popular and XF300 Professional Camcorder takes advantage of the latest HD technology, along with Canon's newly developed MPEG-2 4:2:2 codec to record Full HD video to affordable Compact Flash cards. So it is a good choice to shoot funny videos or record their interesting family life with it. But for the Canon XF300 output format is mxf, and most of video editors can not recognize mxf file format, like iMovie and Final Cut Express, this make many Canon fans be headache. Below, I will throw a quick guide up for those who wanna ingest/edit Canon XF300 MXF footages into iMovie and FCE smoothly.


Here is the easy way to fix it, namely, converting Canon XF300 MXF to AIC MOV on Mac. If you are interested doing likewise, check out Pavtube's iMedia Converter for Mac, the best Mac MXF to MOV Converter. The program is an easy-to-use and intuitive Mac tool for camcorder users. It is good at batch converting MXF recordings shot by Panasonic P2 camcorders, Canon XF series cameras to AIC MOV formats compatible with your Mac iMovie and FCE, becide it supports XF300 MXF to FCP transcoding.

Guide on how to convert Canon XF300 MXF files to AIC for iMovie/FCE on Mac

If you have the same problems about editing Canon XF300/XF105/XF100 or C300 MXF Videos on Mac, you may follow the step-by-step guide.

Step 1. Free download and run the best Mac MXF to AIC Transcoder for FCE/iMovie, add MXF captured by XF300 to the program. You can not only click "add video" button to import Canon mxf files, but also you can click "add from folder" button to add MXF folder.



Step 2: In order to convert/import Canon XF300 MXF files to AIC for iMovie/FCE, you just need select AIC (*.mov) as output format.

Please click on the dropdown menu of "Format", and then follow "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*mov)."



Some more helpful features of the batch MXF to MOV Converter for Mac:

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.

3. This all-in-one toolbox can not only convert MXF files, but also transcode other HD video and rip Blu-ray/DVD  for playback, storage or editing.

Step 3: Click Convert" button to start transcoding XF300 MXF files to AIC MOV for iMovie/FCE  editing on Mac.

So there you have it. Once the MXF to MOV Conversion is done, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to import/edit Canon XF300 MXF files in iMovie/FCE under Mac without problems.

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

Why MXF files not reading by Premiere Pro CS6

The best and easiest Windows/Mac solution to get MXF files readable by Premiere Pro CS6.

MXF, is a container format and can hold almost all knid of video and audio codecs. As reported, almost all the camera generated MXF files are editable in the latest Adobe Premiere CS6. However, the way you get the MXF recordings makes them different from the originals, still many users have "MXF to Premiere Pro CS6 importing issues" :


 I have some wonderful underwater footage shot in Tonga of whales. Only problem is I can't seem to read them in Premiere. FCP 7 is reading them in log and transfer just fine. Click on contents and there they are. In Premiere the same folders are there but not opening as thumbs in media browser. Any ideas? 

I'm running Premiere CS6 on Macs, v. 6.0.2. And I shoot some .mxf files and while importing .mxf into Premiere CS 6, I always got the error message. I tried everything and had to intall Canopus.HQ.CODEC.v6.0.7 but nothing changes. I don't understand why? Give some suggestons?

I can't import any mxf file into Premiere CS6. I'm using Adobe Premiere and trying to import an MXF-File of 25 GB into Premiere. I read allready a lot of posts in different forums but didn't find the right tool to do the job.

Up to now, Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 seems to work fine if you import your MXF footages directly from cameras, but if you have already copied MXF recordings to your HDD or you download them from somewhere, the importing error may jump out.

If you accidentally meet with the problem, you can follow the guide here to convert MXF to H.264 codec MOV format for using MXF files in Adobe Premiere CS6, this is the best solution to import and edit MXF footage in Premiere Pro CS6.



Step 1. After downloading, install and run this MXF to Premiere Pro Converter, just copy the MXF files from the CF cards right to your hard drive, import the files to the software. 


Step 2. Click “Format” bar to choose the output format. You can choose “Format > Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MOV (AVC)(*.mov) or MPEG-2 Video (*.mpg)” as output format for editing MXF files in Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.



Step 3. You can click “Settings” button to adjust the parameters, such as resolution, bitrate, etc.

Step 4. Click “Convert” button to start converting MXF to MOV/MPG for importing to Premiere Pro CS6 on Mac. The Mac MXF Converter for Premiere Pro will convert MXF videos to MOV/MPG with the original video resolution.

After the conversion is finished, just run Adobe Premiere Pro CS6 and import the .mpg or .mov files for editing. You will find the output video work perfectly on Adobe Premiere Pro CS6.

PS. If you do not know how to import video to Adobe, please reference the following guide:

Adobe Premiere Pro workflow: How to import Media Files to Premiere Pro on Mac

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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

XDCAM EX to FCP-Transform Sony XDCAM EX MP4 to FCP 6/7 with highest quality

Summary: This article aims to guide you how to transfer Sony PMW-EX HD Camcorder  MP4 clips to FCP 6/7 for editing on Mac OS 10.8 by convert Sony XDCAM MP4 to Prores with Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate.

Sony XDCAM EX camcorders like PMW-EX3, PMW-200, PMW-EX1, PMW 150, etc are great for us to take high quality full HD videos. If you have got one and often use it to record 1080p video, you may have the need to edit the generated XDCAM EX MP4 files in Final Cut Pro 6/7 on Mac.

Final Cut Pro 7 is claimed to work with the Sony XDCAM footages by using the third-party Sony XDCAM Transfer plug-in. In order to make .mp4 files from Sony XDCAM EX be editable in FCP, you also need to enable the "Log and Transfer" function. It really does work for some XDCAM owners. However, others are still fighting against incompatibility between Sony XDCAM and FCP, due to its lower version of FCP or missing some procedures. So Is there any way to guarantee you to import XDCAM EX MP4 file into FCP without any hassle? Yes. Here I would like to an easy way out.

In order to edit Sony XDCAM EX MP4 file in FCP, you need a third-party program- Sony XDCAM Converter which helps you to convert the mp4 footage from Sony XDCAM to ProRes natively supported by Final Cut Pro (FCP 6 and FCP 7) without quality loss.

1. Download Pavtube HD Video for Mac. This professional HD Video Converter can help you convert Sony XDCAM EX to ProRes 422 MOV format for Final Cut Pro, more output formats are also supported.


2. Install and launch this XDCAM EX to ProRes Converter. Import Sony XDCAM EX MP4 footages to the converter.




3.Click format bar to choose the output format. Click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).




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

5.Start convert Sony XDCAM EX to ProRes for FCP editing on Mac.

When you get ready to convert the added MP4 videos on Mac, Click the “Convert” button to start conversion. The conversion processes will transcode MP4 to ProRes MOV videos to be compatible with FCP editing.

After conversion, launch Final Cut Pro 6/FCP 7, choose File > Import > Files…, and browse to where you saved the converted MXF clips with multiple audio tracks to. Choose the files that you’d like to add.


Congratulations! You have successfully taken the first step to make your own masterpiece.

This Sony XDCAM EX to ProRes Converterruns fast, so you can convert your XDCAM footages to FCP in less time, video and audio synchronization are perfectly guaranteed. It can also easily change XDCAM EX files to iMovie, import XDCAM MXF to After Effects CS4/5/6, play XDCAM EX with QuickTime and learn how to edit XDCAM EX files in FCP X.