Nowadays, the professional camcorders such as Canon XF series camcorders and Panasonic P2 card camcorders are becoming more and more popular. While, what's a pity that these professional camcorders shooting footage in MXF format cannot be recognized by the popular video editor iMovie, even the latest version iMovie '11. So, how to import MXF/P2 MXF files to iMovie '11 for editing without any trouble?
You need a MXF Converter to convert MXF to iMovie supported video format, iMovie best video format is Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) MOV format, so it’s great choice to transcode MXF to iMovie AIC MOV format, you can follow the guide below.
1. Download Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac, this software supports MXF conversion well; you can choose many formats for output.
2. Install and launch the MXF to iMovie converter.
3. Click format bar to choose best output format. For editing MXF files in iMovie on Mac OS, you can click and choose “iMovie > Apple Intermediate Codec (*.mov)”.
4. You can click settings button to adjust output parameters.
5. Click convert button to start. Pavtube MXF Converter will help you import/edit MXF to iMovie on Mac easily. Then you can use converted MXF files in iMovie on Mac as you want.
Tips:
The MXF/P2 MXF to iMovie Converter is the best application for you to convert/transcode MXF files to iMovie'11. Besides, if you want to convert/import MXF to FCP X, iDVD, etc for editing, this MXF/P2 MXF to iMovie Converter can also do you a favor.
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