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Sunday, August 25, 2013

Transfer Sony PMW-320 XDCAM MXF Content to FCP X or FCP 6/7

Follow this article, you will get the best solution to convert XDCAM MXF to FCP friendly Prores 422 codec, then you can easily solve Sony PMW-320 HD422 MXF editing problems with Final Cut Pro X and FCP 6/7 on Mac.

Sony is pleased to announce the introduction of the new PMW-320 XDCAM EX Camcorder. This new ½” shoulder mount camcorder joins the award-winning XDCAM EX product family of professional Solid State Recording acquisition tools. This new camcorder inherits all of the advanced creative recording features of the successful PMW-EX1, PMW-EX1R, PMW-EX3 and the PMW-350 camcorders, and also offers several enhancements such as improved low light capability as well as SD recording as a standard feature.

Similar to the PMW-350, the PMW-320 supports multiple frame rate recording such as 59.94i, 50i, and native 23.98P and 25P as well as being 1080i/720P switchable. Sony PMW-320 XDCAM camcorders' video format is MXF, using MXF footage on Mac is a big problem.

As XDCAM MXF format is not compatible with FCP X or FCP 6/7, if you want to edit Sony PMW-320 XDCAM MXF in Final Cut Pro, you'll need to download and install the Sony XDCAM Transfer Software. While, if you haven’t install these XDCAM import Plug-in for Final Cut Pro correctly, it’s still hard task to transfer Sony XDCAM media to FCP X or FCP 6/7.

Well, here is an easier way, that is, to convert Sony PMW-320 MXF video to FCP native ProRes 422 codec. To accomplish this goal, you just need a XDCAM to FCP Converter for Mac to help you. It can fast convert Sony PMW-320, PDM700, PDM-F800, PMW-100, PWM-200 camcorder XDCAM MXF to Apple Prores .MOV for editing in FCP X or FCP 6/7 without quality loss. It is an easy-to-use while high-efficient.
  • For users who need to deal with multi-track XDCAM MXF file, refer to the guide here.
Free download and install it, and this guide will tell you how to solve Sony PMW-320 HD422 MXF editing problems with Final Cut Pro X and FCP 6/7 on Mac step by step.



1. Install and launch this XDCAM to ProRes Converter. Import Sony PMW-320 XDCAM MXF 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 PMW-320 XDCAM to ProRes for FCP editing on Mac.

Click the "Convert" button to start conversion. The conversion processes will transcode Sony PMW-320 XDCAM MXF to ProRes MOV videos to be compatible with FCP X or FCP 6/7 editing.

After conversion, you can import video files and projects into Final Cut Pro without any trouble. Congratulations! You have successfully taken the first step to make your own masterpiece.

With this Sony XDCAM to ProRes Converter, you can easily change Sony PMW-320 XDCAM MXF files to FCP X or FCP 6/7 for editing, this software runs fast, so you can convert your XDCAM footages to FCP in less time, video and audio synchronization are perfectly guaranteed.

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