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Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Panasonic HPX250: Rewrapping MXF to Quicktime MOV on Mac

Description: It mainly introduces how to play Panasonic AG-HPX250 P2 MXF files with QuickTime player. If you are facing the problem to play P2 MXF on Mac smoothly, this article will show you a way out. 

I'm on the verge of purchasing a HPX250 camcorder in the coming days. I'll use AVC-Intra for production work, but I can't see the raw P2 mxf footage from the camera when loading into QuickTime Player on Mac. My problem is going to be getting the HPX250 MXF files translated to a format which QT will support. What is the best workflow?


 
From above, you can see the MXF file from Panasonic AG-HPX250 is not a friendly format for QuickTime player on Mac. In fact, without advanced tools, it was impossible to for QuickTime to distinguish Panasonic AG-HPX250 incompatible MXF footage.

To watch Panasonic AG-HPX250 P2 MXF video on Apple QuickTime on Mac, you need to rewrap the MXF files to QuickTime compatible MOV video firstly. Here Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac is know as the best and fast MXF rewrapping tool that can help you convert any P2 MXF file to QuickTime video on Mac with super fast speed and excellent quality.  

Becides, it is capable of converting MXF files to a variety of other formats like Apple ProRes, Avid DNxHD, Apple InterMediate Codec, DVCPRO, MOV, MPG, M4V etc. You can also choose to convert to some built-in mobile devices and editing software, such as iPhone 5, iPad 4/Mini, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, FCE, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc. Let’s go to try efficient workflow with an easy-to-use interface.

At first, download and install the MXF to MOV Converter, and then follow the guide for how to rewrap Panasonic HPX250 MXF to QuickTime MOV for playback on Mac.

1. Load MXF files

There are two ways for you to load MXF files: Load MXF video or Load the whole MXF folder .

2. Select MOV for QuickTime player

Click "Format" menu to find "QuickTime Movie Format", and then choose the format you want.



Tips: You can click "Settings" on the interface, some video and audio parameters for output can be changed like bitrate, frame rate, channels, etc. Definitely keep default settings is able to bring you a wonderful video if you are not good at settings.

3. Convert Panasonic HPX250 MXF to QuickTime MOV

Click "Convert" button to start P2 MXF to QuickTime Conversion. It will not take much for conversion. Once completed, click the "Open" button to locate the output MOV files for QuickTime player to playback smoothly on Mac.

Tips: If 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. 

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