Summary: Meet problems when editing Sony HDR-CX440/B footage in iMovie 11? This article will shed you some light on how to convert Sony CX440/B footage to AIC MOV.
The Sony HDR-CX440/B HD Handycam, with 8GB Internal Memory features an Exmor R CMOS sensor and a wide-angle Carl Zeiss zoom lens with 30x optical zoom. The Sony HDR-CX440/B captures Full HD 1920*1080 video at 60p and 9.2MP still images to its 8GB of internal memory or to optional media cards. The Sony CX440/B records using XAVC S codec (up to 50 Mb/s) and features dual recording, which lets you simultaneously capture both high-quality AVCHD and web-optimized MP4 files.
You may have got the Sony HDR-CX440/B camera, recorded some full-HD footages in XAVC S format, and wanted to import the XAVC S recordings to iMovie 11 for editing. But you will encountered problems when importing Sony CX440/B XAVC S files to iMovie 11. Why the problems occur? Sony XAVC S is the latest high definition format introduced by Sony–is not supported by iMovie 11 so far. To import Sony HDR-CX440/B XAVC S videos to iMovie 11 for editing without issues, the best solution is to convert Sony CX440/B XAVC S to iMovie 11 supported format.
Since, Apple InterMediate Codec is the most compatible codec for iMovie 11, so if we want to edit Sony HDR-CX440/B XAVC S in iMovie 11, it is necessary to convert those already shot XAVC S files to AIC .mov using third-party software. Here, you can depend on Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac (review). With this best program, besides iMovie 11, it can also export DNxHD for Avid MC, MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro, Apple ProRes for FCP and more for native editing.
How to work with Sony HDR-CX440/B XAVC S videos in iMovie 11?
Step 1: Launch the HD Video Converter on your Mac, and then click the “Add video” button to import your XAVC S videos from Sony HDR-CX440/B directly. In order to import several files at one time, you can click “Add from folder” button.
Step 2: Click the “Format” bar to get the drop-down menu and you can get “iMovie and Final Cut Express>>Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)” as the best output format.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.
Step 4: Now, click “Convert” and let it go. The XAVC S to iMovie 11 Converter for Mac supports batch conversion. So if you have lots of XAVC S videos to convert, check “Shut down computer after conversion” and you can go away without keeping an eye on it.
Conclusion: Once the conversion process shows in 100%, click “Open” to get the output videos. Create a project and start Sony HDR-CX440/B editing XAVC S videos in iMovie 11 with light speed.
Summary: Facing problems when importing Panasonic HX-A1 MP4 to After Effects? Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix the issue. If you are in such issue, read on to get the quick solution.
Panasonic expands its line of wearable POV action cameras with the new HX-A1. The camera is incredibly lightweight, at only 1.6 ounces, yet has a rugged design that can withstand harsh environments. It is waterproof to depth of 5' without an additional housing, shockproof from drops of up to 5', dust proof (IP6X), and freeze proof to 14°F. This “quad-proof” design makes the A1 an ideal choice for nearly any action sport or adventure. It sports a cylindrical design that can be mounted in a variety of positions for hands-free action footage.
When got some recordings generated from Panasonic HX-A1, some people would choose to edit these videos before sharing. For Windows user, After Effects is the best choice. Whereas, most of us having no luck with After Effects. It fails to accept Panasonic HX-A1 recorded MP4 files still. Related:HX-A1 MP4 to YouTube
Adobe After Effects is a digital motion graphics, visual effects and compositing app developed by Adobe Systems used in the post-production process of filmmaking and television production. Actually, After Effects like CS4, CS5, CS6, CC supports MP4 natively. However, MP4 codec is a final delivery codec, it is not one you want to use for editing. Thus, there are many video, audio codec problems while importing MP4 video into After Effects for editing. Plus, even the Adobe program can ingest your MP4 files directly, it takes a long time for rendering. The best method to avoid those problems and save time is to convert MP4 to a more editing-friendly format, such as AE's MPEG-2 (the most compatible video format for AE).
Along with the help of Pavtube Video Converter, you can complete the task effortlessly. It supports creating high quality MPEG-2 video for After Effects and all the Adobe products at super fast speed effectively.
How to import Panasonic HX-A1 MP4 to After Effects for editing?
Step 1: As soon as you download and install the program, launch it and when the main interface pops up in front of us, just click the “Add Video” or “Add from Folder” to let in.
Step 2: Click the drop-down list in the format line to get the format box. Then choose “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas>>MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as output format.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.
Step 4: After that, click “Convert” to start the Panasonic HX-A1 MP4 to After Effects MPEG-2 conversion.
Conclusion: After conversion, you can get the generated files by clicking “Open” button. Now, you’ll get no troubles in editing HX-A1 MP4 in After Effects.
Summary: This article shows you how to convert Sony PMW-PZ1 XAVC to ProRes, MPEG-2, DNxHD especially for working with FCP, Premiere and Avid MC beautifully without a glitch.
News-shooter was at Sony headquarters in New York as they introduced a new 4K playback deck for SxS memory cards, the PMW-PZ1, which will also copy cards to a USB-3 hard drive. The memory player has four 3G HDSDI outputs as well as an HDMI-2 4K output. Besides XAVC, it will handle a variety of formats (including HD) and will also take XQD and SD cards with adapters.
XAVC as Sony newly released recording format brings a brand new technology innovation to the HD world which offers professional photographers extremely amazing shooting videos. But you may be disappointed when editing Sony PMW-PZ1 XAVC video clips in NLEs like FCP/Premiere/Avid Media Composer on Mac OS X El Capitan since they don’t support XAVC video format. You need convert Sony XAVC to FCP/Premiere/Avid MC especially compatible format first. Related:FCP supported video formats | Adobe Premiere Pro supported formats | Avid Supported Video Formats
Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac (review) provides an easy and effective way to convert Sony XAVC to ProRes/MPEG-2/DNxHD for FCP/Premiere/Avid MC editing and playback. With the inner decoder and recoder, this XAVC codec can be easily loaded and multiple presets are here for you to choose. Before conversion, you can also do some simple editing on your videos, like trim, crop, add subtitles, adjust aspect ratio, etc to make your very own videos for enjoyment.
How to convert Sony PMW-PZ1 XAVC to FCP/Premiere/Avid MC?
Step 1: Download and have a quick installation. The trial version will have a watermark on your converted files. Except for that, there are no time limitation, no virus, and no unnecessary bundle apps while downloading. After that, click “Add Video” button to load Sony PMW-PZ1 XAVC. You can load several files at once thanks to “Add from folder” button.
Step 2: Here, you need to choose what you want the output to be. Click “Format” drop-down list, and then select “Final Cut Pro>>Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as the best output format for editing in FCP.
Tips: For editing Sony XAVC in Premiere, choose “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas>>MPEG-2 (*.mpg)”. For editing Sony XAVC in Avid MC, choose “Avid Media Composer>>Avid DNxHD (*.mov)”.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.
Step 4: When everything is done, you can take a preview by hitting “Play” button. If you are satisfied with the final result, you can click “Convert” button to finish the conversion work.
Summary: Want to edit AJA Cion 4K video in Avid Media Composer but it is very taxing on your Mac? In this case, you need to convert 4K video to DNxHD MOV for Avid instead. Learn how to.
AJA’s CION is a new ergonomic professional production camera, capable of shooting at 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD resolutions. “4K” has become the hottest word in the digital photography and video field in recent years. Lots of 4K products such as 4K camcorders, 4K TVs, 4K movies are springing up. However, format compatibility issue is quite common in the video world, which is also true to the stunning 4K.
Although Avid Media Composer has already had 4K and “high-resolution” (i.e., higher-than-4K) support via Avid Media Access (AMA) in previous versions and now the 4K to Avid Media Composer workflow has been even improved in Media Composer 8. Whereas, there's actually no way to edit a 4K project natively with Avid. In most cases, editing 4K raw in Avid Media Composer is very taxing on your Mac. An ultimate solution we found would be to convert 4K video to DNxHD MOV for Avid Media Composer. Related:AJA Cion 4K video to Premiere Pro CC | AJA Cion 4K video to iMovie/FCE
Main Supported Video Formats for Avid Media Composer: DNxHD: This is Avid’s baby. All kinds of DNxHD are supported natively via either of the import methods mentioned above.
H.264: H.264 is the ubiquitous codec, and it looks like it will stay for quite some time. Avid Media Composer supports H.264 natively, via AMA as mentioned above.
MPEG-4: Like H.264, Avid Media Composer supports MPEG-4 natively, via AMA as mentioned above. The Quicktime plug-ins are installed by default.
All in all, to smoothly import AJA Cion 4K video to Avid Media Composer, you’d better to convert 4K video to Avid MC totally compatible formats as we searched above. To get the job well done, we need to use an all-in-one program-Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac (review), applying which you are capable of converting AJA Cion 4K video to DNxHD MOV format, the compatible video format with Avid MC, with lossless quality at faster speed so that you can edit 4K videos in Avid without any problem. Besides, the program is developed with some useful editing features, including merging several clips into one for easy importing, downsizing the files for editing and storage, adding text/image/video to original files, adding subtitles, replacing original audio tracks, etc.
How to convert AJA Cion 4K video to DNxHD MOV for Avid MC?
Step 1: Download and have a quick installation. The trial version will have a watermark on your converted files. Except for that, there are no time limitation, no virus, and no unnecessary bundle apps while downloading. After that, click “Add Video” button to load AJA Cion 4K video. You can load several files at once thanks to “Add from folder” button.
Step 2: Click the “Format” bar to get the drop-down menu and you can get “Avid Media Composer>>Avid DNxHD (*.mov)” as output format.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.
Step 4: Click “Convert” button on the bottom of the screen to start AJA Cion 4K video to DNxHD MOV conversion process. The amount of time it takes will vary based on your system’s hardware and the quality settings you selected.
Summary: As a consumer-based non-linear video editing software designed for the PC, Sony Movie Studio may be a good choice. This article aims to give you an easy solution to convert Canon C100 Mark II AVCHD MTS to Sony Movie Studio for further editing without hassles.
The Canon C100 Mark II Cinema EOS Camera with Dual Pixel CMOS AF is Canon's updated version of the C100 designed for event videographers, documentarians, and independent filmmakers. In addition to improved RGB video processing, the camera's dual codec capability supports simultaneous AVCHD and MP4 recording, including 59.94P capture along with slow and fast motion recording.
However, due to different reasons, people sometimes may encounter incompatibility issues one or another while importing and editing Canon C100 Mark II footage in Sony Movie Studio. “Not long ago, I purchased the C100 Mark II camcorder. This device has helped me to record a lot of videos since I got it. Today I need to edit few of the videos in Sony Movie Studio, so I tried to import the footages into it, but it is disappointed to find that Sony Movie Studio can’t recognize the AVCHD MTS files recorded by C100 Mark II. It is said the video format is not supported.”
As we know AVCHD MTS format is great for recording footage from the camera, but it can be a challenge for editing. To solve those problems, the quick workaround is to convert Canon C100 Mark II AVCHD MTS to Sony Movie Studio best accepted format. You can refer to detailed Sony Movie Studio supported formats below:
To achieve the goal, you can use Pavtube Video Converter, which can help you convert AVCHD MTS to Sony Movie Studio compatible video with original quality. Besides, this software can also convert MTS files for editing in FCP, iMovie/FCE, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere, and etc. In addition, you can convert MTS files for playing on VLC, QuickTime and more.
How to convert Canon C100 Mark II AVCHD MTS to Sony Movie Studio?
Step 1: Download and install the program. Click “Add video” on the main interface to load AVCHD MTS videos to the program. You can also drag the files to the program’s window list directly. This program can also support the batch video clips.
Step 2: Select the right formats for Sony Movie Studio. Here we suggest you to go to the “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas” list, you will get the “MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as the best output.
Step 3: By clicking the “Settings” button, you can adjust the output video/audio resolution, frame rate, bit rate, etc. to customize the output files to get the best quality you want.
Step 4: At this point, you can change the output filename or output path if you wish. If you feel satisfied with your options, Just hit the “Convert” button to activate MTS file to Sony Movie Studio MPEG-2 conversion.
Conclusion: This program is highly efficient because it’s boosted with CPU and GPU (30X faster). And a neat process bar will show the percentage and remaining time. When all conversions completed, you’ll get a pop-up notice. Just click “Open Folder”, you can fast find where your converted files are saved. Pavtube has summer sale provided for you. The expire date is Aug 7th. Go ahead and seize the chance!
Summary: If you want to import MXF to PowerDirector, just convert MXF to MPG so that you can edit Canon C300 Mark II MXF in PowerDirector smoothly. Keep reading and learn how to.
Canon C300 Mark II is a hot camcorder on the market, since it released it has attracted great attention due to its excellent hardware equipment. It features a Super 35mm CMOS sensor, which will help you to record 4K, 1920*1080 60/50i, 23.98/25p True 24p videos. Besides Canon C300 Mark II uses Dual Pixel CMOS AF technology. This provides faster and more accurate autofocusing to assist users when operating with small crews. With C300 Mark II you can record high quality videos, it delivers the highest image quality with its XF Codec–the same codec used by other Canon XF professional camcorders.
Canon C300 camcorder is shooting footage in MXF format- a file type not well supported by most popular professional video editing software, like Cyberlink PowerDirector. We’ve searched the supported file formats of PowerDirector 13/12/11/10/9/8, and we can easily find supported file formats of different versions. It’s clearly that MXF is not included in all the lists. So you must want to know how to edit Canon C300 Mark II MXF in PowerDirector to create your own masterpieces at this time, right?
In this case, Pavtube MXF MultiMixer is what you need indeed. This Canon C300 MXF Converter is especially designed for MXF camcorders users, with which you can easily convert Canon C300 Mark II MXF to PowerDirector 13/12/11/10/9/8 editable format like MPEG-2 at super fast speed due to the advanced CUDA technology support. What’s more? This professional tool comes with powerful video edit function, like trimming, cropping, adding watermark, etc. Thus, you can do some simple edit first according to your need. The latest version can support H.265/HEVC encode/decode and encoding to M3U8, that’s may be the newest attractive point we would like to enjoy.
How to convert Canon C300 Mark II MXF to PowerDirector for editing?
Step 1: Download and install the program. Click “Add video” button to load your original MXF files or directly drag the files into file list. By default, the files are selected. You can delete files which you don't want to import to.
Step 2: Choose the output video format in the “Format” bar. There are all kinds of video formats, editing softwares and portable devices for your consideration. For converting C300 Mark II MXF to PowerDirector, you can choose “Common Video>>MPEG-2 Video (*.mpg)”.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.
Step 4: Click the “Convert” button on the main interface if you have done all the preparation work. This is the workflow that we need to convert MXF to MPG.
Conclusion: Once the conversion is finished, click “Open” to quickly find the converted files. Then, PowerDirector 13/12/11/10/9/8 will recognize, catalog, play and stream them just fine.
Summary: Does Canon C300 Mark II recorded 4K MXF footages just go straight to Premiere Pro CS6/5/4/3? In this article, we’ll give you the tips how to import and edit C300 Mark II 4K MXF in Premiere Pro CS6/5/4/3 without problems.
Canon C300 Mark II is a hot camcorder on the market, since it released it has attracted great attention due to its excellent hardware equipment. It features a Super 35mm CMOS sensor, which will help you to record 4K, 1920*1080 60/50i, 23.98/25p True 24p videos. With C300 Mark II you can record high quality videos, it delivers the highest image quality with its XF Codec–the same codec used by other Canon XF professional camcorders.
Though Canon C300 Mark II camcorder can help you to record high quality 4K MXF footages, but usually it can make video editing a real nightmare. “I’ve got a ton of Canon C300 Mark II footage that I’m trying to import the C300 Mark II 4K MXF files to Premiere Pro CS4 for further editing. Since the files come out natively as MXF, Premiere Pro CS4 couldn’t recognize these files at all, let alone do the polishing work. What should I do?”
If you are currently using an older version of the Adobe (for instance prior to Adobe version CS5), maybe an upgrade of the Adobe version could help. Still stuck with unsuccessful attempts? Perhaps there is some required codec missing or it is an incompatible video file format. Actually, it’s not so hard to do the trick. Why we always have trouble editing because Premiere Pro still cannot accept all codecs contained in an MXF file to go natively. From Adobe Premiere Pro supported file formats list, we can find Premiere supports MPEG-2. So here comes to the key problem.
Now, the problem seems easier to be solved–a professional and powerful tool is the solution. Here we recommend Pavtube iMixMXF, applying which you are capable of converting C300 Mark II 4K MXF to MPEG-2 MPG format, the compatible video format with Premiere, with lossless quality at faster speed so that you can edit the footages in Premiere Pro CS6/5/4/3 without any problem. Besides, the program is developed with some useful editing features, including merging several clips into one for easy importing, downsizing the files for editing and storage, adding text/image/video to original files, adding subtitles, replacing original audio tracks, etc.
How to import Canon C300 Mark II 4K MXF to Premiere Pro CS6/5/4/3 for further editing?
Step 1: Download and install the program from the website or click the free trial icon. Then, launch the best iMixMXF and load your original MXF files in with “Add video” or “Add from folder”. Directly drag files in is available.
Step 2: Click the “Format” bar to get the drop-down menu and you can get “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas>>MPEG-2 (*.mpg)”.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.
Step 4: Click the “Convert” button on the main interface if you have done all the preparation work. This is the workflow that we need to convert 4K MXF to MPEG-2 .mpg.
Summary: When you have recorded videos using your GoPro Hero camera and found the videos can’t be played properly on your Mac, for example video is slow, most likely your computer is not able to process the data of the large HD video files fast enough. Check out these workarounds and troubleshooting tips below.
We know that GoPro Hero cameras can capture professional-quality videos, for example Hero3 White can capture 1080p 30fps video, Hero3+ Silver can capture gorgeous 1080p 60fps video, Hero4 can take time lapse videos with high data rates, Hero4 Black can shoot incredible high-resolution 4K 30fps and 2.7K 60fps video and the high frame rate 1080p 120fps video.
“I got a question about the videos of my GoPro Hero 4 Black. When I try to play the 4K videos on my Macbook Pro they are slow and ‘break’, they don't play smooth like an 1080p video would play. I don't have a 4K display, is that the reason? I have a Macbook Pro 15", 2 Ghz Intel Core i7, 16 GB Ram, 250GB SSD, OSX Mavericks, Intel HD Graphics 3000 512 MB + AMD Radeon HD 6490M 256MB.”
As we know, the majority of playback, editing work is still being finished in 1080p. In most cases, we still need to downscale most of the 4K video files to 1080p. In fact, you may not see any real differences if you're not doing much to the footage. One of the huge benefits to 4K, that you can do a lot to the image and retain detail for a beautiful 1080p finish. For those who wanna play and edit 4K GoPro Hero4 videos on old computer (playing a 4K video requires more computing power and it could be more time consuming), we suggest you to convert all GoPro Hero 4K videos to 1080p then play in 1080p and smart-render.
Although there are numbered tools and utilities can convert and compress the ultra HD videos, few of them can process at a fast speed. Well, Pavtube Video Converter for Mac is considered to be the best 4K to 1080p converter. It is surely in the support of compressing GoPro Hero4 4K videos to 1080p faultlessly. For Windows users, Pavtube Video Converter is the alternative choice.
Step 1: Download and have a quick installation. The trial version will have a watermark on your converted files. Except for that, there are no time limitation, no virus, and no unnecessary bundle apps while downloading. After that, click “Add Video” button to load your GoPro Hero 4K videos. You can load several files at once thanks to “Add from folder” button.
Step 2: Click the “Format” drop down list to select output format. If you want to play GoPro Hero 4K videos on decent media player, you’d better set a preset profile that best meets your needs. For instance, if you want to play GoPro Hero 4K videos on VLC smoothly, “HD Video>>H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)” would be the best choice.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button; you can adjust video and audio settings, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. To down-convert ultra HD 4K to 1080p, do remember adjusting video size to 1920*1080. That is the exact 1080p.
Step 4: After all the settings, you can preview the final result of movie. If you are happy with the effect, you can then press the big “Convert” button on the lower right to launch the conversion.
Conclusion: Wait a moment, and then the conversion will be done flawlessly. After conversion, click “Open Folder” button to locate the converted video files. It would be easier for you to playback GoPro Hero 4K videos smoothly on Mac.
