How to Import BPAV Files to Premiere Pro?

Summary: Any suggestions as to how I can import BPAV files to Premiere Pro for editing? This tutorial is a step-by-step guide, keep reading and find something useful.

“I have camera original stuff on a disk in a BPAV-folder. When I import video and audio of the raw BPAV clips to Adobe Premiere Pro, I found the MP4 within the BPAV file is unreadable to Premiere. I’m eager to work out the solution.”

Sony XDCAM EX camcorders write MP4 files into a folder named BPAV. Generally, in Adobe Premiere Pro, importing BPAV sources with Media Browser is usually workable. If you want to transfer BPAV folder to a hard disk, you need to copy the entire BPAV folder and its contents, not just one MP4 file at a time. Or the file would be corrupted.

If you are stuck in the trouble like the situation we mentioned at the very beginning, when importing video and audio of the raw BPAV to Premiere Pro, always found that the MP4 within the BPAV file is unreadable to Premiere, you’d better seek for an alternative way. A common practical way we recommended is to convert BPAV files to Premiere Pro best accepted one, and MPEG-2 is the optimal format.

Which software can we apply? Here the top option is Pavtube Video Converter. If you are running on Mac operating system, you can refer to Pavtube Video Converter for Mac (review). With it, you can effortlessly convert BPAV MP4 files to Premiere Pro supported MPEG-2, and it works well and converts flawlessly. Meanwhile, this video converter can create files compatible with NLEs like FCP, Avid Media Composer, iMovie, After Effects, DaVinci Resolve and etc.

          

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/video_converter/
- Amazon Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.html
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.html

How to import BPAV files to Premiere Pro?

Step 1: Download, install and launch the corresponding program. Drag and drop BPAV MP4 files to the software. You can import multiple files at once thanks to batch conversion.



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: You can preview to check the final result. Once you are satisfied with it, click the “Convert” button to start converting BPAV MP4 to MPEG-2 .mpg format. It will take you a little while.

Conclusion: After conversion, you can get the generated files by clicking “Open” button. Now, you’ll get no troubles in editing BPAV files in Premiere Pro. Follow the steps and have a try!

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Import Panasonic HX-A1 MP4 to After Effects for Editing

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.

Hot search: MP4 to iMovie | MP4 to FCP | AVI to MP4

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.

                     

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/video_converter/
- Amazon Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.html
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-75734821.html

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.

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