Thursday, June 6, 2013

Make Sony HDR-PJ780 1080 50/60p AVCHD Editable in iMovie and FCE

Summary: To import 50/60p AVCHD mts video clips from Sony PJ780 to iMovie/FCE, you just need to get a top Sony MTS Converter to help you to convert AVCHD to most compatible video format (AIC MOV) with Mac iMovie and FCE



Sony PJ780 Reviews: 

Balanced Optical SteadyShot paired with current video technology at the height of the time could be the Sony HDR-PJ780 quickly becomes the darling ambitious videographers.Sony would have unlocked a second time, the full manual control and the image characteristics of the camera.Conversely, those who anyway only in automatic mode at the PJ780 films should have a lot of fun.One can in many cases save a tripod and maybe there are here and there even a suitable use for the built-in projector.

Pros:
  • Image Stabilizer 
  • Wide Angle 

Cons:
  • Image characteristics can not be changed 
  • Few image control options 
  • Small (touch) screen 

Sony HDR-PJ780 can films full HD 1080 video recording at 50/60, 25 and 24 fps in AVCHD format, also supports 720p MPEG-2 format. It is an excellent camera for us to record vivid videos, especially the AVCHD format can deliver stunning picture quality, unfortunately, iMovie/FCE doesn't support 50/60p from your camera Sony PJ780.

As we know, iMovie and FCE favorable video format is Apple Intermediate Code(AIC). The best and quick solution is to transcode Sony PJ780 50/60p AVCHD to AIC with iMovie/FCE best supported codec and format AIC .mov. Then you can handle your Sony PJ780 AVCHD in iMovie/FCE effortlessly.

Here we recommend you to choose a top MTS to AIC Converter for mac to transfer Sony PJ780 MTS recordings for iMovie 9 or FCE 4 editing. With this Mac AVCHD Converter, you not only can easily transcode Sony PJ780 1080 50/60p AVCHD clips to MOV files with AIC codec for your iMovie/FCE with the preset profiles, but also can combine several clips into one for easy importing/editing into iMovie and FCE.

As for how to convert Sony PJ780 50/60p AVCHD to iMovie or Final Cut Express, you can follow the bellow steps.

Step 1: Load MTS files.

Connect Sony HDR-PJ780  to your Mac via USB 2.0, or insert your SD Card to Mac. You can browse the .mts files from AVCHD > BDMV > STREAM. And then insall and luanch the best Mac Sony MTS to AIC Converter. Click the “File” or the related label to add the .mts files from your Camcorder.


Tips: If you want to merge multiple 1080 50/60p MTS clips into one, please tick “Merge into one file” box to merge the files into one single file.

Step 2: Choose output format.

Click on the “Format” and move you pointer to “iMovie and Final Cut Express” on the dropdown menu, choose it for natively editing Sony MTS files in iMovie and FCE.



Step 3: Set the best video profile for FCE/iMovie editing Sony HDR- PJ780 MTS files.

Click the “Settings” icon and you will be led to the “Profile Settings”, on which page you can customize the codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.



Tricks:

1. 30 fps, and video size as 1920*1080 are recommended parameters to keep the best quality for editing MTS footages in Final Cut Express or iMovie.

2. If you want to have a smaller file size but keep the good quality, you can change the video size to 1440*1080.

Step 4: Convert Sony PJ780 50/60pMTS to AIC MOV. 

Click the “Convert” button, it will start the fast transcoding Sony HDR- PJ780 50/60p MTS to ProRes for FCE/iMovie on Mac. You can get the estimated time and video size in the “Conversion” interface.

After Sony MTS to AIC conversion, you will be able to get the output files for FCE/iMovie by clicking on “Open” button. Now you can import and edit Sony HDR-PJ780 1080 50/60p MTS in FCE or iMovie easily and effortlessly.

Free Download Sony MTS Converter for Mac

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Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Losslessly transcode Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 MXF to Final Cut Pro for editing

Summary: To make it easier for editing Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 AVC-Intra MXF videos on FCP 6/7/X, you need to convert P2 MXF to ProRes codec for FCP with a professional P2 MXF converter Mac.

Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 is a high-end professional camera which offers high image quality and performance for high-end video production. This camera's native effective resolution is 1920 x 1080 and features 3x 2/3" 2.2MP CCD sensors for high quality imagery. Recording is possible in AVC-Intra 100, AVC-Intra 50, and DVCPRO HD; 4:2:2 full raster sampling is supported in the AC-Intra 100 format.

After make some footage on the Panasonic AJ-HPX3700, you may want to edit the P2 MXF files in Final Cut Pro. However, you may face the problem that FCP 6/7/X does not recognize the P2 AVC-Intra MXF .mxf videos. This is due to the unfriendly codec.

To smoothly import AJ-HPX3700 P2 footage into Final Cut Pro, you can need a professional P2 MXF Converter for Mac, which is a great Mac Panasonic MXF Converter to help me make the P2 MXF to FCP compatible ProRes transcoding. It offers the optimal preset profiles for Apple ProRes including ProRes 422, ProRes 422 (HQ), ProRes 422 (LT), ProRes 422 (Proxy) and ProRes 4444 for you to choose. And there is no need to worry about the quality loss. Now please follow the steps to transcoding AJ-HPX3700 P2 MXF to Final Cut Pro (FCP 6/7 and FCP X) with Apple Prores codec.

How to convert P2 Card MXF footage from Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 to ProRes 422 HQ

Step 1. Connect your AVC-Intra MXF Camcorder to iMac with USB 2.0 cable or use card reader to transfer the P2 AVC-Intra .mxf files to Apple hard drive disk.



Step 2. Add Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 AVC-Intra MXF videos to this top Mac Panasonic MXF Converter.

Run Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac, and click the "Add Files" button to load the P2.mxf videos.
 

Step 3. Choose MOV with Apple ProRes 422 codec for Final Cut Pro 6/7/X.

Click the "Profile" option, and move mouse cursor to Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 HQ (*.mov) as output format. To get 1080 videos, we need to click the "Settings" button and choose 1920*1080 as output video resolution.
best format for editing xavc in fcp x 4K XAVC workflow with FCP 7  Convert F55 4K XAVC to ProRes 422 HQ

Step 4. Specify output file path. Click on "Browse" and browse to where you'd like to save target Apple ProRes 422 HQ video.

Step 5. Convert Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 P2 MXF to ProRes 422 HQ MOV for Final Cut Pro 6/7/X.

Click the "Convert" button and the Mac MXF Video converter would start converting Panasonic AJ-HPX3100 AVC-Intra MXF videos to Apple ProRes 422 MOV immediately.

Step 6. Press "Open" to locate result video. Launch FCP 6/7/X, and go to "File > Import > Files…" to import converted P2 footage to FCP project.



The software also converts P2 MXF and Canon MXF video to compatible formats for FCE/iMovie, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc. You can convert Panasonic P2 MXF to AIC .MOV for FCE and iMovie, or transcode Panasonic AVC-Intra MXF to H.264 MOV, DV, AVI, M4V, MPG for Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects.

MXF files bite up storage. If you have lots of MXF video stored on Mac HDD and are now ending up with plenty of long files with only a few short gems, it is recommended that you use Bytecopy for Mac to import MXF and trim long video clips in Apple ProRes as well as common video formats (MOV, AVI, MP4, M4V, etc).

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Tuesday, June 4, 2013

Sony PMW-400 XAVC camcorder Review -XAVC video format latest news

Sony gave its XAVC codec another boost at NAB in Las Vegas with the introduction of a new broadcast camcorder that supports it. It also extended XAVC downwards for prosumer and consumer users. In other news, Sony also introduced a new studio/OB camera. 
  
The new PMW-400 shoulder-mount camcorder (pictured above) is an “affordable” broadcast camera with three 2/3-inch high quality Exmor CMOS sensors – boasting good low-light sensitivity of F12 at 59.94Hz and F13 at 50Hz. 

Like the popular PMW-500, it supports all current SD and HD 4:2:2 broadcast workflows based XDCAM EX using the .MP4 and .AVI codecs (including MPEG2 HD422@50Mbps, HD420@35Mbps or 25Mbps, MPEG IMX@50Mbps and DVCAM), recording to SxS memory cards, MemoryStick, SD card or XQD card (FAT32 formatted). It can also record .MXF broadcast files can on SxS and XQD cards (UDF formatted).
The camera, which will be available from August, is also future-proofed by supporting the new XAVC codec to offer 10-bit HD422 recordings, including XAVC Intra frame 10-bit HD422 100Mbps and XAVC Long GOP 10-bit HD422 (low bit rate) – although only up to 25p or 30p in HD (naturally, 4K is not supported).

The PMW-400K comes with a 16x zoom HD lens, while the PMW-400L ships without a lens. Both feature: a high resolution 960x540 colour LCD viewfinder; 3DNR noise reduction processing (to give a typical signal to noise ratio of 60dB); an internal flash band reducer to avoid the disconcerting rolling shutter effect that shows camera flash on part of a frame (which will arrive via a firmware update); gain selection from -3dB up to +42dB maximum gain; dual SD/HD-SDI parallel outputs, HDMI out, Time Code in/out and Gen-lock input.

In a throwback to almost forgotten tech it also has an i.LINK (DV – four-pin FireWire) input and recording.

Power consumption is about 23W with LCD, viewfinder, lens and microphone.



“We’ve designed the PMW-400 to acquire high quality, clean images especially in low-light environments. It’s very ergonomically-balanced, easy to operate and includes features that make it fit seamlessly into various types of productions and workflows. This really opens up new opportunities around cost efficiency and flexible shooting to achieve the desired results,” said Fabien Pisano, Strategic Marketing Head, Sony Europe.

The camcorder can also allow live logging from a tablet or smartphone via WiFi. If you add the new CBK-WA100 wireless adapter, content can be wirelessly uploaded via ftp to a customer’s server or cloud service via the 3G/4G mobile phone network.

An optional CBK-CE01 50-pin interface converts the shoulder camcorder to a system camera (for studio/OB use), offering compatibility with CA-TX70 digital triax and CA-FB70 fibre adapters.

New XAVC S format for prosumers

Sony has announced a prosumer/consumer version of the XAVC codec. It is a Long GoP (Group of Pictures) format, and will deliver 4K at 4:2:0 (ie with less colour information) and HD at 4:2:2 (which is the broadcast standard for colour information – giving enough data for high-quality chroma keying). This high-efficiency version of the codec has been designed for the broader content production market. Besides serving the consumer market, XAVC S, which employs an MP4 (H.264) wrapping format, will also help to expand XAVC, to help encourage the growth of 4K content in the consumer market.

The XAVC S profile will encompass: 4K (3840 x 2160), HD, and Proxy resolutions; MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 compression; the MP4 wrapping format; and both Linear PCM and AAC audio. Each manufacturer signing up to support XAVC S will be able to decide which profile and operating point of XAVC they will implement in their products.

XAVC is an open format, and was designed to help promote and establish 4K content production. A license program is proposed not only for editing software manufacturers but also for hardware manufacturers. Currently, more than 60 manufacturers have filed a request to become a licensee, and 31 manufacturers’ products plan on their support for the Sony XAVC format and workflow.

The current list includes: Abekas, Adobe, Assimilate, Astrodesign, Avid, Blackmagic Design, Cinegy, Codex Digital, Colorfront, CyberLink, Digital Vision, EVS Broadcast, Fairlight, FilmLight, Final Cut Pro X, Firefly Cinema, Grass Valley, Harris Broadcast, IBEX Technology, Imagination Technologies, Matrox, MTI Film, Pegasys, Quantel, Rohde & Schwarz DVS, Rovi's MainConcept, SAKURA EIKI, Sobey Digital Technology, Sony Vegas Pro 12, YoYotta, and Zaxel Systems.

Digital triax transmission


Also at NAB, Sony unveiled the latest in its HDC-2500 range of studio/OB cameras. The HDC-2570 HD Portable Camera with three 2/3-inch Power HAD CCD sensors, has a digital triax transmission interface that allows the transmission of 1080p or 2xSloMo signals (1080i – at 100 or 120fps) over triax cables.

“From speaking to our customers we know that while the adoption of fibre optic transmission systems is growing, many existing venue infrastructures are still triax based,” said Claus Pfeifer, Strategic Marketing Manager, Sony Europe.



“We believe customers should be able to generate outstanding content, regardless of what setup is in place. Our Digital Triax Camera System uses state-of-the-art technology to deliver broadcast quality content at 1080 50p/60p through traditional triax cables, with extremely low latency. The system is also extremely flexible, a key factor in sports production, making it easy to switch from triax to fibre as required.”


The same technology is being extended to the existing HDC-2400/2500/2550 system cameras via the new HKC-TR27 digital triax adaptor side cover (pictured above).

There is also the HDFX-200 external converter box that interfaces with triax to fibre to enable the digital signals to feed into the HDC-2000/2500 Camera Control Unit (CCU) via conventional triax cable, while the HDTX-200 field converter box (available end of August) allows a quick change from fibre to triax transmission for HDC-1500 Series or HDC-2000 Series system cameras that do not have HKC-TR27 digital triax adaptor technology.

From: http://urbanfoxtv.blogspot.com/2013/04/sony-pmw-400-xavc-camcorder.html

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Monday, June 3, 2013

Does Adobe Premiere adds Sony F55/F5 4K XAVC support?

Following Guide on Sony F55/Sony F5 Workflow for Getting 4K XAVC Files into Premiere Pro.

Sony PMW-F55/F5 are two large-single-sensor cine cameras. Each cameras record XAVC having a colour depth of 10-bits and 4:2:2 chroma subsampling. Sony PMW-F55 can record XAVC with 4K resolution at 30 fps at 300 Mbit/s and 2K resolution at 30 fps at one hundred Mbit/s. And Sony PMW-F5 can record XAVC with 2K resolution at 30 fps at one hundred Mbits/s.


About the XAVC format, how much do you know? Well, the XAVC format is not yet widely adopted in the marketplace. After shooting HD XAVC video files with 4K resolution, you may plan to conduct post production to the PMW-F55 (or PMW-F5) XAVC footages with your editors like Adobe Premiere Pro. Are you troubled with how to edit Sony 4K XAVC with Premiere Pro as below:

Wondering if anyone can help. PLEASE HELP!!!

Trying to get 1080p XAVC footage from an F5 to work in Pr CS6 (Mac). It imports, but when I try to do anything with it, it crashes. Apparently I need a plug in. Looked at Rovi Totalcode but it's $350 and only for a PC.

Does anyone know what I can possibly do???"


Because F55/F5 records videos in XAVC format, which can be not accepted by Adobe Premiere, several users locate it tough to edit such XAVC files, so, right here I'd prefer to introduce a simple approach to do the job with importing Sony F55/F5 4K XAVC to Premiere Pro.

Required tool:

Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac - A professional XAVC to Premiere Pro Converter



PS. If you run PC, pls download and buy XAVC  Converter

The Mac XAVC Converter for Premiere Pro provides customers with several simple editing functions, including cropping, trimming, deinterlacing, watermarking, adding special effects, and audio replacing, which help you do a fast and necessary editing on your footage before importing them to Premiere Pro Media Composer. It also supports versatile output options for iPad, Android tablets and mainstream editing software.

How to Convert Sony F55/F5 4K XAVC Videos to Premiere Pro 

Step 1. Run the Mac XAVC Converter as the perfect Pro ProRes to MPEG Converter, and add your XAVC footage into this program.


Step 2. Click on "Format" bar and select output format from drop-down list. Premiere Pro prefers AVI or MPEG format for editing.

Here I suggest you follow "Adobe Premiere Pro/Sony Vegas" to select "MPEG-2 (*.mpg)" or "WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv)" format. You can also choose "Format -> HD Video -> MPEG-2 HD Video(*.mpg)" as out format for Premiere Pro.



Step 3. You can control output video quality by setting resolution, bitrate and frame rate in "Settings". For preserving 5.1 channels surround sound, set audio channels to "5.1 channels" instead of Stereo. To keep 1080p full HD high quality, you can set video bitrate up and Size to 1920x1080.

Step 4. Click on the "Convert" button to start converting XAVC video files to Premiere Pro supported MPEG format. By ticking off the checkbox before "Merge into one file" option, you can combine all the checked videos into one file.

When conversion is completed, you can click "Open" to get the Premiere Pro MPEG files from its default output folder.

Now open up Adobe Premiere Pro and you're ready to import XAVC recordings to Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6 for post-production~

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MXF workflow for Canon XF305 and Final Cut Pro 6/7

By transcoding Canon XF305 MXF to ProRes MOV format, you can easily import & edit XF105 recorded MXF footage in Final Cut Pro 6/7 without rendering.

Canon XF305 is a successful example in the XF series camcorders, it record vivid HD videos in MPEG-2 compression. MXF is excellent, however, it is not an ideal editing format for FCP 6/7, that is to say, you can't import and edit Canon XF305 in FCP 6/7,for example:

I got Canon XF305 recently and it output MPEG-2 MXF files. I tried to import the MXF videos to Final Cut Pro 6/7, but it did not recognized. Any suggestions? How can I solve this problem? Thanks.


To smoothly edit Canon XF305 MXF in FCP 6/7, the conversion between Canon MXF and Final Cut Pro is necessary. Here, Pavtube's MXF to Final Cut Pro Converter for Mac is highly recommended, which can convert Canon XF305 MXF to MOV,say, the Apple ProRes encoded MOV format on Mac.

It is good at batch converting MXF recordings shot by Panasonic P2 camcorders, Canon XF series cameras to ProRes/AIC MOV formats compatible with your Mac Video editing software like Final Cut Pro (x), iMovie, Final Cut Express. Now follow the guide below to convert Canon XF305 MXF to FCP ProRes MOV easily on Mac.

Guide- Convert/Transfer Canon XF305 MXF to ProRes for FCP 6/7 editing smoothly 

Step 1. Free download and run the best Canon MXF to FCP Converter for Final Cut Pro 6/7, add MXF captured videos to the program.

You can not only click "add video" button to import Canon mxf files, but also you can click "add from folder"button to add MXF folder.




Step 2. Select output profile. If you want to edit MXF file in Final Cut Pro 6/7, suggest you choose Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422(*mov).


Step 3. Click Convert" button to start transcoding Canon XF305 MXF to ProRes MOV for Final Cut Pro 6/7.

Some more helpful features of the batch MXF to MOV Converter for Mac:

1. Settings- click to set video resolution(1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate (from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p)

2. Editor (next to "Add" icon)- click to set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc.

Once the MXF to MOV Conversion is done, you can go to the output folder to find the converted video files. Now you are free to import Canon XF305 MXF files in Final Cut Pro for editing under Mac without problems.

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

How to get/load Panasonic Lumix GH3 MTS to Final Cut Pro X

Summary: Read on the article to find the easy solution how to import and edit Panasonic Lumix GH3 AVCHD MTS in FCP X with no issues. 

Panasonic is trying to promote its brand new Lumix GH3 as "the first DSLM". That's "digital single lens mirrorless" for the uninitiated, thought it sounds - obviously and intentionally, no doubt - a lot like "DSLR" to us. Hardly a surprise then that it looks, feels and functions a lot like one too. GH3 features a 17.02MP Micro 4/3 Digital Live MOS sensor and a 4-CPU Venus Engine, which enable the GH3 to capture high resolution JPEG and RAW stills as well as intricately detailed HD video.


GH3 can record AVCHD video format.We like shooting and playing HD MTS videos at 60p, but we can't get an enjoyment on editing these 60p MTS footgaes in FCP X. To smoothly import Panasonic GH3 MTS to FCP X for further editing, you'd better transcode unsupported MTS or all AVCHD files to videos with a compatible Prores .mov format for FCP X before ingesting, thus you can directly bring GH3 AVCHD files to FCP without any plugin.

1. Free Download Pavtube MTS Converter for Mac. This software can convert Panasonic GH3 AVCHD MTS video to FCP friendly formats or other common formats.



2. Install and run this MTS to FCP Converter.

3. click format bar to choose output format for use in FCP X. click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov). it's the best format for FCP - to import Panasonic GH3 MTS to FCP X.


4. You can click "settings" button to adjust output parameters, such as resolution and bitrate.
5. Click convert button to start.

The Panasonic GH3 Mac MTS Converter will convert Panasonic MTS for iMovie quickly. After conversion, you can edit Panasonic GH3 MTS video in iMovie as you want.

You can also follow GH3 MTS to ProRes for Final Cut Pro conversion guide and learn how to import video files to FCP (X).


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Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Convert MXF files to MKV/VOB/AVI/MOV/MP4/MPEG/WMV/FLV on Windows/Mac

Here discuss how to convert MXF files from Panasonic/Sony/Canon to  MKV/VOB/AVI/MOV/MP4/MPEG/WMV/FLV etc. video formats so that we can play MXF files on Mac, Windows PC, Android, iPad, iPhone anywhere you like. 


MXF, short form for Material eXchange Format, is a container format (Like AVI) for professional digital video and audio media defined by a set of SMPTE standards.

MXF files are often produced by high-end cameras and camcorders, like Sony XDCAM, Panasonic P2 MXF, HVX200 and Canon C300/XF300/XF305 to store video, audio, and programmed data. However, MXF files can not be opened and supported to edit by many professional video editing programs like Adobe After Effects, Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas, Pinnacle Studio, Windows Movie Maker and Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid Media Composer, etc. and cannot be played by many video players and portable players.




In order to edit or play such MXF files with professional video editing programs and media player, you will need to convert MXF files to a format editalbe and playable by your media devices or editors, like MKV/VOB/AVI/MOV/MP4/MPEG/WMV/FLV, etc.

Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac (For windows: HD Video Converter ) works as a professional MXF Converter for windows and mac users which can convert MXF files to MKV,VOB,AVI,MOV,MP4,MPEG,WMV,FLV and more on Mac (Mountain Lion included) or on Windows (Windows 10 included). In addition to convert MXF files, the MXF Conversion tool can also edit MXF files like trim, crop, merge, add water mark, and keep metadata and more. Below is the detailed guide to show you how to convert MXF files on Mac or Windows.

Convert MXF to MKV,VOB,AVI,MOV,MP4,MPEG,WMV,FLV for playing and editing

Step 1. Run Pavtube best MXF Converter for Mac/Win, this software supports MXF conversion well. Click "Add file" or "Add from folder" button, browse to the footages and load .MXF files to the converter.


Step 2. Select the items to be converted, and click on "Format" bar.

If you need to convert MXF to MKV,VOB,AVI,MOV,MP4,MPEG,WMV,FLV, you just need to select corresponding format. Just click format bar and choose the format you need.



Step 3. You can click settings button to adjust output parameters.

To maintain original HD quality, you may set "original" in the fields of "Size", "Bitrate" and "Frame rate".

To downsize the MXF files, just set a smaller bitrate.

Step 4. Click the "Browse" button next to the Output File Name field and select a location on your HDD for the output video file.

Step 5. Click the "Convert" button to start conversion. After conversion you can click the "Open" button to locate converted video files.

This is the Mac solution to convert MXF files to MOV, MKV, AVI, MPG, MP4, WMV, FLV, if you are windows user, you can refer the guide converting MXF AVI/WMV/MOV/MP4/MPEG on Windows. Now, you can easily transfer MXF video for editing, playing and sharing.

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