Sunday, January 5, 2014

MXF MultiMixer: Top Choice to Encode MXF preserving Multiple audio channels

Summary: Want to deal with MXF files in multi-track? Here MXF MultiMixer from Pavtube will be your top Choice to Encode MXF preserving Multiple audio channels. This article will tells you how.

MXF files are more and more popular because Panasonic P2 camcorders, Canon XF camcorders and Sony XDCAM camcorders etc. are favored by a large proportion of users including both professional and amateurish photographers, such as: 

Panasonic: AG-HVX200, HVX-203, HPX170/171, HPX2000, HPX-2100, HPX2700, HPX3100, HPX3700, HPX500, HPX-300, etc. 

Canon: XF100, XF105, XF300, XF305, C300, C500 

Sony: PMW-350, PMW-320, PMW-100, PDW510, PDW-700, PDW-F800, PMW-500, PMW-200, PMW-160, etc. 

Most camcorders enable users to record Multi-audio channels, presenting stereoscopic in video shooting with great user experience, but neither MXF files nor multi-track MXF video are not friendly for playback or editing. Want to keep all audio tracks when converting MXF for playing on popular portable devices without quality loss? Want to convert more that 2 audio tracks intact to MOV for editing? Want to remove the unwanted audio tracks from original MXF Multi-audio tracks? Or need to mixing all audio tracks into one track after convertion? And here is exactly what Pavtube MXF MultiMixer can do for you. 

MXF MultiMixer, (For Mac:iMixMXF) works as a professional your best choice to covnert MXF for windows users which can convert transcode MXF files to AVI/WMV/MPEG-2/MOV for play MXF files on Quicktime with ease or import MXF files to After Effects/Premiere Pro/ Sony Vegas/Pinnacle Stdio/Windows Movie Maker for editing smoothly. 

What's more, it is the best Mixer tool which supports saving output video with the preservation of multiple audio tracks of original MXF videos. Other than multi-track preserving features, it is also capable of mixing several audio tracks into one track. Go to try those wonderful functions now and here offers you the Windows solution. 

 Encode MXF preserving Multiple audio channels with MXF MultiMixer

Download and install the best MXF Converter and Mixer, and then follow the instruction. 

Step 1. Load MXF footages. 

Run Pavtube  MXF MultiMixer on your PC, click "+" button to load the MXF video files or load the MXF folder. 


Tips: "Merge into one file" can help you to convert several MXF videos into one video. Just select the tasks you need and then check "Merge into one file", you will get one combination of those videos. 

Step 2. Select multi-track MP4/MKV/Proes format. 

Click "Format" menu to find "Multi-track Video", choose "Multi-track MKV (*.mkv)" or "Multi-track MP4 (*.mp4)" or "Multi-track MOV (*.mov)" for output.

Step 3. Set multiple audio tracks for MKV/MP4/MOV video. 

If you do not need all audio tracks for output, click "Settings" button you are allowed to uncheck the audio tracks you do not want for output. And you can choose to keep default settings or adjust parameters, like codec, bitrate, channels, etc, according to your different requirements. 

To mix multiple audio tracks into one track, go to check "Mix into one track" on the lower left. Conversely uncheck it you will get multiple audio tracks separately. 


Step 4. Start conversion. 

Click "Convert" button to start converting MXF to multiple audio tracks MKV/MP4/MOV videos, after a while go to "Open" button to locate the generated with on track. 

Now you can successly transcode MXF preserving Multiple audio channels with Pavtube MXF MultiMixer. Just have a try! 

Tuesday, December 31, 2013

Transcode JVC GY-HM650U ProHD MXF to ProRes 422 LT for FCP 6/7

To smoothly import JVC GY-HM650U MXF to Final Cut Pro 6/7, you can follow it to solving the problem by transcoding ProHD MXF to Prores 422 LT for FCP editing.

ProHD is a JVC's term describing a suite of professional high definition camcorders. JVC's GY-HM650 is the perfect camcorder for next generation newsgathering. With dual codec recording, clips can be transferred to the station immediately with built in FTP. Light, versatile and extremely easy to use, this camera offers superb low light performance, a long (23x) wide angle zoom lens, and MXF file interoperability from acquisition to air.



The MXF video is excellent, however, it cannot be directly edit on Apple software such as FCP 6 or FCP 7, for example:

“I record some video clips with the JVC GY-HM650U Camcorder and want to edit the MXF files in FCP X, however, the FCP just could not accept the HM650U MXF video clips, so how can I solve this problem? Thanks.”

First, you should know FCP native format is the Apple ProRes 422 codec. This is a common format developed by Apple. ProRes 422 is intended for non-linear editing with Apple Final Cut Pro. It retains higher quality when you convert MXF to ProRes for FCP. Below are some useful tips for you and you will know how to import and edit JVC GY-HM650U MXF to Final Cut Pro 6/7 on Mac. 


1. Download Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac here. This is excellent software which can help you convert MXF video to ProRes 422, ProRes 4444, ProRes 422 LT for FCP 6/7 and FCP X. Besides, it supports many other formats for output. 

2. Install and launch the Professional MXF to FCP Converter for Mac, import the MXF video from JVC GY-HM650U. 


3. Choose the best output format for Final Cut Pro. Click on "Format" and choose "Final Cut Pro >>Apple ProRes 422(LT) (*.mov)" format. 



The Apple ProRes 422 (LT) codec provides the following: 
  • Roughly 70 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (thus, smaller file sizes than Apple ProRes 422)
  • Higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy)  
Learn more Apple ProRes, please refer to Types of Apple ProRes Codecs 

Tips:

a. You can click settings to adjust the output parameters, such as resolution, bitrate and frame rate. 


b. You can click edit button to edit MXF video, such as deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up and crop. 


4. Click convert button to start JVC GY-HM650U ProHD MXF to ProRes 422 LT conversion.

After converting, you can import converted MXF footage to FCP 6/7 instantly without rendering. 


What's more: 

1. This MXF Converter for Mac from Pavtube will retain the timecode for Final Cut Pro after converting. And refer to the picture below to see how this cool mac mxf converting tool keep the timecode for FCP. 

 

2.Futhermore, if your MXF files have 2 audio tracks or more, here is a new program named iMixMXF with multi-track preserving and mixing features. You can download the trial version for evaluation!

In a word, hope you to enjoy your JVC GY-HM650U MXF footage workflow in Final Cut Pro 6/7 with ease.

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Friday, December 27, 2013

Import Sony F65 MXF to Premiere Pro CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3 on Mac/Windows

Can't import Sony F65 MXF video to Adobe Premiere Pro smoothly? In this article will give you the answer how to load and ingest Sony MXF footage to Adobe Premiere Pro CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3 for smooth editing. 

Sony F65 users include some of the most world's most demanding cinematographers. It's an advantage you can exploit no matter what your delivery format: true 4K, supersampled 2K or supersampled HD.



I have 4K footage shot on the Sony´s F65 I'd like to composite with in Premiere Pro. The files are saved in an MXF container.It seems that cs6 natively desn´t support this file, is there a plug-in available for Sony's SR RAW codec? Thanks in advance!
Many nonlinear editing programs including Adobe Premiere Pro (CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3) don't support importing MXF encoded files directly. So here comes up the question: how can we import Sony F65 MXF recordings to Premiere Pro without any problems?

Method 1. Sony MXF plug-in. Use the plugin to create a single MXF file of your spanned clips on the memory card and import the new file into the project.
Method 2. To solve the incompatible trouble you’d better change Sony F65 MXF a native format for importing to Premiere Pro (CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3). To get the best quality with 5.1 sound, you can MXF to MPG. If you also want to play it with QuickTime, you can reformat MXF to MOV videos. If you want to get a smaller file for quickly editing, you can encode Sony F65 MXF to WMV.

As you seen above, Pavtube MXF to Premiere Pro Converter for Mac is the best choice for you, and it is capable to convert Sony F65 P2 MXF to Premiere Pro efficiently and stably. 

With the Mac app, you not only can convert Canon XF/Panasonic P2/Sony XDCAM MXF video to MOV, MPG, WMV, you also can batch convert MXF clips to ProRes 422 for FCP (X), AIC for iMovie/FCE, etc. with included Profiles. I believe it is helpful for you. Below is a very easy guide on Sony F65 MXF to Adobe Premiere Pro’s native formats conversion.

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Click here to download the free trial version, get it installed and let's start!
How to convert Sony F65 MXF footage for Premiere Pro CS 6/5/4/3

Step 1. Add MXF files to Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac.

Connect you camcorder to Mac and keep it on until it show as a hard drive on desktop.

Install and run Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac.

Click top left icon to load you footages. You can choose "Add videos" or "Add from folder" directly.



Step 2. Choose compatible format for Adobe Premiere Pro CS 6/5/4/3

Click "Format", you can choose "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)". Or find Adobe Premiere Pro at left, choose "MPEG-2 (*.mov)" or "MOV(AVC)(*mov)" etc. All of them are the preferred codec for Premiere Pro (CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3)

Apple ProRes 422:



MOV, MPEG, WMV:



Step 3. Set up output videos settings for Premiere (Optional)

Click "Settings" which is marked as 3, you can fix the bitrate, frame rate, sample rate and video size, it's all up to you. Usually the higher bitrate you choose, higher video quality will be, and larger video size correspondingly.

Step 4. Start converting Sony F65 MXF for Premiere Pro (CS6/CS5/CS4/CS3)

Now click the big red circle at right bottom, wait for moments till the conversion complete. You can click "Open" to locate the converted video directly.

For beginners, here is a guide on how to import video files to Premiere Pro.

Here, Pavtube iMixMXF can exactly do this for you. It is a great MXF Mixer and Converter that enables you to convert multi-track MXF from Sony F65 to Prores for Premiere Pro preserving all the audio channels without quality loss, but also can make it easy for merging multiple video clips. The Windows users can Pavtube MXF MultiMixer.

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Thursday, December 26, 2013

Getting DVD (ISO) video files into iTunes for Apple TV 3 with Dobly Digital 5.1 audio

If you'd like to stream DVD and ISO to Apple TV 3 with Dobly Digital 5.1 audio, you'll need to convert DVD yet ISO to iTunes or ATV 3 compatible video formats first. Read on to learn more.

Externally, the Apple TV 2012 (1080p 3rd-Gen Apple TV) is virtually indistinguishable from the Apple TV 2nd generation. That difference is its support for native 1080p video, as streamed from iTunes, over the Internet, or via AirPlay from a third-generation iPad. Yeah, you can stream 1080p HD movies and TV shows your buy on the iTunes store for enjoying on your 65-inch HDTV.

Besides, with proper DVD ripping software, you can get DVD and ISO into iTunes for Apple TV 3 streaming with original stunning image quality. But sometimes you may have problems in audio, in specific, Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound. To help those who wanna backup and rip DVD and ISO's to Apple TV 3 with Dobly 5.1 audio, below, I'll throw a quick tutorial up.




First, to achieve your goal smoothly, the most important piece of the equation is that you have a suitable DVD ripping software hooked to your PC. There are many programs out there that allow you to make copies of your DVDs and let you watch them the way you want to view them.

If you're looking for ease of use, and don't mind spending $30 (they currently have a sale), I've had success using Pavtube's BDMagic for Mac (alternative Windows version) to convert DVD discs and ISO image files to a format playable with Dobly Digital 5.1 audio by Apple TV 3 and iTunes. I've found the quality to be excellent, and see no difference when compared to playing the discs themselves.

Converting/Importing DVD and ISO's into iTunes for Apple TV 3 streaming

1. After installing, launch the DVD Converter app on your Mac. and then press "Load Disc" icon to import DVD movie. Choose "File > Load from ISO/IFO" if you'd like to import DVD ISO image file.

blu ray to apple tv Rip Blu ray to Apple TV 3 with AC3 5.1 audio on Mac

2. Choose output profile. You can easily find several optimized profiles for Apple TV 3 under "Apple TV" category. Here I recommend you select "Apple TV 3 1080P Dolby Digital Pass-through(.m4v)" which works well for ATV 3 while maintaining 5.1 surround.

apple tv format1 Rip Blu ray to Apple TV 3 with AC3 5.1 audio on Mac

You can click "settings" to change the setting from the new default HD profile 4000 to 5000~8000 bitrate (Note: bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss).

apple tv settings1 Rip Blu ray to Apple TV 3 with AC3 5.1 audio on Mac

P.S. The key setting Video Size for your new Apple TV is according to your source video exactly. If your source video is in 1080p such as Blu-ray, you can set your video size in 1920*1080 in H.264 codec; while, if your original video size is in standard, 720p in enough. For example, to play DVD on the Apple TV 3, 720*480 video size with 4000~6000kbps birate is enough due to the dvd movies' native resolution.

3. Press "Convert" to start converting DVD to Apple TV 3 MP4 videos with Dobly 5.1 audio under Mac OS X.

4. Wait till conversion completes. Then press "Open" to find the ripped movie.

Add DVD rips to iTunes movie library for streaming to Apple TV 3:

You can then add the new mp4 videos into iTunes movie library. Open up iTunes and follow "File>> Add file to Library…" to sync video to iTunes.

For more information about how to stream HD videos to Apple TV 3 and connections for the Apple TV to pass-through AC-3 5.1 audio, please check Setting up Apple TV for Dolby Digital 5.1 pass-through.

Other You May Concern

1. Can the Apple TV 3 support AC3 5.1 audio?

The answer is Possible. According to my experience, the 2012 new Apple TV is not able to decode 5.1 surround sound to stereo by itself, if you want to play AC3 5.1 (Dolby Digital surround) audio you will need an AV receiver.

2. Does the Blu-ray rip play silence or gray screen in iTunes?

No. iTunes does not play video contents with AC3 audio, but the Apple TV pass-through presets create video with both AC3 and AAC, so iTunes will find and play the AAC track instead.

3. Does the Apple TV 3 Dolby Digital Pass-through preset work with iPad?

Yes. The preset also work with new iPad. It plays stereo by default. If you'd like to play surround sound effect, enable Airplay to have iPad stream the video to Apple TV 3, which pass-through AC3 audio to receiver.

I hope you enjoyed my guide and enjoy your synced up Apple TV 3!

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Import Panasonic AG-HPX370 P2 MXF to FCP 6/7 with multi audio channels on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

To make it easier for editing Panasonic AG-HPX370 P2 multi audio channels MXF videos with Final Cut Pro 6/7 on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, you need to convert P2 MXF to multi-track ProRes codec first.

Panasonic has announced the immediate availability of the AG-HPX370 P2 HD camcorder, an affordable second-generation, interchangeable lens camcorder with 10-bit, 4:2:2 , independent-frame full 1920 x 1080 resolution AVC-Intra recording.  The AG-HPX370 is a top-level image capture device that also offers a high degree of versatility. It can accommodate both 1/3″ and 2/3″ lenses, it shoots in standard definition as well as HD.

 

AG-HPX370 is a professional camcorder which is able to shoot video clips in MXF format, but the HD experience also brings a problem to the users who want to ingest MXF files from HPX370 P2 card into FCP 6/7. Actually it’s not hard for you you can import Panasonic AG-HPX370 P2 MXF directly into FCP 6/7 as long as you have converted your P2 MXF footage to FCP compatible MOV with ProRes codec.

However, you may got the MXF footage taken by AG-HPX370 camera with several video streams or audio tracks. So for people who want to edit them in FCP 6/7 always want to keep the multiple audio/video track separately as original. Is it possible to solve this big puzzle?


Of course! YES! Come and meet this multi-audio track MXF Converter for Mac and follow these steps as below.

With Pavtube iMixMXF you are allowed to preserve all or any audio tracks for output Prores .MOV and mix the multiple audio tracks into one if you need.

Transcode Panasonic AG-HPX370 P2 MXF to Multi-audio track ProRes 422 for FCP 6/7 with all audio tracks preserved on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks

1. Connect your AG-HPX370 P2 camera to Mac and keep it on. (Please make sure you have the entire MXF file structure as it saved on your camcorder’s P2 card)



Get Pavtube iMixMXF installed. Now follow the top left two icons to load individual mxf or in batch.



2. Click "Format" and choose Multi-track Video>Multi-track Apple ProRes 422(*.mov) as the most compatible codec for FCP 6/7 editing.

import-files-to-mts-converter

3. Click "Settings" to free select needed video/audio tracks.

Check the tracks you need and left others unchecked, thus you can get Multi-track MOV with your needed audio streams. Note there’s a mix into one track icon on the bottom, it will combine all your checked audio tracks into single one.

settings-for-output-format

4. Click the red "Convert" and just let it go!

Wait for a while to get this Panasonic AG-HPX370 multiple audio track into ProRes MOV for FCP 6/7 editing on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.
P.S.

1. Pavtube also have a Mac MXF to FCP converter program for users that do not need to deal with multi-track video/audio files; only $29 is needed atm. Refer to here to quick look this MXF Converter for Mac (Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks supported).

2. Good news for Blu-ray/DVD fans! Pavtube studio now provides ByteCopy for Mac plus iMixMXF bundle, saving $17 immediately! (ByteCopy for Mac is a multi-track featured blu-ray ripping program. With it, you can easily backup blu-ray to lossless multi-track MKV without any quality loss, transcode to multi-track MP4/MOV/ProRes and other mainstream video formats.)

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Tuesday, December 24, 2013

We wish you a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

2013 Christmas is coming, you may have bought many new digital for play in the holidays, such as tablet, smartphone, camera or camcorders, you may need multimedia software to better enjoy content on the portable devices or recorded by the cameras. Now we are pleased to announce our Year-End Holiday Big Deal, in which four promotionitems allowing you to get awesome free Xmas gifts and Specials at the coming Christmas Day! 

Merry Christmas to everyone! Pavtube is offering our best wishes to every Pavtube member and all potential customers in this holiday season. In addition, it provides excellent customersupport service, including lifetime free upgrade of product and technicalsupport. Users can contact the support staff via email for help and suggestion. For detailed information, please visit the activity page toget the latest news.



Finally, Pavtube Studio members give our best wishes to all our customers inadvance:

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Import Panasonic HX-WA03 MP4 recordings to iMovie for free editing

Summary: This guide will show you how to ingest mp4 movies from Panasonic HX-WA03 and edit them in iMovie quickly and easily on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks.

Panasonic HX-WA03 Video Camera

First off...it's blue and white, very gorgeous! This compact little vid cam is also water proof, shock proof, freeze proof and records in HD! I'm a video producer, always looking to travel lightweight. I bought this camera specifically to shoot video at the LA Auto Show. The camera shoots beautiful 1080 HD video in low light and the audio is great.



Panasonic WA03 MP4 video not work with iMovie?

The video camera we are using is Panasonic HX-WA03, it gives us videos in .mp4 extension while iMovie 11 seems to not working with it. We are wondering if anything simple workflow to help with this?

Reason:

Since MP4 is created by Microsoft and it isn't compatible with most Mac software program, and iMovie is one particular. When importing a MP4 file from Panasonic HX-WA03 to iMovie, it'll goes gray, that signifies iMovie does not assistance WA03 MP4 files. Thus, we will have to do anything just before editing Panasonic HX-WA03 files with iMovie. To get iMovie willing to import MP4 files from Panasonic HX-WA03 cameras, the ideal resolution should be to convert WA03 mp4 video to iMovie compatible formats, right here, AIC .mov, the natively supported format by iMovie.

Solution:

To perform this job, a third-party software is needed. Here Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended. It's a professional and powerful high-quality Mac video converter and editor. With it, you can effortlessly transcode Panasonic HX-WA03 MP4 files to AIC encoded MOV for iMovie. Meanwhile, the Mac Video Conversion tool can create files compatible with various non-linear editing systems like Avid, FCE, FCP X, and Adobe Premiere (Pro) etc. Just download it and follow the tutorials below to transfer and import Panasonic HX-WA03 footage to for smoothly editing in iMovie.

Guide: Transcoding Panasonic HX-WA03 MP4 to AIC codec for iMovie

Step 1. Download, install and run the Mac MP4 to AIC Converter, click "Add" or "Add From Folder" to load your WA03 footage.

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Step 2. Click the format bar, and move mouse cursor to "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(*.mov) as output format.

Some more helpful features of the app:

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.

Step 3. Click "Convert" button to start WA03 MP4 to AIC MOV conversion.

As soon as the encoding process finished, you can get the final output aic .mov files via clicking "Open" button effortlessly. The transcoded files now are ready for editing in iMovie.

Additional Tips:
1. If you want to edit Panasonic HX-WA03 MP4 video in Final Cut Pro X or FCP 7/6, you just need to choose the "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format in the second step; For Avid Media Composer, choose "Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov)" as output; For Adobe Premiere Pro or Vegas Pro, choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output.

2. Need to convert more various formats besides MP4, or convert DVD and blu-ray movies for backup or further playback? Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac can help you to accomplish both of them. It is integrated software for converting different videos, DVDs and blu-ray discs. Good news to you that you can get 20% discount at Pavtube Christmas Giveaway. Go to get it now.

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