Fix Corrupt MXF files Effectively under macOS Sierra

Encounter issues while handling/importing the damaged MXF files on macOS Sierra? Just learn how to fix corrupt MXF files from this article.

It is frequently asked what can we do if we get some corrupt MXF files without coherent structure? This article aims to help you fix and edit corrupt MXF clips on macOS Sierra. Keep reading.

Many users wanna edit MXF videos from Canon C300, Canon C500, PS card on macOS Sierra. While as you know, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Avid MC and other NLE system need a correct card structure to read and ingest (P2/Canon) MXF clips. Then how to deal with those Corrupt MXF files?

The best way I found is to transcode MXF files to FCP (X) or other NLE natively compatible codec via a 3rd party app-Brorsoft MXF Converter for Mac. Not like other programs online which simply converts corrupt MXF videos to MOV format, it offers ProRes 422, DNxHD, Apple InterMediate Codec .mov for Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, iMovie, FCE and more editing tools. If you are a PC user, Brorsoft MXF Converter is your first choice.

Tutorial: Fix Corrupt MXF files under macOS Sierra

One: Launch the program and click “Add” button to import the MXF files to the program.

Two: Go to “Format” list, you will find a lot of optimized codecs for NLEs like ProRes for FCP, DNxHD for Avid, AIC for iMovie .etc.

PS: You also can click “Settings” to set video frame rate, video size and Video Bitrate as you want.

Three: As soon as all things are finished, please click “Convert” button to start the MXF conversion on Mac OS X.

Once the conversion is 100% completed, you can smoothly copy the converted MXF files under “Open” panel.

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