Have trouble importing Canon XH-A1 1080i recordings into Premiere Pro for further editing? You are in the right place! Read on the below post to learn the best workflow of editing Canon XH-A1 1080i clips in Premiere Pro.
Canon XH-A1, an excellent HD prosumer camcorder, captures true 1080 High Definition resolution video at 60i, 30F or 24F frame rates (or, 50i/60i with optional upgrade) stored on HDV digital tape cassettes and a true 16:9 widescreen HD image that is made for your HD broadcast and theatrical projects. On one hand, HDV has become a native format for editing smoothly in the majority of editing software, there are still many issues cropping up one after another on the other hand. Here is a common issue quoted by a Premiere user:
“I have a number of video files that were originally shot with a Canon HDV camera – Canon XH-A1, Adobe Premiere Pro won’t import those files. It gives me a File Import Error: … .mov could not be imported. The source file has an invalid codec. Please check that it is a valid file. what can I do with these files to get them to work in Premiere Pro?”
In fact, for your knowledge, the Adobe Premiere Pro now doesn’t support importing DV/HDV videos directly, but MPEG-2 is always regarded the ideal format for guaranteeing the maximum editing efficiency and quality when working with Premiere Pro. Under this circumstance, in order to ensure a smooth workflow of editing Canon XH-A1 1080i footage in Premiere Pro, what you just need is to change Canon XH-A1 DV/HDV video to MPEG-2 format initially.
For helping you achieve the goal, you’re highly recommended to adopt the professional yet easy-to-use Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac, well known as a top Canon DV/HDV Converter. It can help you convert Canon XH-A1 as well as HV20/HV30/HV40 HDV files to MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro, with fast speed while retaining its excellent quality. Besides Premiere, you can also use it to fix the issue of importing Canon XH-A1 1080i clips into FCP/FCE/iMovie/Avid, etc catering for your different demands. If you are Windows users, this Video Converter is the alternative choice. Below is the detailed guide on converting Canon XH-A1 1080i HDV/DV clips to Premiere Pro friendly videos for smoothly playback and editing.
Convert and Import Canon XH-A1 1080i footage to Premiere Pro
Step 1: Add Canon HDV videos to the program
Launch this Canon HDV Converter for Mac. Import XH-A1 footage to the converter. You can join several video clips together by checking the “Merge into one file” box.
Step 2: Choose Premiere Pro preferred format
Click “Format” pull down list to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well.
Tip: If need, you can click “settings” to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate for easy editing with Premiere.
Step 3: Start Canon HDV file conversion
Click convert button to start transcoding Canon XH-A1 HDV to Premiere’s most compatible format for editing. After the short conversion on Mac, you can import the Canon HDV videos to Mac software Premiere with smooth workflow.
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