This article simply tells you how to import and edit Sony PXW-X70 XAVC Long Gop MXF files in FCP.
“I’m new to Sony PXW-X70 camera and format and would like to know if anyone has been successful with importing the XAVC-long GOP files to FCP. This camera’s XAVC codec is different from XAVC-intra and unless things have changed recently, the files don’t open in NLE’s like AVID, Premiere, FCP and Sony Vegas.”
XAVC Long GOP .mxf files are, strictly speaking, supported in Final Cut Pro 10.2.2, but there is some issues that affects X70 files like computer configuration, environment .etc. If you are looking for a Sony MXF in FCP 7/X fluent workflow, you can get a professional third party program to encode videos first before transferring to FCP for further editing.
As we all know, Apple ProRes is the most friendly codec for FCP. There, Brorsoft MXF Converter for Mac is considered as one of the best Sony XAVC l to ProRes converters on the market. This Mac MXF to FCP Converter can help you transcode Sony X70 .mxf to ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HQ or 4444 for Final Cut Pro with several simple steps. In addition, it offers you the optimized codecs for other NLEs like AIC for iMovie, DNxHD for Avid, MPEG-2 for Premiere .etc. If you are a PC user, pls turn to Brorsoft MXF Converter whic also offers you ProRes codec on Windows. Now, download the software and start conversion.
How to Encode Sony PXW-X70 XAVC l MXF to ProRes
Step One: Launch the program and click “Add ” button to import the Sony XAVC MXF files to program. Batch conversion is supported.
Step Two: Click on the “Format” bar and get the dropdown menu, then move your pointer to choose “Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422” or “Apple ProRes 422 HQ” or “Apple ProRes 4444” as the output format.
Tip: Before conversion, you can go to “Settings” page to adjust the parameters including output bitrate, encode, frame rate, resolution, sample rate, channels, etc.
Step Three: Tap “Convert” button, the Sony PXW-X70 XAVC l MXF to ProRes conversion will start immediately.
After conversion, you can go to “Open” panel to find the ProRes .MOV videos which can be directly imported to FCP 7/X.
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