Transfer Sony PXW-X70 XAVC (.mxf) Files to FCP 7/6!

Why the FCP7/6 is compatible with Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF files ?

Sony PXW-X180/Z100, Sony’s PMW-F5/F55 or PXW-X70, etc produces mutually which are not compatible with the opaque subformat options which are behind the extension of XAVC (*.mxf) file. The camera Sony PXW-X70 helps in recording the HD movies which is very excellent recorder too. The recorded file of Sony PXW-X70 helps you in recording the HD movies. The recorded files of Sony PXW-X70 are in form of XAVC (*.mxf) format, this format are used by the high-end Sony cameras or camcorders. On the other hand this XAVC format does not support many of the editing software which is FCP X/7/6.

Best solution for converting XAVC to Apple ProRes!

Also read: Convert Easily MXF To WebM File

If you go through the details and descriptions of the Final Cut Pro 7/6 from the official website of Apple you will get the info of Apple prores codec id that includes the native codec for FCP 7/6, when you convert the Sony PXW-X70 shoots to FCP X Apple ProRes codec your editing and importing problem may get solved.

Thus it is recommended that you must try the free MXF to FCP Converter software which is efficient to solve this problem.

Steps for converting Sony PXW-X70 to FCP 7/6 or to other supported format

Firstly you need to download the MXF Converter and then you need to open the main interface of this software and then click on the “Add video” button in order to put the original files in the software interface in order to convert it.  As it is said that you need to need to convert the Sony PXW-X70 files in the Windows version computer then you need to make use of the Windows version MXF converter for this job.  Then you need to look for the ProRes in the output by clicking on the ‘search box’, so that you can easily find the output list there. ‘Final Cut Pro’ then go to ’Apple ProRes Codec 422(*.mov)’.  This biggest advantage of this program is that you should not miss the ‘Multi-track Video’ items if you want to have a multiple audio tracks.

Before converting the Sony PXW-X70 MXF files in FCP 7/6 you need to press the ‘Settings’ button in order to customize output parameters, this includes the frame rate, bitrates, resolution, etc. you can skip the steps. Lastly if you are novice users, working for the first time then work with FCP 7/6.