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Sony F55/F5 workflow-Natively edit Sony XAVC videos in Avid MC, Premier Pro on Mac

by Lydia Zhu officer
Summary: Follow the guide you can Convert Sony XAVC files from Sony F55/F5 to Mac-compatible format for Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premier Pro easily via XAVC Video Converter.

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As the camera PMW-F55, F5 which used XAVC format unveiled by Sony, XAVC is hotly talked about till now. As far as I know, XAVC is a new recording format which can support 4K resolution (4096 * 2160 and 3840 * 2160) at up to 60 fps. However, .xavc is still not as popular as other kinds of video formats such as AVCHD and MXF. So when you deal with the XAVC/XAVC-S footages, for example, importing Sony XAVC to FCP or other Mac tools like QuickTime, Avid MC, Premier Pro, you may encounter some format compatibility or video/audio synchronization problems. This article is written to help Sony F55, F5C users to solve such kind of problems.

First of all, download the app Brorsoft XAVC Converter for Mac. It can help users fix all kinds of XAVC problems without losing the video quality. It offers an easy way to convert XAVC to MOV for editing or playback on Mac. With it, you will be able to transcode Sony F5/F55 XAVC to Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie as well as import Sony XAVC to Final Cut Pro for editing. If you are a Windows user, you can turn to XAVC Video Converter, which can help you convert XAVC files to Sony Vegas, Windows Movie Maker, etc on PC.

How to Losslessly Convert Sony XAVC to Avid/Adobe Premiere Pro on Mac

Step 1: Load XAVC footages to the XAVC Video Converter

Run Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac and click "Add file" or "Add from folder" button, browse to the XAVC footages and load them to the converter for conversion. You can check the “Merge into one” box to join several XAVC files tighter.



Step 2: Choose a proper output format

Click "Format" bar to choose output format. For transferring Sony F5/F55 footage to Avid MC, you are recommended to choose “Avid Media Composer -> DNxHD (*.mov)”.



For natively editing Sony XAVC in Premiere, “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” is the optimal format.



Step 3: Set proper video/ audio parameters

Click the "Settings" button and set proper video/ audio parameters. You can reset set the video size, bitrate and fame rate. If you would like to use default settings, simply skip this step.

Step 4: Start converting XAVC on Mac

When you finish all settings, hit "Convert" button to start XAVC Mac conversion. You can follow the conversion process from the pop-up windows.

After the conversion, it’s freely to import Sony F5/F55 footage into Avid MC, Adobe Premiere or do whatever you want with the XAVC footages on Mac OS X.

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Source:Best way to deal with Sony Sony F55/F5 XAVC files on Mac

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