General Discussion - H.264 HD MOV for FCP-Transfer/Convert Panasonic P2 MXF files tutubebe99 - Sat Oct 01, 2011 10:49 pm Post subject: H.264 HD MOV for FCP-Transfer/Convert Panasonic P2 MXF files
H.264 HD MOV for FCP-Transfer/Convert Panasonic P2 MXF files to FCP
Panasonic AG-HVX200 is an excellent pro HD camcorder and the first prosumer camcorder to behave like a miniature pro camera rather than a souped-up home-movie machine. It features superb HD video; a raft of frame-rate choices; supports solid-state P2 media as well as tape; terrific, relatively wide-angle lens. However, AG-HVX200 is heavy for handheld shooting; Steep learning curve; noninterchangeable lens; low-res viewfinder and LCD. It shoots recordings in MXF format. If you want to import the AG-HVX200 MXF files to FCP for editing, you'd better convert MXF to something Final Cut Pro can handle well befor log and transfer, like H.264 HD MOV, ProRes etc.
The article mainly helps those who have no idea about editting Panasonic AG-HVX200 MXF files in FCP without question. For importing AG-HVX200 MXF footage into FCP for editingflawlessly, we shoud first convert MXF files to H.264 HD MOV or ProRes 422 with a Mac MXF to MOV Converter. Here i take H.264 HD MOV as an example. Follow the the guide below to get the workflow about converting/transcoding Panasonic AG-HVX200 MXF files to HD MOV on your Mac OS X(OS X Lion Included) and editing H.264 MOV in Final Cut Pro.
For converting Panasonic AG-HVX200 (P2) MXF files, Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac is an ideal tool. With the Mac powerful MXF file to Mov Converter for FCP, you just need several easy clicks to convert mxf file to H.264 .mov without quality lossless, you also can set your options like effect, trim mxf file, crop your mxf video, so on.
1. Run Mac as the MXF to FCP Converter Mac. Click "Add" button and import AG-HVX200 MXF files to the mac program.
2. Choose HD MOV output format.
Click the "Format" option and choose HD Video > H.264 HD Video(*.mov) as output format for editing in FCP. The Mac MXF video converter will convert Panasonic P2 AG-HVX200 MXF to HD MOV with H.264 as video codec. To get 1920*1080 resolution output video, just click the "Settings" button and choose 1920*1080 as output video size. Also Can choose the Quicktime Movie Format > Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov) For FCE/iMovie and "Final Cut Pro" > "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" format for FCP/FCP X as output format.
