iPhone Accessories - Best MXF Transcoder - Convert Canon XF300 for FCP/iMovie/FCE vivian78 - Tue Jun 12, 2012 6:06 pm Post subject: Best MXF Transcoder - Convert Canon XF300 for FCP/iMovie/FCE
Best MXF Transcoder for FCP/iMovie/FCE - Convert Canon XF300 MXF to ProRes/AIC mov
Summary: In this guide, you will learn how to convert MXF files to ProRes/AIC MOV on Mac so that you can smoothly import/edit Canon XF300 MXF files in Final Cut Pro (X), iMovie, Final Cut Pro without any problem.
With every camera, comes many questions about editing workflow. Canon XF300 is a professional camcorder which features 50Mbps MPEG-2 recording to Compact Flash (CF) Cards for unsurpassed image quality and efficient, robust workflow at an affordable price. Canon XF300 recorded video format is MXF, this format can give us excellent video quality. But this format is not easy to use as MXF files are not supported by many editing software on Mac. You may have got this camcorder and find it is difficult to use canon XF300 MXF files when want to import XF300 MXF to Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and iMovie for editing on Mac. Below, I will throw a quick guide up for those who wanna ingest/edit Canon XF300 MXF footages into Final Cut Pro (X), FCE, and iMovie smoothly.
Here is the easy way to fix it, namely, converting Canon XF300 MXF to MOV on Mac. If you are interested doing likewise, check out Pavtube's MXF to MOV Converter for Mac(currently on sale). The program is an easy-to-use and intuitive Mac tool for camcorder users. It is good at batch converting MXF recordings shot by Panasonic P2 camcorders, Canon XF series cameras to ProRes/AIC MOV formats compatible with your Mac Video editing software like iMovie, Final Cut Pro (x), Final Cut Express.
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Guide- How to transcode Canon XF300 MXF to MOV (ProRes/AIC) on Mac
If you have the same problems about editing Canon XF300/XF105/XF100 or C300 MXF Videos on Mac, you may follow the step-by-step guide.
Step 1. Free download and run the best Mac MXF Transcoder for FCP/FCE/iMovie, add MXF captured videos to the program. You can not only click "add video" button to import Canon mxf files, but also you can click "add from folder" button to add MXF folder.
Step 2. Select output profile. If you want to edit Canon XF300 MXF file in Final Cut Pro 6/7 or FCP X, suggest you choose Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422(*mov). And for editing in iMovie/FCE, you can choose iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC)(*mov).
Some more helpful features of the batch MXF to MOV Converter for Mac:
1. Settings- click to set video resolution(1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate (from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p)
2. Editor (next to "Add" icon)- click to set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc.
