Having a problem about Sony PXW-X70 XAVC on Edius 5/6? If so, you may wish to read this post. It explains a workaround to work with Sony PXW-X70 XAVC footage in Edius 5/6 easily and smoothly.
Is there a way to import Sony PXW-X70 XAVC media to Edius 6?
“Hi, there, I use Edius 6 and would like to import XAVC footage from a Sony PXW-X70 to it for editing. Unfortunately, the EDIUS 6 won’t read PXW-X70 XAVC footage as input. Does that mean I have to upgrade to Edius 7 for XAVC editing or is there another way to go about this?
Here are my video specs:
Sony PXW-X70
Video Format
XAVC HD : MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 4:2:2 Long profile
Audio Format
XAVC HD : Linear PCM 2ch, 24 bit, 48 kHz
I would really appreciate any help. Thanks a lot.”
If you don’t want to change to the latest EDIUS Pro 7, you will need to transcode Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF files to a format that is suited for editing in EDIUS, like WMV, MOV, DNxHD and more. This requires 3rd party program like HD Video Converter. It seems to be the best method of converting Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF files to EDIUS editable files.
You can download a demo version (for both, PC and Mac) to have a try. They are not free but it is totally worth it.
Sony PXW-X70 XAVC and EDIUS workflow – how to convert Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF for working with EDIUS 6?
Follow these steps:
Step 1: Open up HD Video Converter as a professional Sony PXW-X70 XAVC to EDIUS Converter. When its main interface pops up, click ‘Add File’ to import your source files.
Step 2: Select output format for EDIUS 5/6
This converter provides a wide variety of formats as output. You can select a format that is natively supported by EDIUS as target, such as ‘WMV’ and ‘MOV’ under ‘HD Video’ column and ‘DNxHD .mov’ under ‘Avid Media Composer’ column.
Convert Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF to HD WMV for EDIUS
Transcode Sony PXW-X70 XAVC MXF to DNxHD .mov for EDIUS
Step 3: Modify video and audio settings
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels. 3D settings are also available.
Step 4: Start conversion
When ready, click ‘Convert’ to start file conversion. As soon as the conversion finished, you can click ‘Open Folder’ to get the exported files for working in EDIUS easily and directly.
If you don’t want to wait for the entire conversion process, you can tick off ‘Showdown computer when conversion completed’ and go away to do other things.
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