Run into issues editing Canon 70D MOV movies in Pinnacle Studio? If you are looking for a workaround to import Canon 70D H.264 MOV video recordings to Pinnacle Studio for editing, this post may give you a clue. It introduces how to convert Canon 70D MOV to DV AVI for editing in Pinnacle Studio using third party converter software.
How can work with Canon 70D MOV movies in Pinnacle Studio 17 smoothly?
“Hello everyone, I have a new Canon 70D camera which records footage in MOV container format with H.264 codec. I’m editing with Pinnacle Studio 17, which is an intuitive, stable, fast, and relatively cheap editing program. I’m not a heavy duty video person, and Pinnacle can basically do what I want. Unfortunately, this time Pinnacle Studio 17 has trouble handling the MOV video files from Canon 70D. It seemed not to read them at all, and said No items on this folder. What should I do to go through this? Please help. Thanks.”
Pinnacle Studio works great with MOV files if you have a powerful enough computer. If for whatever reason you are having issued getting Pinnacle to recognize Canon 70D MOV movies, we would recommend them to a format that is suitable for use in Pinnacle, such as DV AVI. This requires third party converter software and HD Video Converter will do the trick well. Read on to learn a quick guide on how to convert Canon 70D MOV movies to DV AVI for Pinnacle Studio.
Here’s what you need
HD Video Converter
[Guide] How to encode Canon 70D MOV movies to DV AVI for Pinnacle Studio editing?
The steps:
Step 1: Run HD Video Converter as a professional Canon 70D MOV to DV AVI Converter. When its main interface comes up, click ‘Add File’ to load MOV video to it.
Step 2: Select DV AVI as output format for Pinnacle Studio.
Click ‘Profile’ list to select ‘DV AVI NTSC Video (*.avi)’ or ‘DV AVI PAL Video (*.avi)’ as output format depending on your source video mode.
In case that you don’t know which DV format is best suited for Pinnacle Studio, you can switch to ‘HD AVI’ format under ‘HD Video’ column. This format can also work in Pinnacle with good quality.
Important: If you’ve loaded a number of video clips to do batch conversion, please do remember ticking off ‘Apply to All’ option before you start.
Step 3: Adjust video and audio settings (Optional）
Step 4: Click ‘Convert’ to start Canon 70D MOV to AVI conversion for Pinnacle Studio.
Step 5: Click ‘Open Folder’ to get generated DV AVI or HD AVI files for using in Pinnacle Studio with optimum performance.
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