[b][size="4"]This XAVC workflow guide offers the tips and tricks on how to work with [b]XAVC in Final Cut Pro 7[/size][/b][size="4"] easily. Read on. [/size][/b]
"I can import Sony 4K video into FCP X. Why I can’t play the Sony 4k xavc video in FCP X smoothly? The rendering time is too long."
The newly released Sony PXW FS7, Sony PXW-X70, PXW-X180, PMW-1000, PXW-Z100… or typical models Sony F5, F55 all record XAVC videos. To enable users to have smooth XAVC to FCP workflow, Sony has introduced XAVC Plug-in for Apple (PDZK-LT2), which provides support for XAVC files shot on Sony SxS card, allowing viewing and editing capability in Final Cut Pro X. Whereas, the previous version of FCP 7 is still not compatible with XAVC files.
Well, it is a pity that FCP 7 can’t support XAVC especially in 4K. The easy workaround to import XAVC to FCP 7 is to transcode (4K) XAVC clips into FCP 7 compatible Apple ProRes, which is a line of intermediate codecs. They are intended for use during video editing. And [b]Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac[/b] is recommended here to help you finish the XAVC to ProRes conversion task.
This video converter for Mac can be used as a Sony XAVC Converter Mac under OS X Snow Leopard (10.6), Lion (10.7), Mountain Lion (10.8), Mavericks (10.9), Yosemite (10.10). With it, you can effortlessly encode/re-encode XAVC files for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Final Cut Pro 7 as well as FCP 6, FCP X, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, etc. Download it and follow the tutorial below.
[b]Trancoding XAVC to Final Cut Pro friendly ProRes codec[/b]
[b]STEP 1.[/b] Download, install and run the [b]XAVC to FCP 7 Converter[/b]; click "Add Videos" icon to load your source XAVC files.
[b]STEP 2.[/b] Click “Format” bar and choose “Final Cut Pro >> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output format for editing XAVC in FCP 7 with natively supported video codec.
[b]STEP 3.[/b] Click the Settings icon if you’d like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.
[b]STEP 4.[/b] After all necessary settings, hit the convert button to start the XAVC to ProRes conversion on Mac OS X. Once the conversion process shows 100%, click Open to get the output videos. Now you can edit the encoded Sony XAVC videos in FCP 7 without any problem.