Sony reinforces its commitment to 4K video with the announcement of a new 4K camcorder FDR-AXP35. The new Handycam FDR-AXP35 supports the efficient XAVC S recording with 4K resolution. Whereas, XAVC S codec is a new one, it is not widely supported. If we want to import and edit the 4K XAVC-S files from [b]Sony FDR-AXP35 into iMovie[/b], the result may let you down- iMovie won’t open Sony AXP35 4K footage correctly.
To get rid of the issues, one possible solution is to transcode Sony FDR-AXP35 4K video to iMovie more “edit” friendly codec. Now I share the guide with you how to convert XAVC S footage to iMovie friendly format using [b]Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac[/b] – one of the best XAVC S Converter for Mac(Yosemite, Mavericks incluede).
It does a good job in converting Sony AXP35 XAVC S files to iMovie most compatible format Apple InterMediate Codec .mov with least quality loss. Plus, it supports encoding camera shootings in different formats (H.264 MOV, MTS/M2TS, MP4, MXF, XAVC, XAVC S, etc.) to video editing software compatible file types, i.e. MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, ProRes for Final Cut Pro to meet your different needs.
[b]Encoding Sony AXP35 XAVC S files to AIC .mov for iMovie[/b]
[b]Step 1:[/b] Run the best [b]XAVC S to iMovie Converter[/b], and click the “Add” button to load .xvac s videos from Sony FDR-AXP35.
[b]Step 2:[/b] Hit the Format box to select the specially designed video codec for editing in iMovie: iMovie/FCE --> Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov).
[b]Step 3.[/b] Adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., in the Profile Settings.
[b]Step 4.[/b] Click “Convert” button to start encoding Sony AXP35 XAVC S to AIC .mov for importing to iMovie.
When the conversion task is finished, click “Open” button to get the exported files and then import the converted Sony FDR-AXP35 footage into iMovie to do further editing without hassle.