Get Sony PXW-X70 XAVC to work with Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5

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This article outlines how to transfer Sony PXW-X70 XAVC footage to Mac and import into Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5 for smooth editing. Keep reading for a brief how-to.





Sony PXW-X70 is a highly compact, single chip camera the images it produces are really very good. The XAVC HD recordings are 10 bit 422 long GoP at 50Mb/s, 35Mb/s or 25Mb/s. The quality of the 50Mb/s recordings is amazing with no compression artefacts that you can see. Even the 25Mb/s recordings look really good. You can shoot at up to 60fps in 60i mode and 50fps in 50i mode. In 60i mode you also have 24fps.











In general, as we know, Premiere Pro CC has added support for this new camera format. And for Premiere Pro CS5/CS5.5/CS6, you can download Rovi Totalcode, a Plug-in for Premire which has perfect support for Sony's 4K XAVC format. However, this third-party plug-in will cost you a lot of money.





In this case, the following passage will introduce a cost effective and simple way- convert Sony PXW-X70 XAVC footages to Premiere Pro for editing.





Software Requirement: XAVC to Premiere Pro Converter for Mac from Pavtube Studio.





See also: Top 5 Best HD Video Converters for Mac OS X Yosemite/Mavericks





The software does a good job in converting XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro favorable format MOV/MPEG-2 with original quality kept, so as to allow you import Sony PXW-X70 XAVC to Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5, CS4 or CS3, etc. for extension editing without any hassles. Moreover, before starting the conversion, you are allowed to perfect the XAVC video files by rendering to the editing features provided. Becides, it allows you to join the XAVC clips together. (For windows user, turn to XAVC to Premiere Converter)





Guide: How to transcode Sony PXW-X70 XAVC to MPEG-2/MOV for Premiere





Step 1. Load Sony PXW-X70 XAVC footage to XAVC to Premiere Pro Converter.





Transfer XAVC files from Sony PXW-X70 to computer via USB cable. Download HD Video Converter for Mac from Pavtube and run the software as the best Sony XAVC converter. Click the "Add Video" button or "Add from folder" icon to load XAVC videos from PXW-X70.











Step 2. Set MOV/MPEG-2 format as output format for editing.





Click format bar to choose the format for output. Select "MOV (AVC)(*.mov)" or "MPEG-2 (*.mpg)" under Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5.











Step 3. Adjust video and audio settings to keep 1080p HD quality





Click "Settings" button, then you will be able to adjust audio and video parameters on the popup window to customize the output file quality, these adjustable parameters include codec name, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel.





For example, to maintain original HD quality, you may set "original" in the fields of "Size", "Bitrate" and "Frame rate". To downsize the Sony XAVC files, just set a smaller bitrate.





Step 4. Click "Convert" button to convert Sony PXW-X70 XAVC to Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5





Once the conversion is finished by Sony XAVC to Premiere Converter, you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly. Now you have got it right, just import and edit Sony PXW-X70 XAVC files in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5 without rending time.





FYI:





1. To get Sony XAVC work for Avid Media Composer, pls refer to the guide.





2. Click here to learn: How to import Media Files to Premiere Pro on Mac.





3. You can also play your XAVC files with QuickTime Player and iPad Air.





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Source: pc-mac-compatibility-issues.blogspot.com/2014/10/edit-pxw-xavc-in-premiere-and-ae.html

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This H.264 codec to FCP X workflow is the highest quality and best practice to transcode/prepare H.264 footage to Apple ProRes (HQ) and import ProRes into FCP X for diting on Mac OS X (Yosemite and Mavericks included).

[*]See Also: Final Cut Pro (X) FAQs and FCP X Column

Question 1: H.264 vs Apple ProRes 422 Question - Urgent for Film

Hello,I've completed editing a film in FCP X with Apple ProRes 422 clips at 1920×1080. I sent a cut clip from the timeline to a SFX person via dropbox. He sent the polished clip (with the new SFX) back in H.264; he's not working on a Mac because he doesn't own one. I imported the new H.264 clip into my timeline and everything looks great. Question: Does this matter? Does it matter that a clip in the timeline is H.264, while all the others are in Apple ProRes 422 clips (the ones that didn't need effects)? My guess is that it's not because H.264 is a finishing format but I want to be sure. Thank you in advance for helping out. Much appreciated.

One of the most common questions that I get from people regarding the new breed of DLSR cameras is "What's your post-workflow?"

Source: www.dvxuser.com/V6/showthread.php?269920-H-264-vs-Apple-ProRes-422-Question-Urgent-for-Film

Question 2: H.264 vs ProRes 422

Hey, i was reading this post the other day where you guys were talking about apple's ProRes 422.

i want to know if there is a high difference working with them, i have done a few projects with Final Cut Pro using the raw H.264 footage from my 60D without knowing about the pro res. Then i red the post and i wanted to test it out so i converted a few clips with compressor too see the difference while editing or rendering and i couldnt find much.

What do you think?

Source: forum.planet5d.com/index.php/topic/1027-h264-vs-ProRes-422/

Question 3: Apple ProRes vs H.264

What's the difference between the Apple ProRes codec, the Apple ProRess HQ codec and the H.264 codec. I know the filesize of the ProRess is much more then the H.264, but what's the real difference??

Source: forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=473438

Question 4: Apple ProRes 422 vs. H.264 Editing w/ FCP X

I am editing a project on Final Cut Pro X and was curious what format my video files should be for editing. I know ProRes 422 is a codec that pros use to edit and it has a much bigger file size, but I don't get the difference and which format I should be using to edit my project. Can someone please explain to me which format I should be editing on for my project! Thanks!

Source: discussions.apple.com/thread/3818621?start=0&tstart=0

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Solution:

No matter you are a filmmaker, multimedia professional or still photographer, Canon or Nikon camera will be a choice due to its highly mobile, lightweight features including Canon 5D Mark, Canon EOS 650D, Canon PowrShot G1 X, Canon SX40, Canon ESO-1DX, Canon EOS 7D/5D, Canon EOS 60D, Canon EOS 550D, Canon EOS 500D, Nikon D5100, Nikon D3100 Nikon D800, and more. What these cameras have in common is that they can record 1080p H.264 codec MOV footages.

H.264 (an MPEG-4 variation) is an aquistion (camera) and distribution (web streaming) codec. It's highly compressed, which means that the files are small, and Final Cut has to do extra work each time you play your timeline, make an edit, etc.

Apple ProRes 422 is an editing codec. It uses much less compression, which means that the files are big, but Final Cut can play it more easily.

Best practice is to edit in ProRes 422, especially if you have lots of layers and effects. That means you spend a little extra time optimizing your files to ProRes 422 before you start, but you save time in the long run.

As you got into more complicated editing such as adding multiple clips and transitions and effects you would start to see a more pronounced difference, i.e. FCP would need to render more often and editing wouldn't be a smooth. H.264 is really optimized to be a delivery codec while ProRes is optimized to be an editing codec. That said, if you just need to do a simple edit and your Mac has the power to edit H.264 you can get away with it no problem, but if you plan to do a heavy edit with lots of transitions and effects and color grading you will be best served by ProRes.

Just an alternative solution: Pavtube H.264 to ProRes Codec Converter which is able to convert H.264 videos to Apple ProRes 422 HQ (*.mov), Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov), Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) (*.mov) and ProRes 4444 (*.mov). (2015 Top 5 Best Mac HD Video Converter Review for Camcorder Lovers)

a. ProRes 422 (HQ): offers the utmost possible quality for 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 sources and provides target data rate of approximately 220 Mbps and higher quality than Apple ProRes 422;

b. ProRes 422: provides target data rate of approximately 145 Mbps and higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (LT);

c. ProRes 422 (LT): provides roughly 70 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (thus, smaller file sizes than Apple ProRes 422) and higher quality than ProRes 422 (Proxy);

d. ProRes 422 (Proxy): provides roughly 30 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 and high-quality offline editing at the original frame size, frame rate, and aspect ratio;

e. ProRes 4444: offers the utmost possible quality for 4:4:4 sources and roughly 50 percent higher than the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (HQ).

[*]Types of Apple ProRes Codecs

How to Convert H.264 footage to Apple ProRes for FCP X on Mac OS X?

Once your CF(CompactFlash) card or SD memory card is placed into a reader connected to your Mac, follow the instructure below to convert H.264 to ProRes by using Pavtube H.264 HD Video Converter for Mac.

Step 1. Free download the trial version of Pavtube Mac H.264 to ProRes Converter, install it on your Mac and import the H.264 files from HD camcorders to the Mac H.264 to ProRes Converter, or drag recorded H.264 videos to the software.



Tip: If you have multiple recorded H.264 files, you can select the "Merge into one file" box to merge your files into one single file. (Best MTS/M2TS Files Joiner on Mac Yosemite)

Step 2. Hit the "Format" box and select one of the Apple ProRes codecs on the dropdown list. You are advised to choose "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" or "Apple ProRes 422 HQ (*.mov)" format. Due to the difference in the compresstion standard of AVCHD and ProRes 422, the converted files are significantly larger than the original ones. If you prefer smaller file size, please choose "Apple ProRes 422 (LT) (*.mov)" instead.



Step 3. Start converting H.264 videos to ProRes 422 (HQ) by clicking on the "Convert" icon. Based on its multi-threading and transcoding technology, the whole conversion will be done within a short time. Batch converting is also supported by the Mac H.264 to ProRes Converter tool.

Tip: If you wanna shut down the computer after the conversion automatically, just click Option and tick the box "Shut down the computer after conversion" before conversion starts.

After the recorded H.264 video to ProRes conversion is 100% completed, please run the FCP and click "File > Import > Files" for editing H.264 video in FCP without any rendersing and quality loss. Besides the ability to transfer the converted H.264 files to FCP X, the versatile Pavtube H.264 HD Video Converter for Mac users can help you copy/edit H.264 files into iMovie, FCE, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Premiere Pro CS, Premiere Elements, After Effects CC/CS, Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve (Lite), iPhoto, Kdenlive, Keynote, Aperture 3, etc.

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Canon G7 X MP4 to Premiere Pro CC workflow on Yosrmite

Summay: Though Premiere Pro has announced the compatibility with MP4, people still have problems in importing MP4 to Premiere sometimes, such as "No sound or video when loading MP4 file into Premiere Pro CC?" This article aims to solve the above questions in two parts.

Source: Get Canon G7 X MP4 Work in Premiere Pro CC on Yosemite



"Hi, I shot a lot of H.264 MP4 videos of a wedding ceremony with my Canon G7 X camcorder. Now, I need to do some edit work in Adobe Premiere Pro CC on Mac Yosemite for providing wonderful visual effects and memorable moments for the couples. However, I was failed on the very first step. I even could not import MP4 files into Premiere Pro CC. What’s the problem? Thank you for any tip!"

H.264 is a delivery format that is not designed for editing. Some people experience no problem editing H.264 MP4 clips in Adobe Premiere Pro, while others are not so fortunate. After searching online, I got some tips on this issue. First, if you can play the file back through QuickTime 7. Simply open the file in QT 7 and go "File>>Save As… >>Save" as self-contained movie and it will now work for Premiere! Second, you can also have a try to simply rename the .mp4 extension to .mpg and expect it to work. I had tried two methods above. Although I could link the videos into Premiere finally, the video quality was totally damaged.

Of course, it's not what I want. If you are also looking for a frequent and simple solution to edit Canon G7 X MP4 files in Premiere Pro CC without quality loss, I highly recommend Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac (Review) , it can convert Premiere unsupported MP4 to Premiere Pro CC supported MP4; Convert Premiere unsupported MP4 to Premiere compatible other video formats like MPEG-2, FLV, DV and more. And it applies to all kinds of Adobe Premiere including Adobe Premiere Pro CC, Adobe Premiere Pro CS3/ CS4/ CS5/ CS6, Adobe After Effects CC/CS6, Premiere Elements, etc.

Besides Premiere output, it also offers other professional codecs for NLEs including Apple ProRes for FCP, DNxHD mov for Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve, AIC mov for iMovie/FCE, and etc. If you are Windows users, please turn to Pavtube HD Video Converter.

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How to transcode Canon G7 X MP4 to work in Premiere Pro CC on Mac Yosemite?

Step 1: Install and launch Canon MP4 Converter, and then click "Add video" button to load G7 X MP4 files or directly drag the footage to the program.



Step 2: Choose output format. This video converter offers optimized format preset for Adobe Premiere. Just click "Format" menu firstly and then follow "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas" to set MPEG-2 (*.mpg) format.



Tips: If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3: Finally hit the "Convert" button; the best MP4 converter will convert Canon G7 X MP4 files to MPEG-2 .mpg for Adobe Premiere Pro CC immediately.

Conclusion: When the conversion process shows in 100%, you can get the generated videos by clicking "Open" button for easier editing in Premiere Pro CC.



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