Edit Sony PXW-X180 recordings in Premiere Pro

Summary: This article outlines how to import Sony PXW-X180 XAVC into FCP program for smooth editing. Keep reading for a brief how-to.



The PXW-X180 is the latest addition to the Sony XDCAM Series. With Sony PXW-X180, you can record Full HD clips in XAVC format. As many users get Sony X180, more problems are coming up: some of them have the need to import Sony PXW-X180 XAVC to Premiere Pro, Avid, FCP, iMovie for editing on Mac OS X, but they always meet some issues. This article is mainly to solve the Sony PXW-X180 recordings to Adobe Premiere Pro importing issues.

XAVC is an open recoding format that was introduced by Sony. It allows for a wide range of content production including intra frame recording and long group of pictures (GOP) recording. Till now, XAVC is not the preferred format by Non-Linear Editing system(NLE) Adobe Premiere, FCP, iMovie, FCE included. To avoid these problems or limit, it will be better to transcode Sony PXW-X180 footage to a more editing-friendly format. To edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files in Adobe, MPEG-2 format is recommended.

Now I share the guide with you how to convert Sony PXW-X180 XAVC footage to Adobe Premiere Pro friendly format using Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac. With it, you can effortlessly encode/re-encode XAVC intra footage shot from Sony X180 for smoothly importing and editing in Premiere Pro CS4/CS5/CS6/CC. Plus, it also makes Sony XAVC files editable in other non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Final Cut Pro, iMovie, FCE, Avid Media Composer and more. And there is no need to worry about the quality loss. For Windows users, please get Video Converter.

How to Losslessly Convert Sony XAVC to Premiere Pro on Mac

1. Download, install and run the XAVC to MPEG-2 Converter Mac; click "Add Videos" icon to load your source XAVC videos.



2. Click on the “Format” bar and choose a best editable format. For editing Sony XAVC in Adobe Premiere, choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas --> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output format.



3. Set proper video/ audio parameters. Click the “Settings” button and set proper video/ audio parameters. You can reset set the video size, bitrate and fame rate. If you would like to use default settings, simply skip this step.

4. Hit the convert button, it will start converting XAVC from Sony PXW-X180 to Premiere Pro compatible format immediately. Soon after the conversion, just click “Open” button to get the generated files for natively editing in Adobe Premiere perfectly.

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