Great news for EOS C300 and XF-series camera users: Canon's XF Utility software for Mac and Windows is now available for free download on the Canon website. XF Utility software provides a simplified first step in the process of managing and playing back your clips, without the use of full-blown NLE software. XF Utility is not intended to replace NLE software and does not include any video or audio editing features -- it offers various options for managing and playing back clips recorded with Canon HD camcorders compatible with MXF files, including the EOS C300 and XF-series cameras.
Canon XF plugin for Final Cut Pro helps Cannon users a lot while importing Canon .MXF footage into Final Cut Pro. However, users still have problems one or another when utilizing the software on Mac OS X. We have a collection of frequently asked questions about Canon XF Plugin for Final Cut Pro here, and aim to provide available solutions to these issues.
FAQs & Answers for Canon XF Plugin for Final Cut Pro (X)
FAQ 1: Canon C300 to FCP 7-"Have used FCP 7.0.3 with Log and Transfer with Canon C300 footage for about a year and a half now. Never any issues. Yesterday, brought new project in, went through all the normal steps to convert camera files to ProRes422. Log and transfer opens, add volume brings the clips into the list, but no video appears. Reloaded Canon XF Utility and XF plugin for final cut pro (yes, the one for fcp7) Still didn't work.
Went to Canon website and downloaded the latest versions of both... still nothing. Anyone seen this problem or have suggestions?"
Answer: For your case, you'd better convert MXF footages to Apple ProRes 422 via using a professinal and reliable MXF Video Converter like Brorsoft Video Converter, since FCP 7 needs to have all the footage on a timeline in the single codec, otherwise it needs to render everything and does not preview clips in realtime. The Mac Canon MXF Converter tool has the capacity of loading MXF files directly from your camera, or reading from a folder stored on your computer’s HDD or an external hard drive, as well as separating .MXF clips out of the camera’s original folder structure.
FAQ 2: Canon XF300 to FCP X -"Hi, all--I'm working on a project that has mostly been shot with P2 Cards. This weekend, we had two shoots going at one time and had to also use, for the first time, the Canon XF300. Back at our office now, I am trying to ingest that footage into FCP and having problems.
I am the person who usually handles the transferring of media from cards to back-ups to FCP - however, I could not be in two places at one time, and I was on the shoot with the P2 folks. I acquired the Canon XF plug-in from a friend and installed on my computer. Now, when I try to ingest with log and transfer, I get this error message:
"[REEL] contains unsupported media or has an invalid directory structure. Please choose a folder whose directory structure matches supported media." Now I’m at a loss as to what to do... Anyone have any suggestions as to how I can start editing this film on FCP?"
Answer: You may have destroyed your original file structure of XF300 yet. If you have the similar trouble likewise or some other unknown errors when editing Canon MXF clips, we always have workaround to deal with these incompatible issues. Simply convert MXF files recorded by a Canon camera to Apple ProRes 422 via using a Canon MXF to ProRes 422 Converter, which is the simplest and most effective solution for you.
FAQ 3: Canon XF305 to FCP 7-"Hi - I hope someone might be able to help me. I've booked a Canon XF305 to film an event for a charity at the beginning of the week. I need to ingest the rushes into Final Cut Pro 7.0 on Mac OSX 10.8.5 and I can't seem to find the plugin that will work for this set up. I'm getting a bit worried as it is too late in the day to change the camera I'm using. I normally shoot on a Sony EX3 and had no problem using the XDCam log and transfer plugin for my rushes. Any help much appreciated."
Answer: Brorsoft Canon MXF Converter is the bee's knees. Applaying it, you can effortlessly encode Canon MXF footages to Apple ProRes 422/422(HQ)/4444/LT for editing compatibly with Final Cut Pro X/7/6 with unprecedented converting speed and unbelievable visual quality.
FAQ 4: Canon C300 to Final Cut Pro 7-"I shot yesterday on a canon C300 and went to Log and Transfer the footage. No dice. FCP 7 can see the card but says there is no compatible format on it. ? I was able to open the footage using Canon FX Utility and back it up. But still no way to convert it to ProRes LT as I normally do. Thanks for any suggestions."
Answer: Maybe your FCP is outdate and need to upgrade. If you try the log and transfer or the Canon XF plug, none worked. You can try a paid MXF converter to convert Canon MXF to ProRes 422 on Mac for using in your FCP 7. It saves time and effort and allows you to view and work with them natively.
Conclusion: We can say as long as you have this versatile MXF Video Converter, you can make all kinds of MXF footages recorded from Canon XF305/XF300/XF105/XF100 and C300 camera compatibly work with Final Cut Pro X/7/6, even without taking advantage Canon XF plugin.
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