Convert and Import Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC files to Final Cut Pro 7

Summary: In this article, we're going to share you the best workflow of importing and editing Sony FS7 XAVC files in Final Cut Pro X/7/6. Keep reading for more details.

"Hi, the other day, I bought the excellent Sony PXW-FS7 camcorder, and greatly impressed by its capturing quality. When I copy the test footage I shot to my hard drive, the actual mxf clip is found in XDROOT > Clip, but as I trying to import those files into final cut 7, neither single clip nor entire folders can be recognized by log and transfer. What's wrong with that? Any help? Thanks! "

In fact, to ensure users have the most comprehensive Ultra-HD 4K video editing experience, more and more video editing programs provide compatibility of XAVC and Sony itself also generates plug-ins like XAVC/XDCAM Plug-in for Apple (PDZK-LT2) to enable Final Cut Pro ingest Sony XAVC files correctly. While, the plug-in requires Final Cut Pro X 10.1 or later, that means if you want to import Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC to Final Cut Pro 7 or its previous versions, it won’t work. On this case, in order to ensure a smooth Sony PXW-FS7 4K workflow, a better workaround here is to transcode and rewrap Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC clips into Apple ProRes codec, which ensures the maximum editing efficiency and quality when working with all versions of Final Cut Pro.

Now I share the guide with you how to convert Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC to Final Cut Pro friendly format using Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac. With it, you can effortlessly encode/re-encode XAVC intra footage shot from Sony PXW-FS7 as well as PWM-F5, F55, PXW-X180, etc for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including FCP X/7/6, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, iMovie and more. If you’re using a Windows, please turn to Video Converter, which can help you solve the XAVC codec to FCP 7 incompatibility on Windows.

Download the XAVC converter app:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

How to Open Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC videos in FCP 7

Step 1: Launch the Sony XAVC to FCP Converter. Click "Add" icon to load video files from Sony PXW-FS7 or directly drag&drop the files into file list.



Step 2: Click the "Format" bar and select Final Cut Pro> Apple ProRes 422(*.mov) as output format, which should work with FCP 7 perfectly.



Tip: If you wanna, you can go to the "Settings" page to customize proper video/audio parameters including Video size, bitrate and fame rate and more.

Step 3: After all necessary settings, hit the convert button to start the Sony PXW-FS7 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 PXW-FS7 XAVC videos in FCP 7 without problem.

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How to Rip and Convert Blu-ray to Final Cut Pro?

Summary: Have a bunch of Blu-rays and want to transfer them into Final Cut Pro for further editing? The easy and quick workaround is to rip and convert Blu-ray to Apple ProRes, viewed as the optimal video format for FCP X/7/6. Read on the below post to get more hints.

“I have purchased many Blu-ray movies in the past several years, now I need to use some clips of the Blu-ray movies in Final Cut Pro with my recordings, can you tell me how to transfer my Blu-ray clips into FCP? What software do I need? Thanks!”

Having advanced and powerful editing features and released by Apple Inc., Final Cut Pro is definitely the best tool for personalized videos or movies editing on Mac. Various video sources can be imported into Final Cut Pro for editing, such as sources from cameras, drives, network locations, and camera archives. However, the Final Cut Pro only accepts DV, HDV, P2 MXF (DVCProHD), XDCAM, and 2K film formats and does not support Blu-ray importing. On this case, in order to ensure your Blu-ray clips work well with Final Cut Pro, you're highly suggested to rip and convert Blu-ray to Final Cut Pro supported video formats initially.

To finish the task, a Blu-ray ripping application is needed. Here Brorsoft Ripper for Mac(El Capitan compatible) will be a great help. With it, you can fast rip and convert Blu-ray movies to ProRes encoded MOV, which ensures maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with FCP X/7/6. Besides FCP, the program can also help you rip Blu-ray/DVD for use in any editing application including Adobe Premiere, Avid, iMovie, Final Cut Express, etc. without quality loss. Now download this program and follow the guide below to complete your task.

Free download the Blu-ray to FCP X Converter for Mac:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Guide on Import and Rip Blu-ray to Final Cut Pro X on Mac
Step 1. Load Blu-ray movies

Place the disc from the BD drive. Launch the Mac Blu ray to FCP converter; click disc button to import Blu-ray movies into the program. Loaded Blu-ray movies can be previewed in the right preview window.



Step 2. Select output format

Clicking "Format" bar and choose Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as output format from the "Final Cut Pro" category. The output videos will work with FCP flawlessly. In addition, video presets for 150+ devices like iPhone, iPad, iPod, PSP, Xbox 360, Samsung, Zune, Archos, etc. are provided to help you get videos to best fit a certain device.

Tip: To have a smooth playback and editing after conversion, for FCP 6, you can only choose ProRes 422 and ProRes 422(HQ) as export format; while, for FCP 7 and FCP X, ProRes 422(LT)/ProRes 444/ProRes 422(Proxy) are all supported.



Step 3. Start Blu-ray to FCP conversion

When all the settings are fine, click the Convert button to start the conversion. You're done. Now your Blu-ray files will be converted into ProRes .MOV files ready to be imported into Final Cut Pro (Click File > Import > Files to import the projects).

Guide on how to import Blu-ray to Final Cut Pro for editing:

Launch Final Cut Pro on your Mac to enter the main interface, on the top of which lies a menu. Click “File” button to pop up a panel, on which you shall click “Import”, and then “Media” on another pop-up panel. Once “Media” is clicked, you can freely choose media file to import. In this case, you should go to the output directory which you set in the third step of Step 2 and choose the converted Blu-ray movies for importing Blu-ray to Final Cut Pro. After chosen, the Blu-ray now in Final Cut Pro compatible video formats will be imported into Final Cut Pro. Then you can drag the imported video on clips window to timeline for editing.



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