Sunday, July 27, 2014

Convert Canon XF300 MXF footage to MPEG-2 for Sony Vegas editing smoothly

The Canon XF series camcorders employ the XF Codec, an MPEG-2 4:2:2 50Mbps codec for native 1920 x 1080 HD video recording onto affordable, universally available Compact Flash (CF) cards. Uniting video, audio and metadata into a single file, Canon XF300 uses an MXF (Material eXchange Format) File Wrapper, a widely supported open-source format, to maximize compatibility with existing industry infrastructure; while, it's still not widely supported by the non-linear editing (NLE) systems. Many users have met the Canon XF300 to Vegas Pro issues.

To solve the problem is a effective way, what you should know that: MXF is a self-container format which is unacceptable by various non-linear editing systems (NLE), like Pinnacle Studio, Final Cut Pro (FCP 6/7/X), Sony Vegas, Avid Media Composer, Premiere, etc. In order to import the MXF files from Canon cam to Sony Vegas Pro for editing, the easy workaround is to transcode Canon MXF files to Vegas Pro Pro most compatible video formats. Along with some help from a top MXF Converter, it can be done. To help those who wanna edit MXF files in Sony vegas without problems, here I share with you a simple guide on how to convert MXF files for smooth editing in Sony Vegas Pro.

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1. Add Canon XF300 MXF videos to Canon MXF to Sony Vegas Converter.

Launch the app and load MXF files into the program. You can simply drag and drop files into the converter or click "Add Video" to browse for your MXF files.

Canon XF300 MXF to Sony Vegas for Mac

2.Choose MPEG-2 (.mpg) for Sony Vegas.

Click the "Profile" option and choose "Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg)" as output format.

Tip: If you look for a HD output, you can click "Profile" option and choose "HD Video > H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)" , you will be impressed by its output quality.

Convert Canon XF300 MXF to MPEG-2 for Sony Vegas

3. Merge Canon XF MXF files.(Optional)

Join Canon XF300 MXF files and convert. The function of joining/merging multiple MXF files together into one single file. It's indeed very useful function when you have plenty of MXF clips that needed to be combined to edit in Sony Vegas. If you want to join your imported files together, just select all files and click "Merge". After that, you can start the Canon XF MXF to Sony Vegas (*.mpg) now.

4. Convert Canon XF300 MXF to MPEG-2 for Sony Vegas.

Click the "Convert" button under the preview window, and the Canon XF300 MXF Converter will start converting MPEG-2 for Sony Vegas.

After the conversion, import the .mpg videos to Sony Vegas and adjust the Project Properties of the video file.

Tips:

If you are using other non-linear editing software instead of Sony Vegas Pro, you may also use the Canon MXF converter to make the Canon XF300 MXF videos compatible with Windows Movie Maker, Adobe Premiere Elements, Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, Magix Movie Editor Pro, Avid Media Composer, Avid Xpress Pro, etc.

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