Summary: As a Mac user, you might have come across some down situation: Sony camera videos are unplayable on QuickTime, the native media player on Mac. So what’s next step? Convert Sony camera video to QuickTime compatible formats. Read on.
Sony Handycam camcorders provide us great ways to record our most unforgettable moments, but for many Sony Handycam owners, most of them have a headache of playing incompatible Sony camera video with QuickTime. Apple QuickTime movie is stored in the format of Apple QuickTime (.mov, .qt) which is a file format for storing and playing back movies with sound. Though developed and supported primarily by Apple Computer, the format of Apple QuickTime isn't limited to Macintosh operating systems.
To avoid importing issues, you’d better check out QuickTime best supported formats first. And then convert incompatible ones to QuickTime friendly format for playback:
Here Pavtube Video Converter for Mac offers an easy way to convert Sony camera video to QuickTime accepted format for playback on Mac. With it, you will be able to import Sony camera videos to your QuickTime for playback with best quality, fastest converting speed, excellent A/V sync and so on. Besides, by converting Sony camera videos to MOV, you can transfer the generated files to your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 3, etc to play with ease.
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How to convert Sony camera video to QuickTime for playback?
Step 1: Download and have a quick installation. The trial version will have a watermark on your converted files. Except for that, there are no time limitation, no virus, and no unnecessary bundle apps while downloading. After that, click “Add Video” button to load your Sony camera videos. You can load several files at once thanks to “Add from folder” button.
Step 2: Click the “Format” bar to get the drop-down menu and you can get “Common Video”. Choose “MOV- QuickTime (*.mov)” as output format.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.
Step 4: Click “Convert” button on the bottom of the screen to start Sony camera videos to QuickTime MOV conversion process. The amount of time it takes will vary based on your system’s hardware and the quality settings you selected.
Conclusion: Once the conversion is finished, click “Open” to quickly find the converted files. Then, QuickTime will recognize, catalog, play and stream them just fine. There is no need to worry about how to play Sony camera videos on QuickTime.
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