How to Import DVCPRO P2 MXF to Final Cut Pro 7/X?

“One of my clients just bought a used Panasonic P2 camera, a HVX200, and wants to edit P2 MXF footages in FCP on OS 10.6, but he found FCP cannot recognize the P2 .mxf footages well. Any idea? ”

Are you also seeking the best way to convert the DVCPRO P2 MXF videos to FCP 7/X for editing? Since the FCP has its’ own best video files formats or sometimes because of the special P2 file structure, it is normal to meet some troubles during the importing progress. For example, we may get the audio missed errors etc. So in order to avoid the related issues, we are going to convert the DVCPRO P2 MXF to ProRes MOV, which we all think as the best one for FCP.

Panasonic P2 HD series: AJ-HPX3700, AJ-HPX2700, AJ-HPX3100, AJ-HPX2100, AJ-HPX2000, AG-3DP1, AG-HPX500 series, AG-HPX370 series, AG-HPX250, AG-HVX170. 

In order to convert Panasonic DVCPRO HD P2 MXF files into best format for FCP on Mac, you may like to give a shpt to this powerful Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac. (iMixMXF to preserve the multi-track audios)With intuitive interface, you can easily and fast convert Panasonic DVCPRO HD P2 MXF to ProRes 422 HQ for FCP on Mac using this professional MXF to ProRes Converter. And the latest Mac OS X Yosemite is also supported. What’s more, we can transcode the P2 MXF to other suitable ones for editing in Avid MC or playback on TV, etc.

Notes: It can decode and encode the H.265/HEVC files after upgraded to the latest version 4.8.5.1. Do you wanna enjoy the higher definition?

Step 1.Click the ‘Add Video’ button at the top right of the main interface. In the open window, select the MXF video file from Panasonic P2 card. You can also transfer P2 MXF files from your camcorder to Mac Hard Drive before import.



Step 2. Click on the ‘Format’ bar and get the dropdown menu, then move your pointer to choose ‘Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422’ as the output format.

For advanced functions?
Click the “Effect” button to open the Video Edit window to achieve editing MP4 like trim, crop, image, watermark, effect, subtitles and rotate and etc in the corresponding editing pane.
Click the “Setting…” button to open the Advanced Settings window to adjust the output video codec, resolution, bitrates, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio codec, channel, volume and etc in the advanced tab.

Finally, go back to the main interface to tap the big button ‘Convert’ to start the conversion. Just follow this way and no needs to wait a long time, we are glad to import the DVCPRO P2 MXF files to FCP 7/X after transferring as usual. 

Further Reading:

• Import Canon XC10 XF-AVC MXF 4K/1080p to Premiere Pro CC
• XAVC .mxf to Avid Media Composer Solutions on Windows/Mac
• Play H.265/HEVC Videos with Smart TV on Mac OS X Yosemite

Pavtube Upgraded News for All Mac Users

Surprised news for everyone! The famous video studio Pavtube has announced that all its’ Mac products have been upgraded to version 4.8.5.1, which can bring us more functional items. Before that, all Windows products have been already done well. As the best H.265/HEVC decoder and encoder, Pavtube can help you a lot more.

New features of Mac version 4.8.5.1:

• Supported to decode/encode the H.265/HEVC codec
• Fix the XAVC MXF codec importing issues
• Optimize coding parameters
• Fix some bugs

Five upgraded Mac products are listed below:

1.Pavtube Video Converter for Mac

2.Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac

3.Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac

4.Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac

5.Pavtube iMixMXF

Download sites:

Pavtube Official website

CNET Download Site

Amazon Download Site

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H.265 to PPro: Edit Samsung NX1 H.265 in Premiere Pro CC on Mac Yosemite

No more worries about importing H.265 videos to Premiere Pro CC for editing from Samsung NX1 camcorders if you read this article below. This article teaches you how to convert H.265(HEVC) video to Premiere Pro edit-friendly format for smooth workflow. We are seeking the best H.265/HEVC decoder here.

Since H.265 footage like from Samsung NX1 can’t be recognized by Adobe Premiere Pro CC on Mac Yosemite due to its best supported video formats, some related questions are asked on some forums. For example:

“I feel well because the new Samsung NX1 camcorder can shoot the H.265 recordings so nicely. But it seems wrong when I wanna edit them in Premiere Pro. Such as the ‘errors’ and ‘unsupported message’ always appear on the screen. Any good measures?”

How to easily import Samsung NX1 H.265 videos to Premiere Pro CC on Yosemite?
Method 1.: Cinemartin Cinec Plin---third-party tool to work H.265 well with Premiere Pro CC. It’s the new plugin from cinemartin for Premiere Pro that allows users to export Adobe Premiere Sequence Timeline to several output videos including the Apple Prores codecs, and the new HEVC H.265. Just look the following video display as good reference.



Method 2.Professional H.265 decoder for Premiere Pro CC---Pavtube Video Converter for Mac. (Windows version)

Here we can also introduce you a professional H.265/HEVC videos converter to help you a lot. With the latest version upgraded, it can decode and encode the H.265/HEVC videos well, also, other common video formats are included. For editing NX1 H.265 movies nicely in Premiere Pro CC, it’s not a big deal to convert the H.265 to MPEG-2 mpg now. Let’s download this Samsung NX1 H.265 Video Converter and start transcoding.

Learning course of converting Samsung NX1 H.265 to MPEG-2 MPG for Premiere Pro CC:
Step 1.After you install the H.265/HEVC decoder correctly on your computer, drag you files in this program directly or with two adding buttons. ‘Add video’ and ‘Add from folder’.

Step 2. Come to the output list and choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas > MPEG-2 (*.mpg) as the best video format for editing Samsung NX1 H.265 files in Adobe Premiere as well as good video quality. 

Notes: For other NLEs as output? Such as H.265 to FCP or media devices like H.265 to iPhone 6,etc. All these output items we can easily find on the output list.

Step 3.Adjust the video and audio parameters, including the Bitrates of Video & Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality.

Finally, if you get back to the main interface, we are going to hit the big icon ‘Convert’ to get the work started. After transferring the files to Adobe Premiere Pro CC as usual, we can enjoy editing the Samsung NX1 H.265 videos in Adobe Premiere Pro CC on Mac Yosemite so perfectly.

See Also:

• Reviewed: Best H.265/HEVC Video Decoder on Mac OS X Systems
• Import Samsung NX1 H.265 to Avid Media Composer on Mac
• Can Samsung TV Play MKV, FLV and Other Files?

Decode H.265/HEVC to QuickTime Player on Mac Yosemite

‘Does apple QuickTime support h.265 on the Mac I've been editing a video and just finished it and encoded it from h.264 to h.265 but when I play it back on QuickTime it doesn't go through any suggestions.’---asked from Apple Support Communities.

Aims to solve all the H.265 troubles on Mac, this article can provide us a professional H.265 tool which can make H.265/HEVC videos accepted by all media devices there, surely including how to decode H.265 videos to QuickTime Player with MOV format.

Best method offered to decode H.265/HEVC to QuickTime Player for Playback:

HEVC, short form for High Efficiency Video Coding, is a video compression standard successor to H.264/MPEG-4 AVC. So HEVC was also known as H.265, which has the higher definition smaller size. Since it is designed for those HDTV displays, we need to decode the format to others for other media players, such as QuickTime on Mac. To decode H.265/HEVC to QuickTime MOV, the upgraded Pavtube Video Converter for Mac can do this job well. As soon as this upgraded version comes out, it has become the best H.265 decoder on Mac.

Main upgraded points:
Perfectly support the H.265/HEVC codec decoding well
Fix some bugs during the importing and preview
Support for the XAVC codec contained from MXF files
Support the VPx series decoder nicely

Key Features attract us a lot:

• As a professional HEVC decoder, HEVC H.265 converter can decode and convert HEVC H.265 video in various resolution like 4K UHD 4320p, 8k to all most video formats such as convert HEVC to MP4, MOV, AVI, 3GP, FLV, H.264, MKV, WMV, RM, Xvid, DivX, MXF, ASF, WebM, ProRes, WTV, etc., and can extract audio, music from HEVC and save as MP3, M4A, OGG, FLAC, Apple Lossless ALAC, AAC, AC3, WAV, WMA, etc. 
• Supported Mac OS X System: Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, 10.6 Snow Leopard, 10.5 Leopard.

Learning on how to decode H.265/HEVC to MOV for QuickTime Player on Mac:

To add source video to the HEVC Video Converter, you can directly drag and drop them into the program window or go to “File” from menu bar and then choose “Add Files”.

When you come to the output list, here we would like to suggest you to click the ‘Format’ bar to get into the output list. Then drop down the list we can easily find the ‘Common Video’>>’MOV-QuickTime (*.mov)’ item there.

What’s more, before we start our work, why not get into the ’Settings’ to know more? For a nice enjoyment? Just make some changes here! Video codec, video size, frame rate or audio channels, etc we could set on our own.

Finish all the preparation work? Why not go to the main interface to hit the ‘Convert’ to get started? With the faster speed, we will not wait for a long time to play the output MOV files for QuickTime Player. Just enjoy ourselves!

More Reading:

• Decode H.265/HEVC to MKV, MP4, AVI, MOV, WMV, FLV on Mac Yosemite
• Upgrade! Pavtube Mac Video Converter Add H.265/XAVC Decoding
• How to Use Plex to Get Media From PC to Roku Box?

Good News for Pavtube Video Converter for Mac--- Upgrade to Version 4.8.5.0!

Big news for all! Pavtube studio has announced that its hottest product Mac Video Converter has upgraded to latest version 4.8.5.0. According to the official news, this updated product can decode the H.265/HEVC video codec well. In other words, it has become the hottest and comprehensive video converter for all Mac users!

What’s new in this upgraded version?

• Fix the bug of breakdown when importing MXF and XAVC format.
• H.265/HEVC decode well.
• Solve the issues well for decoding basic codec
• Support the VPx series codec perfectly

Main features:

• Convert various video/audios as input and output.
• So many popular editing tools and media players are available.
• Easy operation workflow and faster conversion speed.
• Extra acceleration function for Windows users.
• Strong ability of setting and editing output vides.

Outstanding highlight for H.265/HEVC supported:
If you have more touched this new H.265 codec enough, you may know well about it. For H.264/MPEG-4 and H.265/HEVC, those two codec are said to double the date compression at the same level of video quality. This H.265 can be said as the Intro Time of 4K Generation. With the H.265 codec videos, we can get the higher definition and smaller vide size.

Pavtube Video Converter for Mac---Deserved to choose as your favorite!
Now this brand new video has updated to a more powerful one, new features like adding H.265/HEVC decode which can provide much higher quality than H.264, videos shooting under XAVC mode can be loaded flawless, more output items added to consider about the compatible with old system or devices. What’s more, we will not be disappointed with its’ original fast speed and easy operation.

Notes: Upgraded Pavtube Video Converter also can be provided for all Windows users

Hot News Also: All of us can get 40% discount off before May, 1st, 2015. Come on!

How to Edit Nikon 1 J5 4K/60p Videos in DaVinci Resolve

For all Nikon fans or other camcorder lovers, if you guys have related issues of editing Nikon 1 J5 4K/60p videos in DaVinci Resolve, just read the post below, we can get the answers to the Nikon 1 J5 video workflow. In this case, it is not hard for us to import the Nikon 1 J5 4K videos to DaVinci Resolve for editing.

Videography features of the Nikon 1 J5 include: 

• Resolutions: 4K (15p), 1920 x 1080 (60p, 30p), 1280 x 720 (120p/60p/30p)
• Format: MPEG-4, H.264
• Videography notes: Slow motion: 1280 x 720 (120 fps), 800 x 296 (400 fps), 400 x 144 (1200 fps)
• Microphone: Stereo
• Speaker: Mono

Issues we may meet when importing Nikon 1 J5 videos to DaVinci Resolve:
‘Last Sunday, I shot some videos about camping and playing games on grass outside with my family members you know. I shot the footage with my Nikon 1 J5 4K camcorder, it is has the nice image effects and stable capability. But some ‘errors’ turned out there when loading them to DaVinci Resolve for editing. Any useful workflow there I can take as best solutions?’

Any best third-party program to convert Nikon 4K videos to DaVinci Resolve?
To solve the problem of importing Nikon 4K MOV videos to DaVinci Resolve, you need to convert Nikon 1 J5 4K MOV to DNxHD MOV, which could be the best codec for DaVinci Resolve for editing. Here the Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended to be the best assistant. 

What can this professional 4K to DaVinci Resolve converter do?
The program can effortlessly encode/re-encode 4K H.264(MOV/MP4), XAVC, XAVC S, etc footage for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, and more. Keep reading for a brief how-to on the simple process, which guaranteed to import your Nikon 1 J5 MOV to iMovie for smoothly editing.

Steps on converting Nikon J5 4K to DaVinci Resolve for editing:
Step 1. Load Nikon 1 J5 videos. Run the program you just set up. You can hit ‘Add Files’ button to import the Full HD or 4K .mov video files from 1 J5 camcorder or hard drive to the converter.

Step 2. Hit Format bar to select output format. You can choose Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov) as output format. It is an ideal editing format for Resolve. Of course, you can also click "Common Video" > "MOV - QuickTime (*.MOV)" as the target format.

Tip: In case the default settings do not fit your requirement, you can click "Settings" button and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Finally, click Convert button to start transcoding Nikon 4K videos to DNxHD for DaVinci Resolve immediately. Once the conversion completes, you can click "Open" to find the output videos which can be directly imported to DaVinci Resolve. You've done. Now you can import and edit Nikon 1 J5 4K files in DaVinci Resolve without any issues.

Further Reading:

• Play Nikon 1 J5 Mirrorless Camera 4k Recordings on Mac
• Enjoy Nikon 1 J5 4Kvideos on Windows 10 with WMP
• Import ALEXA Mini HD/2K/4K UHD Videos to iMovie
• Play Canon C300 MXF Files with VLC on Yosemite/Windows 10

Play Canon C300 MXF Files with VLC on Yosemite/Windows 10

‘Need help. I shot a project with the Canon C300 in 24p mode. I uploaded the files on my hard drive, the raw files works wrong with the VLC player, any suggestions to fix the problems? I just wanna playback my C300 mxf recordings on VLC on Yosemite/Windows 10’

Are you worrying about the related questions of importing Canon C300 MXF files to any other media players for playback on Yosemite or Windows 10? Due to the limitation between different media devices supported video formats, we are seeking the easiest and convenient way to play MXF videos nicely on VLC media player. So which one could be the most suitable answer to convert the original MXF clips? We exactly need some MXF tips.

Hot Search: MXF to PC/Mac | MXF to Sony Vegas | MXF to YouTube

Frankly speaking, if you have tried some other third-party MXF plug-ins for media devices, you sometimes may be confused with the unstable capability and incomplete structure, right? Here the professional MXF to VLC assistant---Pavtube MXF Converter for Windows/Mac can be the best converting tool for us. It has a good reputation online which can transcode MXF files to any other formats, of course the VLC best supported format MP4, MOV, etc are included. More than a professional MXF converter, it can also edit and adjust the video/audio parameters for output ones.

How to transcode MXF to MP4/MOV for playback with VLC media player on Yosemite/Windows 10?

Step 1.Install and launch this best MXF to VLC Converter; click the ‘Add files’ button to import the MXF files to the converter. It’s also not a bad idea to drag the original files in.

Step 2. Choose the right one for Click on the dropdown menu of ‘Format’ bar and select the ‘HD Video’>>’H.264 HD Video (*.mp4)’ as target format. Of course you can choose suitable ones for VLC media player, such as the ‘HD Video (*.mov)’. 

Functional Tips: 
Any interests in adjusting your output videos? Additionally in the ‘Edit’ button on the main interface, we can ‘Trim’, ‘Crop’ to decide the video length or something else there. Do you have any interests there to have a try?

At the end, cclick the ‘Convert’ on the main interface if you have done all the preparation work. So are you still now trapped in the issues when importing MXF files to VLC media player? Just add the files to your VLC, and you can play the converted MXF on VLC easily without any issues on Yosemite and Windows 10.

Further reading:

• Enjoy Samsung NX1 H.265/HEVC Movies on VLC
• Open XAVC in VLC Media Player---XAVC Workflow
• Play AVCHD Videos with VLC and QuickTime on Yosemite