How to Transcode Panasonic AG-HPX170PJ MXF to AIC for iMovie/FCE?

More Mac users recorded videos with this Panasonic AG-HPX170PJ, The AG-HPX170PJ can records in many different formats and frame rates. In HD it can record in 1080i60, 1080p30, 1080p24, 720p60, 720p30, 720p24, and variable frame rates in DVCPRO HD. In SD it can record 480i60, 480p30, 480p24 in either DVCPRO or DVCPRO 50. if you have tried to import AG-HPX170PJ MXF Videos on Mac by using iMovie or FCE. You will find that iMovie is not supported the MXF files. Why？

For some reasons, MXF is not campitable well with iMovie on Mac. So we need to convert Panasonic AG-HPX170PJ MXF to iMovie supported video format like Apple Intermediate Codec (AIC) MOV etc.

To convert Panasonic AG-HPX170PJ MXF to iMovie, you need a video converter tool. Here HD Video Converter for Mac is the best assistant. it supports converting P2 MXF footage shot with Panasonic AG-HPX170PJ, AG-HPX250PJ, AG-HPX255, AG-HPX370, AG-HPX500, AG-HPX600PJ, AG-HPX600PJB, AG-HPX600PJF, and AJ-HPX2000 MXF to AIC for iMovie, to Apple ProRes for FCP, to DNxHD for Avid, and more. More than MXF files, it also handles HD recordings in format of AVCHD/MTS, H.264 MOV, GXF, XAVC S MP4, AVI, TiVo and so on.

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How to transcode Panasonic AG-HPX170PJ P2 MXF to AIC for iMovie?

Follow these steps:

Step 1. Add AG-HPX170PJ P2 MXF files
Click "Add Video" to select and import the MXF-format files to this program.



Step 2. Select output format
In order to edit Panasonic AG-HPX170PJ P2 MXF in iMovie, from the Format bar, choose "Apple InterMediateCodec (AIC) (*.mov)" as output format from "iMovie and Final Cut Express" catalogue.

Step 3. Setting video and auido profile
If you want to adjust video and audio settings in your own way, you can click "Setting" button and go to "Profile Settings" panel to do so, if not, simply skip this step.

Step 4. Start converting MXF to MOV for iMovie
Click the big "Converter" button, you can convert AG-HPX170 MXF to iMovie on Mac with high quality. When the conversion finished, you can play converted Panasonic MXF files to iMovie for editing on Mac.

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