Friday, July 11, 2014

Sony WX350 video compatibility with Mac iMovie, FCP (X) and Avid

Summary: If you have troubles while importing Sony Cyber-shot WX350 AVCHD or MP4 video to iMovie, FCP (X) and Avid for further editing, you will need to transcode Sony WX350 footage to an intermediate codec that is well compatible with NLEs, This post tells you how-to.

About Sony Cyber-shot WX350:
The Sony WX350 is a compact super-zoom with a 20x optical range, 3 inch 460k dot LCD screen and an 18.2 Megapixel CMOS sensor. So far, so ordinary you might think, but the WX350 fits all of that and more into a very, very compact body - indeed, according to Sony it's the world's smallest and lightest compact camera with a 20x optical zoom. What's more Sony has managed to squeeze in Wifi with NFC for initiating wireless connection by physically tapping it aganst another NFC-capable device. The new model replaces 2013's WX300, which at the time of its release was itself the world's smallest and lightest compact camera with a 20x optical zoom. The WX350 can shoot 1080p50 /60 HD video and can shoot continuously at 10fps. As well as being incredibly compact it has a modest price tag to match.

If you ordered a Sony WX350 with intention of using it to capture photographs as well as videos, you may encounter troubles while editing Sony WX350 footage on Mac NLEs, like iMovie, FCP (X), and Avid. In such a case, we would recommend that you convert Sony WX350 video to a format that is compatible with your editing apps. For instance, you can transcode Sony WX350 video to AIC for iMovie, encode Sony WX350 video to ProRes for FCP (X), and convert Sony WX350 footage to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer. To do format conversion, third party converter program is required. Considering the case of use and lossless quality, we would recommend HD Video Converter for Mac.

Here HD Video Converter for Mac, easy to operate Mac HD Video Converter, which enhances your experiences on enjoying HD videos on players, since this HD Converter for Mac can convert HD video, like MXF, XAVC, XAVC S, TiVo, AVCHD (MTS, M2TS), HD TS, HD MPEG, HD WMV, HD MPG, HD MP4, QuickTime HD MOV, HD H.264, HD RM video, etc. Let you edit any video in Final Cur Pro (FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6), iMovie, Premiere Pro (CS5, CS 6), Sony Vegas, FCE, AE etc. And you can convert HD video (AVCHD, MXF, XAVC) to common video for playing on tablets, HD media player, Smart TV and etc.

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How to Transcode Sony WX350 AVCHD/MP4 video for editing on Mac with iMovie, FCP (X) and Avid?

Step 1: Load Sony WX350 video files to the Mac HD Video Converter
Run the Sony WX350 Video Converter you just set up. Drag and drop the Sony WX350 AVCHD or MP4 files to the Converter. You can also hit "Add Videos" button to import videos to the app.



Step 2. Select output format for iMovie, FCE, FCP and Avid

1. Convert Sony WX350 footage to ProRes for FCP 6/7 and FCP X
Click on the “Format” bar and choose “Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422″ or “Apple ProRes 422 HQ” or “Apple ProRes 4444″ as the output format.

2. Convert Sony WX350 Video to DNxHD for Avid
Click on the “Format” bar and choose “Avid DNxHD (*.mov) as output format from “Avid Media Composer” catalogue.

3. Convert Sony WX350 footage to AIC for iMovie and FCE
Click on the “Format” bar and choose “Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov) as output format from “iMovie and Final Cut Express” catalogue.

Step 3. 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.



Step 4: Start Converting Sony WX350 video for editing on iMovie, FCP (X) and Avid
Click “Convert” button. The HD Video Converter for Mac supports batch conversion, so if you have lots of Sony WX350 videos to convert, check‘Shut down computer after conversion’, and you can go away without keeping an eye on it.

When the conversion is done, you can find the output files by clicking “Open” button on the main interface, then you can transfer the files to your for editing on Mac with iMovie, FCP (X) and Avid with ease.

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