How to transcode Sony HXR-NX5U video files to DNxHD for Avid?

Summary: If you are facing importing issues while editing Sony HXR-NX5U Sony HXR-NX5U NXCAM Professional Camcorder AVCHD MTS files in Avid systems, you will need to use a AVCHD to Avid Converter to transcode HXR-NX5U files to DNxHD MOV for use in Avid smoothly.

The first in Sony's line of NXCAM solid-state camcorders, the HXR-NX5U is also the company's first professional-level AVCHD camcorder. And while it may look similar to its HDV predecessor, the HVR-Z5U, in fact this is a very different animal. Its ability to capture HD and SD video in AVCHD and MPEG-2 formats--and save it to solid state media--is only one of its distinctive traits. Full-raster 1920 x 1080 video is another, including the option of recording 720/60p video as well as 60i.

Owing to Sony HXR-NX5U recording video in AVCHD MTS/MPEG-2, for Mac users, you can't directly import these MTS, MPEG video to Mac to edit with Avid or other NLEs, such as, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Kdenlive, After Effects, Adobe CS4 and iMovie etc. If you want to convert and import Sony HXR-NX5U video to Avid, you need to encode Sony HXR-NX5U AVCHD/MPEG-2 files to DNxHD for working with Avid.

Here a AVCHD to Avid Converter is recommend, this HD Video Converter can help you re-encode Sony HXR-NX5U AVCHD MTS files to an intermediate codec (DNxHD .mov) for working with Avid beautifully, More than handling Sony HXR-NX5U AVCHD files, this converter utility is also able to convert video files in MXF, MOV, AVI, MKV, VRO, Tivo, etc. to whatever format you request for editing and playing.

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Sony HXR-NX5U and Avid Workflow - Import AVCHD video files to Avid

Step 1. Free download the AVCHD to Avid Converter, launch it to load your AVCHD recordings to it.



Step 2. Click on the Profile box and select the Avid friendly format in dropdown-list. Select 'Avid Media Composer' > 'Avid DNxHD (.mov) as output format. Here you can choose according to their own needs, output 720 p or 1080 p.



Note: The AVCHD to Avid Converter is capable of processing batch conversion, so you input loads of your Sony HXR-NX5U AVCHD files into it to do format conversion at a time (Do remember ticking off 'Apply to All' before you start).

Step 3. Customize the video and audio parameters by clicking Settings in the Profile Setting. If you have no specifc requirement, you can just skip the step and leave the parameters as default.

Step 4. Click "Convert" and start Sony HXR-NX5U AVCHD to DNxHD MOV conversion, Once the conversion process is complete, click 'Open Folder' button to get the generated DNxHD MOV files for editing with Avid smoothly.

Tip: If you don't want to wait for the entire format shifting process, you can tick off 'Showdown computer when conversion completed' and go away to do other things.