How to Import MP4 footage from Sony XCAM EX into Final Cut Pro

Summary: If you are puzzeled with the problem that you can't edit your MP4 footage from Sony XCAM EX in Final Cut Pro, here recommend you the best Sony XDCAM EX Video Converter for Mac to solve this incompatible problem.

Sony XDCAM has four different product lines: XDCAM SD, XDCAM HD, XDCAM EX and XDCAM HD422 differ in kinds of encoder, contain type and in recording media.

Sony XDCAM EX series (like PMW-EX3, PMW-200, PMW-EX1, PMW 150) are one of the high-end professional Sony camcorders with outstanding video quality. The footages are wrapped in XDCAM codec MP4 format at data rate of up to 50 Mbps. However, due to the codec incompatibility issue, Sony XDCAM EX MP4 footages cannot work smoothly in Final Cut Pro, which makes the editing become harsh to some extend.

Don't worry, Pavtube Sony XDCAM EX to FCP Converter can give you easy but effective solution for importing XDCAM EX MP4 footages into FCP for editing. With the assistance of the Mac MXF Converter, you can effortlessly transcode MXF file to FCP acceptable formats like ProRes .mov. Then, what you need is just to import the converted file into FCP for editing. Just follow the steps below to transcode Sony XDCAM EX MP4 to ProRes for importing to Final Cut Pro editing.

[How-to]: Transocde Sony XDCAM EX MP4 recordings to FCP with highest quality

Preparation:
Connect your Sony XDCAM EX camcorder to Mac and backup the recorded .mp4 file on Mac.

1. Install and launch the Mac XDCAM EX Video Converter. This professional HD Video Converter can help you convert Sony XDCAM EX to ProRes 422 MOV format for Final Cut Pro, more output formats are also supported.


2. Click Format bar to choose the output format. Click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).


4.You can click "Settings" to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want.



5.Start convert Sony XDCAM EX to ProRes for FCP editing on Mac.

Click the "Convert" button to start transcoding Sony XDCAN EX MP4 to Prores for Final Cut Pro immediately. 

When you get ready to convert the added MP4 videos on Mac, Click the "Convert" button to start conversion. The conversion processes will transcode MP4 to ProRes MOV videos to be compatible with FCP editing.

After the MP4 to Prores conversion finished, you can easily import video files and projects into Final Cut Pro for further editing without any trouble. Congratulations! You have successfully taken the first step to make your own masterpiece.

With this Sony XDCAM EX to ProRes Converter, you can easily change XDCAM EX files to FCP for editing, this software runs fast, so you can convert your XDCAM EX MP4 footages to FCP in less time, video and audio synchronization are perfectly guaranteed.


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