Workflow: Import Sony PMW-300K1 MXF to Avid Media Composer

MXF in Avid---Add Sony PMW-300K1 MXF Files to Avid MC 

Summary: Can't make the workflow: import Sony PMW-300K1 MXF to Avid Media Composer so easily? Why not read the following paper? 
Have you got any XDCAM camcorders? Or have you ever found the highly compressed Full-HD MXF/XAVC files recorded by Sony PMW-300K1, it is hard to edit them in NLE applications like Avid Media Composer. So in this situation on how to import MXF files to Avid Media Composer, we need to convert our Sony PMW-300K1 MXF files to one format that can work well with Avid Media Composer. 

 

Since we have known how to smoothly work our MXF files with Avid, do you know why we can't directly drag our MXF files in Avid? Someone may have some interests here, right? Something wrong that appeared on your screen when importing MXF files are usually caused by incomplete folder or different video codec. To change the situation with other methods, we here highly introduce you the Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac ( Win Version ), which is a professional MXF to Avid converter that also can handle MXF with other NLE applications with ease. In this case, some MXF converting tips are needed. 

Download Sony PMW-300K1 to FCP X converter from our website and install it on your Mac computer. Besides Mac version, this software also has Windows version which can help you to convert Sony PMW-300K1 MXF files on Windows PC. 'Add video' or 'Add from folder' could both be your assistants to load your files in. Only for Avid? We can easily find it when we drop down the output list, 'Avid Media Composer'>>'DNxHD MOV'. 

 

Before you click the 'Convert' to wait for your conversion result, could I show you around the 'Editor' interface there? Maybe here you can do some simple editing adjustments. 'Trim' to decide the video length, 'Crop' to drop off the unwanted clips, etc. More details are waiting here for you. 

 

Notes: Someone there may need the output MXF files with multiple audio tracks preserved, here we can suggest you to convert the MXF recordings in Avid MC with multi-track audios. Do you wanna a try? 

See Also: 
Natively Move Files From QuickTime to Avid Media Composer? 
MXF Not Friendly with Premiere Pro CC? How to Solve it? 
Import Canon XF200/XF205 MXF to Premiere Pro CC/CS 

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