Import & Edit Sony A6300 4K/1080p XAVC S with Avid Media Composer

Summary: If you run across issues of working Sony A6300 XAVC S files with Avid Media Composer, you won't miss this post. It demonstrates a terrific workaround to transcode a6300 4K/1080p XAVC S video to DNxHD.mov format for editing in Avid Media Composer smoothly.

With advanced, reliable, easy-to-use functions in a robust magnesium alloy body, the α6300 rises to new heights of professional-class performance. The camera supports 4K recording with high-bitrate XAVC S format at 24p, 25p and 30p and full 120fps high-speed shooting at up to 100Mbps bit rate to capture detailed movies with minimal compression noise. On the other hand, if you own the splendid professional video editing app Avid Media Composer, chances are you want to enhance your XAVC S video in Avid before uploading to YouTube or posting on Facebook, while unfortunately find it a painful experience as below:

“Hi, all, can you guys work with XAVC S recordings from Sony a6300 in Avid? I have a bundle of 4K XAVC S files shot on a6300, which I would like to edit in Avid MC. Unfortunately, there isn’t an available AMA plugin for XAVC S, so I can’t import XAVC-S file format. I would like to know if there are any workarounds to go through this issue. Please help. Thanks for any help.”

Granted that, for a faster and more fluid workflow, Sony has created a special free charge AMA plug-in for Avid. However, this software for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X operating systems only provides support for XAVC files in Avid Media Composer. As for 4K XAVC S, it is not currently supported natively by Avid Media Composer. Luckily, there is still another easier way to fix such troubles, namely converting XVAC S to DNxHD, a codec specially developed by Avid to help media professionals to work with mastering-quality HD media at significantly reduced file size.

To complete this task, you are highly recommended to adopt Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac. With it, you can convert any XAVC S files recorded from Sony a7S, Sony AX100, AS100V and more to Avid Media Composer preferable DNxHD video with splendid output quality. Apart from Avid Media Composer, this XAVC converter can also support Sony A6300 4K/1080p XAVC S clips for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, etc flawlessly. The equivalent Windows version is Brorsoft Video Converter, which can encode Sony A6300 4K/1080p XAVC S files for Windows editing.

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)


Transcode Sony A6300 4K/1080p XAVC S to DNxHD for Avid MC editing

Step 1. Install and launch XAVC S to DNxHD Converter, and then click "Add" button to load XAVC S files or directly drag the footage to the program.



Step 2. You just need to go to "Avid Media Composer -> DNxHD (*.mov)" as the best video format for editing XAVC S in Avid with good video quality.



Step 3. If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels. For original 4K XAVC S files, if don't stick with 4K, you're suggested to download 4K to 1080p for easier editing.

Step 4: When ready, click ‘Convert’ to start format conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click ‘Open’ button to get the exported DNxHD MOV files for use in Avid apps with optimum performance.

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