Sony PXW-FS7 is the first 4K XDCAM camera to feature a Super35 CMOS sensor. Capable of shooting in 4K Quad Full HD1 (QFHD) and super slow-motion Full HD, this camera has the ability to record QFHD1 with 4:2:2 10-bit sampling up to 600 Mbit/s, with support for a variety of recording formats including include XAVC, which supports 4K* 60p, Full HD 60p even in 4:2:2 10-bit recording, as well as the common MPEG-2 HD 422 format used by many broadcast stations around the world. Though so excellent as it being, those XAVC files are a sheer nightmare for the majority of NLEs like Premiere Pro:
"I received my new camcorder-Sony FS7, but I am new to XAVC codec, so I was wondering if there is a tutorial of how to import Sony FS7 XAVC into Premiere Pro? After some tests by myself, I found that Premiere rejected these videos. Does that mean I can not edit XAVC files in Premiere natively?"
Actually, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, the latest version of Adobe Premiere Pro, has added support for this new camera format. While, users need to download Rovi Totalcode, a Plug-in for Adobe Premiere Pro CS5/CS5.5/CS6 to support Sony's 4K XAVC format perfectly, if you want to import XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro CC previous versions. Whereas, this third-party plug-in will cost you a lot of money, and it only works for Windows. Obviously, to many videographers, it's not an ideal way to solve the incompatibility problem. Alternatively, a easier and better workaround is to transcode these XAVC to Premiere friendly format MPEG-2.
Frankly, it's not hard as you imagine so long as you have a professional yet easy-to-use third-party program like Brorsoft XAVC Video Converter for Mac, which can easily transcode Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC to Premiere friendly format-MPEG-2 without quality loss. What's more, this powerful video converter offers other professional codec for NLEs, like Apple ProRes for FCP, AIC for iMovie/FCE, DNxHD for Avid and more. If you are a PC user and willing to encode Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC to MPEG-2 for Premiere CC/CS6/CS5, Brorsoft Video Converter is your first choice. Now download the software on your computer and follow the guide below to learn how to ingest Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC file to Premiere.
(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)
How to Import Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC file to Premiere CC/CS6/CS5 for editing
Step 1: Load files to the program
Launch the XAVC to Premiere Pro Converter and click "Add File" button to locate the Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC file(s) you want to add. Or you can drag&drop the files into software window list directly.
Step 2: Choose Premiere Pro preferred format
Click "Format" pull down list to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well.
Step 3: Adjust the video, audio settings
Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs. To have a smooth editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, you need create the files with the appropriate resolution and frame rate that matches your source footage.
Step 4: Start conversion
Click the big "Convert" button at the bottom right corner to finish encoding Sony PXW-FS7 XAVC to MPG, MOV for Premiere CC/CS6/CS5 on Mac OS X.
When the conversion is done, you can find the output files by clicking "Open" button on the main interface, then you can transfer the encoded XAVC files to your Premiere Pro to play and edit without any problem.
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