Edit Sony RX100 VII 4K XAVC S in FCP X or Premiere Pro CC

Looking for an easy and direct way to import and edit Sony RX100 VII 4K XAVC S in FCP X, Adobe Premiere Pro CC, you may wish to read this post. Learn details now.

Which camera is best for for travel? Sony RX100 VII is your best choice. The seventh iteration of Sony’s class-defining RX100 brings a wealth of advanced features to the compact camera. Not only does the RX100 VII offer the most impressive video feature set of any compact camera, it also happens to excel at still photos, giving you a one-size-fits-all device for travel. It uses a 20-megapixel 1-inch sensor matched with a fast Bionz X processor for detailed images and fast performance. Able to record UHD 4K video at 30/24 fps, the RX100 VII, is capable of producing movies with exceptional clarity. By using a full pixel readout without binning, the camera collects about 1.7x the information needed for 4K output.

But if you are the user of Sony RX100 VII or other Sony RX series, you will encounter the problem while importing the 4K XAVC S files to Premiere Pro CC or its earlier versions of CS6, CS5.5, or even Premiere Elements 2019, you may see the error "ERROR COMPILING MOVIE: UNKNOWN" coming up when exporting a movie composed of XAVC S clips, whether it's to AVI, H.264, etc., this error comes up, in particular when the movie is "long", i.e. a half minute to a minute. Otherwise, with short clips there is no problem.

Speaking of FCPX, many Apple users are familiar with. Yes, Final Cut Pro X is a very famous non-linear video editing application developed by Apple. But, FCP X has limitations for its imported file formats and codecs. For example, you can't load Sony RX100 VII 4K XAVC S (.mp4) footage into FCP X directly. We can clearly see the limitations that FCP X has to XAVC S format. Is there an easy way to edit Sony RX100 VII videos in FCP X? Yes, there is. The following article just introduces a professional XAVC S Converter to help users to convert the XAVC S to FCP X best supported ProRes file format and users will encounter no limitation when editing the converted ProRes in FCP X.

Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is exactly the XAVC S to Premiere Pro CC/FCP X converting software you need. This professional 4K video converting software supports most XAVC S videos created by Sony RX100 VII. Also it can convert Sony RX100 VII files to the most suitable MPEG-2 and Apple ProRes 422 with outstanding output video quality and perfect audio and video synchronization. This amazing XAVC S Converter - MP4 to Final Cut Pro Converter offers users a user-friendly interface, and super high converting speed. First, you could free download this Sony Video Converter and install it on you Mac. After a simple setup process, you could see the interface as below.

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How to convert Sony RX100 VII videos for FCP X/Premiere Pro CC?

Step 1. Load Videos
The first step is to download Sony RX100 VII to FCP X/Premiere Pro CC converter from our website, install this best XAVC Video Converter and launch it, both Windows platform and Mac platform are available. After you launched it, import Sony RX100 VII files to the software by clicking "Add Files" button, or you can drag and drop the files into the software directly.

Step 2. Choose output format
FCP X native supported video format is ProRes, so just click format column and then select "Final Cut Pro" -> "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)". If you want to convert XAVC MXF files to other formats, just choose the output formats according to your need, such as convert XAVC to Apple ProRes 422 for FCP X.

For editing Sony RX100 VII 4K XAVC S in Premiere Pro CC smoothly, please choose "Adobe Premiere MPEG-2 (*.mpg)" in "Editing Software" category.

Step 3. Start video conversion
Click on the "Convert" button to begin Sony RX100 VII video conversion. A converting screen will pop up, indicating the progress of the conversion.

When the conversion process is finished, you can click open folder button to get your videos, and then you can import and edit the converted Sony RX100 VII videos with FCP X/7/6 or Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5.5 smoothly. If you want to edit Sony RX100 VII files with Avid Media Composer, DaVinci Resolve 16 or other programs, you can also use this program to transcode XAVC S to the native supported format for editing.

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