Top MXF Converter for PowerDirector – Transcode/Import Canon XF300 MXF files to Cyberlink PowerDirector for editing

How to import Canon XF300 MXF video to Cyberlink PowerDirector for editing? 

Although Canon claims that its flavor of MXF is fully supported by major NLE systems including Adobe Premiere, Apple Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, and Grass Valley EDIUS, we don’t see Cyberlink PowerDirector here. So it’s understandable that PowerDirector refuses to load .mxf shootings from a XF300 camcorder. It does not matter if you’d like to edit Canon .mxf footage in PowerDirector though, as long as you have the Pavtube HD Video Converter software. The Pavtube HD Video Converter software easily converts universal MXF videos originated from Canon XF, Panasonic P2 and Sony XDCAM cams into AVI, MOV, MPG, TS, etc for editing and streaming. To import Canon MXF recordings in Cyberlink PowerDirector, you just need to convert MXF videos to PowerDirector supported video formats, like AVI, MKV, MP4, MOV, MPEG, VOB, WMV, etc.

Before conversion you need to

1. Transfer the .mxf clips to hard disk.

2. Get Pavtube HD Video Converter. The program now is on sale at the company’s site through Nov. 22, 2011 if you choose this option.

Transcode/Convert Canon XF300 MXF to MOV/AVI/MPG/MP4

Step 1. Launch the MXF to Cyberlink PowerDirector Converter. Drag and drop .mxf clips to file list. The converter works with MXF shootings taken with Canon XF series and Panasonic P2 camcorders.

Step 2. Click on “Format” and choose a preferable format. The HD Video Converter for Cyberlink PowerDirector can convert MXF to AVI, MP4, MPG, MOV, TS and more formats. H.264 .mov format is recommended as PowerDirector can load MOV files instantly.

Step 3. Click “Convert” to start transcoding the Canon MXF recordings to .mov videos. After conversion click “Open” to find .mov videos and import them to Cyberlink PowerDirector for editing.

Some more helpful features of the Canon MXF Converter for Cyberlink PowerDirector:

1. Settings- click to set video resolution(1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate(from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p). The HD Video Converter exports up to 1080p HD video.

2. Editor (next to “Add” icon)- click to set deinterlace, denoise, mute, volume up, trim, crop, etc.

Load/Import converted MXF footage to Cyberlink PowerDirector

Step 1. Start up Cyberlink PowerDirector, follow “Open Folder>>Import Media Files” to import individual video clips.

Step 2. Browse to the converted .mov video and press “Open”.

Now the MXF footage is successfully converted and imported to Cyberlink PowerDirector and you can get down to video editing.

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Top Mac MXF to FCE Converter – Transcode Panasonic AJ HPX300 P2 MXF files to AIC for FCE Editing on Mac OS X Lion

Convert P2 MXF files to AIC – Import Panasonic AJ HPX300 P2 MXF to Final Cut Express for editing on Mac OS X Lion

The Panasonic AJ HPX300 P2 Camcorder is a 1/3″ CMOS camera featuring full resolution 1920×1080 chips. The P2 card is a new solid state recording media that Panasonic developed to bridge the gap between information technology and professional video. About the same size as a PC card, the P2 card stores large amounts of video and audio data in MXF-format files. 

It is a common sense to Final Cut Express users that video shootings should be ingested to FCE from Log and Transfer window. However, this doesn’t work with the Panasonic AJ HPX300 P2 which recorded MXF files. There is solution, of course, to help you transfer MXF footage to Final Cut Express. The next few steps will show you how to do with Sony XDCAM, Panasonic P2 series and Canon MXF shootings (taken with Canon XF100, XF300, or XF305), before importing the Panasonic AJ HPX300 P2HD footage to Final Cut Express.

Before processing, you’re suggested to

1. Transfer the .mxf clips from Panasonic AG-HPX300 P2 card to Mac computer.

2. Install Pavtube MXF to FCE Converter for Mac os x Lion (Recommended, now on sale at the company’s site through Nov. 22, 2011 if you choose this option.).

Guide: Transcode/Convert Panasonic AJ HPX300 P2 MXF to Apple ProRes Intermediate Codec for FCE editing

Step 1. Launch the Mac Lion MXF to AIC Converter for FCE. Click “Add” and browse to a Panasonic P2 .mxf clip and the software will add it to file list. Repeat the operation to load multiple .mxf videos.

Step 2. Click on “Format” and choose “iMovie >> Apple Intermediate Codec (*.mov)“.

Step 3. Click “Convert” to start converting Panasonic AJ HPX300 P2 MXF to Apple Intermediate Codec videos. After conversion click “Open” to find .mov videos and import converted mxf files to Final Cut Express for editing.

Tip 1: The ingested Panasonic P2 XF files could be significantly larger than the original files, which has a much higher compression ratio than that of Apple Intermediate Codec. To reduce file size, you could click “Settings” and adjust bitrate(from 1Mbps to 20Mbps)per your requirement. You can also set a different video resolution (1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480) and frame rate (24p/30p) as long as you like.

Tip 2: Video and audio are separate when it comes to MXF, don’t drop the Audio folder when loading .mxf files to MXF Converter for Mac, as the software will detect and find audio for corresponding video clips automatically.

Tip 3: After conversion you should import Panasonic AG-HPX300 XF footage from “File >> Import>> Files” instead of Log and Transfer window.

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