Panasonic HVX200 MXF File importing to FCP with best P2 MXF Converter

Q: “The capture device was a Panasonic HVX-200 directly onto the P2 cards in 720-30p and imported using Final Cut Pro 7. The error showed up while trying to drop the files into your software. it wouldn’t even import them. I am shooting the final project tomorrow, what is the best way to import the files into your software? Should I save the files directly off of the P2 cards to my Hard Drive and use your software to convert to something more useful? I want to use HD files, but if I cannot convert them, I will just put tapes into all the cameras and shoot in SD. ”

All the Panasonic AG-HVX200 lovers will find, after shooting with the camera, that the video format is not the common MTS, but the MXF, which can not be recognized by the FCP, even the new-released FCP X. Although it is reported that the “log and transfer” in FCP 7 can help import the MXF files, stored onto the P2 card, but actually there still exists some problems about the quality of the video and audio. When coming to the X version, Final Cut Pro allows users to import AVCHD through “import from camera”. But before importing the files, one must make sure files are in whole structure. And this will bring us problems as: what to do when we have only single .mxf files or when the structure was damaged? Also FCP X can not recognize the 1080/60i with 5.1 channels so successfully.

In my opinion, what you have to do firstly is to convert AG-HVX200 P2 MXF to FCP best supported codec Prores. With the conversion from 1080/60i MXF to Apple ProRes, you can easily and effortlessly edit your MXF videos with FCP.

Here goes the step-by-step guide for AG-HVX200 users about how to convert Panasonic AG-HVX200 1080/60i MXF to Apple ProRes for FCP with the best P2 MXF Converter for Mac. This smart app even exports intermediate codecs and professionals can export AIC and DNxHD for further post-production in iMovie, Avid, Adobe AE, etc. , you can finish the conversion with high speed and high output quality and also can trim, crop, merge videos, add watermark etc.

Now the conversion starts with:

1. Backup your P2 MXF files structure to local computer.

2. Get Pavtube MXF Converter for Mac installed on your Mac, then click “Add” button to upload the Panasonic HVX200 videos from your Mac.

3. Select Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (HQ) (*.mov) as output format.

4.Click the “Settings” icon and you will go into a new interface named “Profile Settings”. You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.

5.Click the “Convert” button to transcode Panasonic HVX200 MXF to ProRes for FCP on Mac. After conversion, you can import these cnverted video into FCP for editing to make your own movies.

PS.

1. If you would like to edit Panasonic HVX200 MXF with FCE/iMovie, Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, After Effects, etc, you can convert P2 MXF to AIC for FCE and iMovie, or transcode Panasonic AVC-Intra MXF to H.264 MOV, DV, AVI, M4V, MPG for Avid, Adobe Premiere Pro, and After Effects.

2.If you do not know how to import video to FCP, please reference the following guide:

[*]Way to Ingest and Import AVCHD to Final Cut Pro 7

[*]Importing video files and projects into Final Cut Pro X