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Friday, March 4, 2016

Put XAVC S Files on Windows Movie Maker on Windows 10

About Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker is a free video editing software from Microsoft. With the Movie Maker, it can bring your movie to life with a soundtrack that you can edit yourself. If you have many footage, you can trim it, split it, speed it up or slow it down, you can also choose a theme to express your unique style with Windows Movie Maker, you can publish it to the web like OneDrive, Facebook, Vimeo, YouTube, and Flickr so you can share it with family and friends.

But Windows Movie Maker supported formats is limited. This free editing software only support WMV and AVI video well.

How to edit XAVC S in Windows Movie Maker on Windows 10

XAVC-S, a recording format introduced by Sony, has been developed as an open format, providing a license program for other manufacturers in the broadcast and production industry to develop their own high quality and high frame rate products.

However, due to XAVC S is a shell format, instead of a compressed format, therefore it can’t be guaranteed that each one XAVC S file can be identified by any kind of decoder. Because of this, some people who import their XAVC S footage into Windows Movie Maker on Windows 10 for editing often encounter a series of problems.

Issue on importing XAVC S in Windows Movie Maker on Windows 10

“I am trying to work with some XAVC S footage into Windows Movie Maker on Windows 10. However, I (and apparently others) have tried the traditional importing method — and it’s a no-go, it seems that Windows Movie Maker doesn’t support XAVC S. What can I do?”

“I got a rather huge XAVC S footage which I want to transfer them into Windows Movie Maker to make a life short video movie. But, “sound missing” when I open MXF files in Windows Movie Maker, what’s wrong with it?”

“Hey, help! I upgraded my computer from Windows 8 to Windows 10 last week. Today I import my XAVC S recordings into Windows Movie Maker 12, but I feel it take me lots of time. Finally I failed. Is there a effective method for me to edit XAVC S files in Windows Movie Maker 12 smoothly.”

Convert XAVC S footage to Windows Movie Maker best editable format

As far as we know, XAVC S format can’t be natively supported by many professional video editing applications including Windows Movie Maker. In order to smoothly edit XAVC S in Windows Movie Maker on Windows 10, we need to convert XAVC S files to Windows Movie Maker best supported format via third-party software.

Here, Pavtube Video Converter is highly recommended to you, because it is a professional video converter on the market. The XAVC S to Windows Movie Maker converter has native output formats for Windows Movie Maker- WMV, so with it, you can easily transcode your XAVC S footage into WMV for editing directly in Windows Movie Maker without any problem.

Plus, it comes with all regular video editing tools like Trim, Crop, Effect, Watermark. For basic video editing tasks, you can even replace your Windows Movie Maker with it. The following tutorial will give you some detailed information on how to convert XAVC S to Windows Movie Maker friendly video format.

Tip: If you are a Mac user and planning to edit XAVC files in FCP/iMovie/Avid/Adobe Premiere or play XAVC files on some portable devices, then Pavtube Video Converter for Mac is right for you.

The trail-before-purchase is supported, just feel free to try it:

Key Features:

Three simple clicks to convert 4K XAVC S videos to Windows Movie Maker compatible formats.
Aside from Windows Movie Maker, you can directly convert 4K XAVC S to Adobe Premiere, Avid, Sony Vegas and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
Edit your 4K XAVC S videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
Perfectly compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000.

Warm tip: The conversion speed is very fast because it supports batch conversion and NVIDIA CUDA & ATI Stream (AMD APP) acceleration technologies. It converts multiple video clips at the same time, moreover it can shut down computer after the process is complete, so run the app overnight and you could enjoy the created videos next morning when you are up.

Install and run it, you will see the interface. The following is a simple instruction of how to use this Pavtube Video Converter:

How to Convert and Import 4K XAVC Files to Windows Movie Maker

Step 1: Import XAVC S files.

Click the button “File” to add XAVC S files (or directly drag and drop your files) to the Converter.

Tip: If you want to merge MTS files before edit in Windows Movie Maker, just need to check the “Merge into one” box.

Step 2: Select an output format for Windows Movie Maker.

Click “Format” bar to select suitable format for Windows Movie Maker. WMV is one of the proper formats for Windows Movie Maker.

Step 3: Tap the“Settings”icon to adjust audio and video parameters for Windows Movie Maker.

Once you have chosen the output format, then click the "Settings" right beside "Format" to adjust the video and audio parameters.

Step 4: Tap the big Convert button on the main interface to start transcoding XAVC S to Windows Movie Maker.

The conversion should be quickly finished. Once the process is at 100%, you can have the converted file easily worked with Windows Movie Maker.

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Tuesday, March 1, 2016

XAVC S Editing - Sony Vegas Pro 13-Incompatible Issue Solved!

“Anyone know how to get the 4K video file to be accepted into Sony Vegas 13? The files will open in Adobe Premier, but I am more comfortable with my knowledge in the Sony Vegas 13 editor.”

Sony Vegas Pro 13 is a professional and popular video editing software for Windows10, 8, XP, Vista and 7. Many people are using it to make home movies, especially for editing camcorder videos.

In order to edit XAVC S 4K videos into Sony Vegas 13 smoothly, the easy workaround is to use 3rd-party to transcode XAVC S 4K footage to a more “editable” format in 1080p.

The recommended tool to convert XAVC S 4K video to Sony Vegas Pro 13 is Pavtube Video Converter, an intuitive conversion program that lets you convert over 70+ video and audio formats in your desired form effortlessly. With it, you can finish converting your XAVC S 4K videos to Sony Vegas Pro 13 supported format at a few mouse clicks in Windows (Windows 10 included).

As for Mac users, Pavtube Video Converter for Mac will let you convert XAVC 4K video files to iMovie, FCP, Adobe Premiere & more on Mac OS X (10.11 El Capitan included) with ease. Download the program and follow the steps below to convert your videos.

The trail-before-purchase is supported, just feel free to try it:

Key Features:

Three simple clicks to convert 4K XAVC S videos to Sony Vegas Pro 13 compatible formats.
Aside from Sony Vegas Pro 13, you can directly convert 4K XAVC S to Adobe Premiere, Avid, Sony Vegas Platinum and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
Edit your 4K XAVC S videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
Perfectly compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 2000.

Warm tip: The conversion speed is very fast because it supports batch conversion and NVIDIA CUDA & ATI Stream (AMD APP) acceleration technologies. It converts multiple video clips at the same time, moreover it can shut down computer after the process is complete, so run the app overnight and you could enjoy the created videos next morning when you are up.

Install and run it, you will see the interface. The following is a simple instruction of how to use this Pavtube Video Converter:

How to Convert and Import 4K XAVC-S Files to Sony Vegas Pro 13

Step 1. Click the button “File” to add XAVC files (or directly drag and drop your files) to the Converter.

Tips: When the 4K XAVC S files are loaded to the Pavtube Video Converter, you can view the videos from the Preview window. Simply select an item and click the “Play” button. When the video is playing, you are allowed to take snapshoot.

Step 2. From "Format" drop-down list, select to out "Adobe Premiere/Sony... "> "MPEG-2 (*.mpg)" format for editing with Sony Vegas Platinum 13.

Step 3. You can click “settings” to adjust the output parameters, like resolution, bitrate, etc. Don't forget the balance between video quality and size.

Step 4. Last, click the "Convert" button to start 4K XAVC S to Sony Vegas Pro 13 conversion.

That's all you are required to do. In fact, this video converter can help you do more.

Once the conversion completes, you can click "Open" button to get the generated MPEG-2 files for Sony Vegas Pro 13 easily. Then, it would be easy for importing and editing 4K XAVC S files with Sony Vegas Pro 13.

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Tuesday, February 23, 2016

Play or Edit Sony A68 4K XAVC S MP4 to MOV on Mac

The camera Sony Alpha 68 which used XAVC S format was recently unveiled by Sony. XAVC S is a new recording format which can support 4K resolution (4096 * 2160 and 3840 * 2160) at up to 60 fps. However, .xavc s is still not as popular as other kinds of video formats such as AVCHD and MXF, so when you deal with the XAVC/XAVC-S footages, for example, importing Sony XAVC/XAVC-S to Mac applications like QuickTime for playing, you may encounter some format compatibility or video/audio synchronization problems.

Hot Search: XAVC S with QuickTime | XAVC S with FCP 6/7 | XAVC S to Avid

This article is written to help XAVC S users to solve such kind of problems by using Pavtube Video Converter for Mac(read the review). It can help users fix all kinds of XAVC problems without losing the video quality. It offers an easy way to convert XAVC S to MOV for playback on Mac. With it, you will be able to import XAVC S videos to your QuickTime for playback with ease. Besides, by converting XAVC to MOV, you can transfer the generated files to your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 3, etc to play with ease.

Other Download:
- Pavtube old official address: http://www.pavtube.com/video-converter-mac/
- Amazon Store Download: http://www.amazon.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter-Mac-Download/dp/B00QIBK0TQ
- Cnet Download: http://download.cnet.com/Pavtube-Video-Converter/3000-2194_4-76179460.html

Related program:

Pavtube HD Video Converter / Mac Version: It is designed for converting HD videos from HD camcorders or DVs (like JVC, Panasonic, Sony and Cannon), non-protected HD or movies, DVR files (*.tivo) to other file types for playback on popular media devices like Apple TV, PS3, Xobx, Xobx360, WD TV HD Player.

Pavtube MXF Converter / Mac Version: can handle MXF/MXF footage produced by Canon, Sony and Panasonic camcorders and convert MXF video files to various video format supported by popular devices such as iPad Air/4/3, iPhone 5S/5C/5/4S/4, Apple TV 3, Google Nexus, Samsung Galaxy Tab S/3/2, Samsung Galaxy S5/S4/S3, Surface RT/Pro, PS4/PS3, WDTV, etc.

Pavtube MTS/M2TS Converter / Mac Version：The best MTS converter on the market, which can convert MTS videos and other HD formats to FCP X Apple ProRes codec MOV format, or convert MTS to Avid Media Composer/Adobe Premiere Pro/iMovie native supported video format.

Pavtube Media Magician / Mac Version: A nice camcorder assistant manager, lossless camcorder video joiner, MTS/ M2TS/ MXF/ MOV/ MKV/ TiVo/ WMV/ AVI/ MPG converter and editor. Meamwhile it supported upload edited video to YouTube directly.

How to Losslessly Convert Sony XAVC to QuickTime .MOV on Mac

Step 1: Load XAVC S footages.

Step 2. Choose MOV as output format.

Click on the drop-down list of “Format”, and follow “Common Video”> “MOV-QuickTime (*.mov)” for playback with QuickTime Player.

Or you can choose Prores/AIC/DNxHD/AVC MOV video for editing natively in FCP/iMovie/FCE/Avid MC/Adobe Premiere with the least loss of original video quality.

Tips: If you would like to customize output video parameters, please click “Settings” button.

Step 3. Start Sony XAVC S to MOV conversion.

Click “Convert” button at the right-bottom corner and this Mac XAVC S to MOV Converter will start this conversion for playing Sony Alpha 68 XAVC S files or further editing in NLEs.
In this way, you can fully make use of this Sony Alpha 68 XAVC footage on Mac or other Apple devices.

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

Convert Sony ActionCam XAVC S to Final Cut Pro X

Summary: The article will give you the best solution about Sony ActionCam XAVC S to Final Cut Pro X-edit XAVC S in FCP 7/X in an effective way.

The splashproof HDR-AZ1 Action Cam Mini from Sony is designed for capturing POV footage of adventures of all kinds. It features 1080p60 recording in the lower-compression XAVC S format at 50 Mbps. Well, for Sony AZ1 users, here comes the Sony HDR-AZ1 XAVC S to Final Cut Pro incompatibility issues. Have you got XAVC S files from Sony HDR-AZ1, and found that it is unable to import the XAVC S to FCP X/7? Is it a Sony/Apple problem or more a problem of amateurs not understanding how to make it work?

If the ActionCam XAVC S files grey out when you try to import them to FCP, you need to convert them to FCP friendly formats. Of course, to do the video conversion, you need a professional app. Here the professional MTS to FCP Video Converter for Mac--Pavtube Video Converter is strongly recommended. With it, just in a few clicks you could successfully upload ActionCam XAVC S videos to FCP.

Hot Search: Import XAVC/XAVC-S/L to Edius Pro | XAVC S to Avid | XAVC S on 4K UHD TV

Key Features of Pavtube Video Converter for Mac

Three simple clicks to convert ActionCam XAVC S videos to Final Cut Pro compatible formats, such as AVCHD, H.264, DV, QuickTime MOV, etc.
Aside from FCP, you can directly convert ActionCam XAVC S to iMovie, QuickTime, Windows Movie Maker and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
Edit your ActionCam XAVC S videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
Perfectly compatible with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion and 10.6 Snow Leopard.

How to convert ActionCam XAVC S to FCP?
Step 1: Backup your XAVC S files from ActionCam to hard drive. Install and launch this program. Drag and drop XAVC S files to the software. You can import multiple files at once thanks to “Add from folder” button.

Step 2: Click the drop-down list in the format line to get the format box. Then choose “Final Cut Pro>>Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output format.

Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need.

Step 4: You can preview to check the final result. Once you are satisfied with it, click the “Convert” button to start converting XAVC S to ProRes format. It will take you a little while.

Conclusion: After conversion, you can get the generated files by clicking “Open” button. Now, you’ll get no troubles in editing ActionCam XAVC S files in FCP.

Source: http://lovecamcorder.tumblr.com/post/128171880912/edit-hdr-az1-xavc-s-in-fcp

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Sunday, December 27, 2015

Convert Sony ActionCam XAVC S to Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6

Summary: The article will give you the best solution about Sony ActionCam XAVC S to Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6-edit XAVC S in Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6 in an effective way.

The Action Cam Mini from Sony is designed for capturing POV footage of adventures of all kinds. It features 1080p60 recording in the lower-compression XAVC S format at 50 Mbps. Well, for Sony AZ1 users, here comes the XAVC S to Adobe Premiere Pro incompatibility issues. Have you got XAVC S files from Sony ActionCam, and found that it is unable to import the XAVC S to Adobe Premiere Pro? Is it a Sony problem or more a problem of amateurs not understanding how to make it work?

However, when we import the XAVC S videos from Sony ActionCam to Adobe Premiere Pro for editing, the result let us down- the XAVC S footage especially in 4K are not recognized by Adobe Premiere. So what’s the available workflow for Sony ActionCam XAVC S and Premiere Pro?

To edit Sony ActionCam XAVC S in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 fearlessly, you need to transcode XAVC S to Adobe Premiere Pro more “edit” friendly codec for like MPEG-2. And based on multiple testing, Pavtube Video Converter / Mac Version is the solid tool to help users convert XAVC S to MPEG-2, which ensures the best results when using in Adobe Premiere Pro.

Hot Search: MXF files with Premiere | H.265 in Premiere | AVCHD in Premiere

Key Features of Pavtube Video Converter

Three simple clicks to convert ActionCam XAVC S videos to Adobe Premiere Pro compatible formats, such as AVCHD, H.264, DV, QuickTime MOV, etc.
Aside from Adobe Premiere Pro, you can directly convert ActionCam XAVC S to iMovie, QuickTime, Windows Movie Maker and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
Edit your ActionCam XAVC S videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
Perfectly compatible with Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion and 10.6 Snow Leopard; Windows 10, Windows8, Windows 7, Windows XP .

How to convert ActionCam XAVC S to Adobe Premiere Pro?

Step 1. Download, install and run the XAVC S to Premiere Pro Converter; click “Add Videos” icon to load your source XAVC S videos from Sony ActionCam.

Step 2. 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.

Tips:
In case the default settings do not fit your requirement, you can click “Settings” button and enter “Profile Settings” panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3. Hit the convert button, it will start converting Sony ActionCam XAVC S to Premiere Pro immediately. Soon after the conversion, just click “Open” button to get the generated files for natively editing in Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5 perfectly.

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Tuesday, December 22, 2015

Satisfy Samsung NX500 Shooting and Editing Experience

Summary: This article will introduce an all-in-one App which would satisfy you with Samsung NX500 Shooting and Editing Experience. Please read on. And you will get some useful tips with Samsung NX500.

The most amazing feature of Samsung NX500 is its recordings adopt 4K technology. And the 4K recordings are encoded as H.265 codec which is very good at storing and transferring 4K image. Although when you are trying to editing Samsung NX500 4K recordings in iMovie on Mac El Capitan, you will find that iMovie doesn’t recognize them. After I did a search, I found out the reason. From the Apple Official Forum, we can know the reason is iMovie doesn’t support H.265 Codec.

In order to satisfy yourself with the editing experience of Samsung NX500 H.265 4K videos, I would suggest you to transcode H.265 videos to Apple Intermediate Codec which is the most compatible codec for iMovie. Here I recommend Pavtube Video Converter for Mac to help you edit Samsung NX500 H.265 4K videos in iMovie. This App is an all-in-one video converter. It can not only convert Samsung NX500 H.265 4K videos to Apple Intermediate Codec for iMovie, but also convert H.265 4K videos to MPEG-2 format for Premiere Pro. Besides, the built-in video editor allows you to edit your videos by trimming, cropping, adjusting video effects and more.

Step 2. Thenm click on the format bar and follow "iMovie and Final Cut Express" to choose "Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as the right choice.

Step 3. If you need, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ window to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels.

Step 4. Finally, click the big "Convert" button in the main UI to start the conversion. When the H.265 to Apple Intermediate Codec conversion is donw, you can satisfy yourself with importing and editing Samsung NX500 videos in iMovie. Enjoy!

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Can PS3 Play MKV Files Successfully?

Summary: This article will show you easiest way to convert MKV on PS3 with it’s compatible formats, it aim to help you play all kinds of MKV on PS3.

Can PS3 Play MKV Files Successfully?

MKV is famous as an open standard free container format which can hold an unlimited number of video, audio, picture, or subtitle tracks in one file. It is intended to serve as a universal format for storing common multimedia content, like movies or TV shows. Although MKV is one of the most popular formats, it is still impossible to play MKV on PS3.

To successfully play MKV on PS3, a widely used solution without limit is to convert MKV to PS3 compatible formats, no matter you are Windows user or Mac user.

An MKV to PS3 Converter is needed to convert MKV to PS3 recognized formats. Here, I strongly recommend Pavtube Video Converter / Mac Version to you. Pavtube Video Converter is designed for PS3 owners. With it, playing MKV on PS3 just as easy as pie, even the source MKV file contains several video, audio or subtitle tracks.

Besides acting as MKV to PS3 Converter, Pavtube Video Converter also supports to convert almost all video formats like MOV, 3GP, OGV, MXF, WebM, FLV, WTV, ASF, MP4, AVI, WMV, and DivX, etc to PS3 popular formats. In this way, you can play various of movie or video files on PS3 easily and fast.

Furthermore, Pavtube Video Converter Converter has a powerful feature of transforming nearly all audio files like MP3, WAV, AC3, FLAC, AU, AIFF, CAF, 3GA, AAC, and DTS etc to play them on PS3.

How to Convert MKV to PS3 for Playback?

Here is the step by step guide to convert MKV to PS3 with Pavtube Video Converter.

Step 1 Load MKV to Pavtube Video Converter

Simply drag and drop MKV to the main interface of Pavtube Video Converter and the file will show immediately.

Step 2 Set PS3 supported formats

Go the format list to choose MP4 which is the most widely used format as the output by clicking the format bar to follow “HD Video” ＞ “MPEG-4 HD Video (*.mp4).”

Step 3 Start converting MKV to PS3

Click the big "Convert" button of Faasoft MKV to PS3 Converter to start MKV to PS3 conversion.

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