Compress Sony FDR AX-100 4K XAVC S Files with Wondershare Alternative

The Sony AX-100 camcorder records 4K and HD movies in XAVC S, a consumer friendly format based on the XAVC codec developed for 4K/HD and professional use, which uses MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 for video compression and linear PCM for audio compression, while saving files in a MP4 wrapper. However, if you want to compress the XAVC S videos from Sony AX-100, it may not as smooth as you think.

“I was using Wondershare to convert 4K XAVC S files, but there was something amiss in the compression and it was not behaving well. So, I started searching for an alternative. After downloading Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac trial version and testing it with several file types, all worked fine and so I purchased it.”

The best HD Video Converter for Mac software can help you show and tell your family and friends about all your favorite moments, whenever and wherever. Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac (review) is a professional video converting tool that can handle almost all video formats on the digital market. It was designed to convert high-definition videos from camcorders, digital video recorders and the like into popular video formats on Mac, including MKV, MP4, VOB, MPG, MOV, TiVo, WMV, 3GP, AVI, DV, TS, FLV, 3GP, 3G2, MP3, FLAC, MKA, OGG, WAV, etc. so that you can enjoy the HD videos on Android Devices, Windows 8 Devices, iPad/iPhone/iPod, Apple TV 3, PS3, Xbox, WD TV player, Video-DVD player, PSP and edit in Final Cut Pro (X), FCE, iMovie, Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, etc. Absolutely, it can compress Sony FDR AX-100 4K XAVC S files very well.

Main Features:
Various output video formats that supported for popular editing tools and media players.
Turn 1080p/720p MKV, MOV, MXF, MTS, AVI, MPG, VOB to compatible format for free playback, editing, uploading and burning.
Powerful editing functions (e.g. trimming, cropping, adding watermarks, add video effect, etc), we also called it “Tiny Editor”.
Audio and video sync technology that can handle your original files smoothly.

Unique Advantages:
Support encode/decode H.265, XAVC MXF, M3U8.
With a 6X conversion speed, you can save a lot of time.
Fast conversion speed and high quality preserved.
Both SD and HD videos you can handle well.
Good settings you can adjust on your own.
Perfect customer service you can enjoy all the time.

Disadvantages: not found yet.

                

How to compress Sony FDR AX-100 4K XAVC S files?

Step 1: Download and have a quick installation. The trial version will have a watermark on your converted files. Except for that, there are no time limitation, no virus, and no unnecessary bundle apps while downloading. After that, click “Add Video” button to load your 4K XAVC S recordings. You can load several files at once thanks to “Add from folder” button.



Step 2: Here, you need to choose what you want the output to be. Take editing in FCP X as an example: click “Format” drop-down list, and then select “Final Cut Pro>>Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as the best output format.



Step 3: Click the “Settings” button and customize proper video/audio parameters including Video size, bitrate and fame rate and more. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing.

Step 4: When everything is done, you can take a preview by hitting “Play” button. If you are satisfied with the final result, you can click “Convert” button to finish the conversion work.

Conclusion: When the conversion is done, you can click “Open” to get your generated files. Video and audio synchronization are perfectly guaranteed. This year, let’s get dad something useful- Pavtube Studio offers discount for powerful yet easy-to-use products to make you own home videos. Go ahead and have a try!

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Edit Sony Z100 4K XAVC in Sony Vegas 13

Summary: Sony PXW-Z100 XAVC is not the preferred format by Sony Vegas 13. To avoid these problems or limit, the best way is transcoding 4K XAVC footage to a more editing-friendly format.

Cameras that can record in 4K are not new: Sony has the F55, Canon the EOS 1D-C and C500, and there are the Reds. Sony recently added 4K as an option to the F5 and FS700, and the GoPro can even shoot 4K, albeit briefly. But the Sony PXW-Z100 has few competitors, on price. The EOS 1D-C is almost twice the price of the PXW-Z100, and the Canon’s price is body only. The Sony, however, is expected to sell for around ￡4500, a similar price to the 1080p, PMW-200.

After shooting videos with Sony PXW-Z100, how to do the post editing to those XAVC videos on Sony Vegas 13 or other editors is really a headache for many users. “Anyone having an issue getting Vegas 13 to accept the 4K XAVC clips from the new Sony PXW-Z100? Why do the Sony camera divisions and SCS not work together to ensure that their own NLE can accept their own camera footage when a camera is released. It’s crazy.”

XAVC allows for a wide range of content production including intra frame recording and long group of pictures (GOP) recording. Although Sony states that the Vegas 13 supports native XAVC editing, we find it’s not easy to edit XAVC in Sony Vegas 13. Why Sony Vegas 13 won’t import Z100 4K XAVC files? Sony Vegas 13 supported file formats may give you some clues:

Opens: MOV, WMV, H.264, AA3, AAF, AIF, ASF, AU, AVC, AVI, BMP, BWF, CDA, DIG, DLX, DPX, DV, EXR, FLAC, GIF, HDP, IVC, JPEG, AVCHD, M2T, M2TS, MVC, Sony MXF (XDCAM and HDCAM SR), MP3, MP4, M4A, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, OGG, MPO, OMA, Panasonic MXF (DVCPRO, AVC-Intra) PCA, PSD, QT, R3D, PNG, SFA, SND, TIFF, TGA, W64, WAV, VOX, WDP, WMA, XAVC Intra MXF, XAVC S

Saves: H.264, AA3, FLAC, AC3, AIF, ATRAC, AVC, AVCHD, AVI, DPX, EXR, HDP, MOV, MP4, WMV, MP3, MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 video, M2T, Sony MXF (XDCAM and HDCAM SR), MVC, OGG, Panasonic MXF (AVC-Intra), PCA, W64, WAV, WMA, XAVC S, XAVC Intra MXF

To ingest 4K XAVC to Sony Vegas 13 perfectly, Pavtube HD Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended to convert 4K XAVC to Sony Vegas 13 native format- MPG. No matter what version of the NLE apps you are applying, and what Mac system you are working on, this video converter will assist you to import XAVC files to Sony Vegas 13 smoothly.

                         

Follow its step-by-step instruction below to learn how to encode XAVC to MPEG-2 for Vegas 13:

Step 1: Backup your 4K XAVC videos from your Z100 camcorder to hard drive. Install and launch 4K HD Video Converter for Mac. Drag and drop 4K video files to the software. You can import multiple files at once thanks to batch conversion.



Step 2: Click the drop-down list in the format line to get the format box. Then choose “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas>>MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” 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 startconverting Z100 4K XAVC to MPEG-2 .mpg format. It will take you a little while.

Conclusion: After conversion, you’ll get no troubles in editing Z100 4K XAVC in Sony Vegas 13. Follow the steps and have a try!

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