Editing Android Video in Avid Media Composer

This article will teach you how to import and edit Android videos in Avid Media Composer without hassle. 



Q: Can Android video import into Avid Media Composer 

"Why won't the videos from my Android phone import into Avid Media Composer? It reads that they exist on my Mac, however, nothing pops up after I select them." 

When you try to edit Android videos with Avid Media Composer or other NLEs before sharing with friends or family, you'll likely encounter some problems like above. Actually, the native record format that the Android tablet or smartphone uses isn't a codec that plays well together with Avid or other popular video editing programs. 

Since the Android MP4 or 3GP recording won't import to Avid Media Composer, what you need to do is to convert your Android video into a format that Avid MC like. Here Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac (or Windows) is highly recommended. With it, users can effortlessly encode Android videos to Avid, FCP, iMovie, Adobe Premiere friendly codec like DNxHD, Apple ProRes, AIC, MPEG-2. Now download the software and follow the guide below to start conversion. 

How to convert Android video for editing in Avid Media Composer 

Step 1: Load Android files to the program 

Run the Android video converter, and then click the "Add" button to load the videos clips from your Android tablet or phone. 

 

Step 2: Choose output format 

From "Format" drop-down lists, you can select Avid Media Composer preferable editing codec from "Avid Media Composer" > "Avid DNxHD(*.mov)" as the output format. 

 

Step 3 (optional): Adjust the video, audio settings 

Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs. If you want to edit in Final Cut without having to render the clips while editing, all the frame sizes must be the same as the sequence settings. You can save a lot of render time by making all the clips the same size with this video converter. 

Step 4: Start Android video conversion on Mac 

Simply click the "Convert" button to start converting and everything else will be automated. 

When the conversion is done, you can import the converted Android recordings to Avid Media Composer 4/5/6/7/8 without any trouble. 

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