How to Import Sony a7 III XAVC S to Avid Media Composer

This article tells you to import and edit Sony a7 III XAVC S video in Avid Media Composer without hassle. 



I think the Sony a7 III footage can natively ingest into Avid Media Composer. But my footage in crashing every time I try to import. By Google searching, I’ve got the Sony a7 III XAVC S to Avid Media Composer best workflow. Now share with all of the a7 III users below. 

The Sony a7 III is a 24MP full frame mirrorless camera that incorporates many of the features and improvements found in the a7R III. With it, you are available to record UHD 4K or Full HD movies in XAVC S format or AVCHD format. When you want to import and edit XAVC S clips in Avid MC, it would be a bit harder. As we know, the new version Avid Media Composer 7/8 via the Sony PDZK-MA2 plugin can support XAVC S natively. In case, you haven't installed the plug-in correctly or just own an Avid Media Composer 4/5/6, you can't get the work done. To fix the issue, a quick workaround is to convert Sony a7 III XAVC S to Avid MC 4/5/6/7/8 more "edit" friendly codec DNxHD. Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended here. 

The program is an easy-to-use yet professional XAVC S Converter for Mac. It's able to convert XAVC S files from Sony a7 III to Avid Media Composer more compatible DNxHD .mov video. With it, you may also encode XAVC S/XAVC to Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, Davinci Resolve, iMovie and more NLE programs highly compatible formats for editing. If meet the XAVC S codec issues on Windows PC, please get Brorsoft Video Converter to solve the problem. 

Converting Sony a7 III XAVC S to Avid Media Composer 

Step 1. After downloading, install and run this XAVC S Converter for Avid, just copy the XAVC S files to your hard drive. Then click Add to import the files to the software for converting. 

 

Step 2. Click Format on the main interface and choose Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov) as output format. It ensures the best quality while working with the output files in Avid. 

 

Step 3: Click the "Settings" button and set proper video/ audio parameters. You can reset set the video size, bitrate and frame rate, audio sample rate, audio channel. If you would like to use default settings, simply skip this step. 

Step 4: When you finish all settings, click the "Convert" button to start the XAVC S to DNxHD .mov conversion. 

After the conversion, you can click "Open" button to get the generated DNxHD .mov files effortlessly. Now, it's much easy for you to add Sony Alpha a7 III XAVC S files to Avid Media Composer 5/6/7/8 for further editing. 

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