Editing Sony a9 XAVC S in Avid Media Composer 8

While the ability to link XAVC-S is good, there are still some issues when load some XAVC S files like from Sony a9 to Avid Media Composer 8. This article talks about the Sony a9 XAVC S in Avid MC 8 best workflow.

It looks like it's failing to import Sony a9 XAVC-S to Avid Media Composer 8. Well, the basic reason is due to the XAVC S file format is designed for delivery but not for editing.

The ultimate solution to import Sony a9 XAVC S into Avid MC for you - that is, convert Sony a9 XAVC S to Avid Media Composer natively supported format like DNxHD .mov, instead of installing plug-in. The process is surprisingly easy and can be done using Brorsoft Video Converter.

With it, you can effortlessly convert your Sony a9 XAVC S videos to advanced encoders like DNxHD, MPEG-2, Apple ProRes and Apple Intermediate Codec, ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Davinci Resolve, etc. If you are using a Windows PC, simply turn to the Windows version. Below are steps on converting Sony a9 XAVC S footage for Avid Media Composer.

Convert and Import Sony a9 video to Avid Media Composer

Step 1. Launch the XAVC S converter program and click the "Add" button to load XAVC S files for converting.



Step 2. Click Format on the main interface and choose Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov) as output format.



Step 3. Click “Settings” to set video resolution, bitrate, frame rate as you like.

Step 4. After above settings, hit “Convert” button to start transcoding XAVC S to DNxHD for directly importing to Avid Media Composer.

After a quick conversion, you can click the Open icon to locate the converted DNxHD MOV files. Now import your new DNxHD files into Avid Media Composer 8 for editing.

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