Work Sony a7S II XAVC S in Final Cut Pro 7/X

This article teaches you how to transcode Sony a7S II XAVC S to FCP more edit-friendly codec- Apple ProRes, so that you can import Sony a7S II XAVC S to Final Cut Pro smoothly. Here is how. 

Searching online, I found many guys are looking for the Sony a7S II to Final Cut Pro workflow. Well, in this article, I will share the best way to import and edit Sony a7S II XAVC S in FCP without hassle. If you are just stuck in the Sony a7S II XAVC S in FCP, read on to get the problem resolved.

With a7s II, we can record video with Sony's XAVC S format. While, Final Cut Pro including FCP X won't open and import Sony a7S II 4K footage correctly. What caused the issues? Based on our testing, it may due to the high video resolution and the video codec incompatibility.

Actually, Apple does not respond on the issues and no one here knows or can say when, if ever, XVAC-S will be natively supported by FCP (X). To edit Sony a7S II XAVC S in Final Cut Pro X/7, a workaround is to transcode Sony a7S II XAVC S to a more editable format for FCP with proper settings under Mac OS X.

In this case, with a professional XAVC S converter- Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac(one of the best video converter for Mac OS X), you can get the work done easily. This software is able to convert XAVC S files from Sony a7s II to FCP, iMovie, FCE, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro fully compatible format and keep original quality at the mean while. It can export ProRes for Final Cut Pro, Apple InterMedaite Codec(AIC) for iMovie/FCE, DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro and more NLE systems for native editing.

Transcoding Sony a7S II XVAC S to ProRes for Final Cut Pro Losslessly

1. Load XAVC S footage

Download, install and run the XAVC S to FCP Converter; click "Add Videos" icon to load your source XAVC S videos from Sony a7S II.



2. Choose ProRes as output format

Click "Format" bar and choose "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as output format for editing XAVC S in FCP with natively supported video codec.



Tip: Click "Settings" button if you'd like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.



3. Start XAVC S to ProRes conversion

Hit the convert button, it will start converting Sony A7S II XAVC S to ProRes .mov for importing to Final Cut Pro immediately.

Once the conversion is done, just click "Open" button to get the generated files easily. Then you can load and edit Sony a7S II XAVC S files in FCP X or FCP 7 without hassle.

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