Summary: The easy workaround to import and edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC footage in Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5.5/CS5/CS4 is to convert XAVC to Premiere Pro compatible MPEG-2 video.Here is how.
I am a user of Sony PXW-X180. Usually, I choose FCP to edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC .mxf videos. Recently. I was asked to edit Sony PXW-X180 videos in Premiere CC. Here comes the story. Premiere CC does not support Sony PXW-X180 XAVC .mxf videos well. All files in the Premiere turns to be jerky. After searching online, I finally find a way to solve the issue.
The XAVC video from PXW-X180 is not compatible with most NELs. To edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC footage in Premiere Pro smoothly, a suggestion is to use UFUShare Video Converter(Windows/Mac), which is one of the best Sony XAVC converter tool for you. The program comes with optimized format for Premiere Pro (no matter Pro CC, CS6, CS5.5, CS5, or CS4), which enables you to transcode Sony PXW-X180 XAVC to MPEG-2 for using in Premeire Pro directly without any rendering or codec problems.Besides Premiere Pro, this software can also encode XAVC-I/XAVC-L to DNxHD for Avid, ProRes for FCP, AIC for iMovie/FCE and more NLE systems for native editing. Just get the right version according to your computer’s OS and follow the step-by-step guide below to convert the PXW-X180 XAVC videos to Adobe Premiere Pro easily.
For Windows 7/8/8.1/10/Vista Users :
For MacOS 10.13 High Sierra, MacOS 10.12 Sierra, Mac OS X 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.7 Lion ect Users :
How to Convert Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files to Adobe Premiere Pro for editing on Windows or Mac?
Part 1. How to Import Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files to Adobe Premiere Pro for editing on Windows?
Step 1: Add original files .
Download, install and run the Video Converter for Windows; click “Add Videos” icon to load your source XAVC videos from Sony PXW-X180.
Step 2: Choose preferred format.
Click “Format” pull down list to select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as the best video format for Premiere Pro. WMV, MOV formats are the good choice as well.
Tips:
1.If your source video is 4K and you want to keep its original quality, you can select “4K Video” > “4K H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video (*.mp4)” as target format for use in Premiere. To select 4K H.264 as output, please make sure your computer has enough power to handle 4K H.264.
2.You can click “Settings” button to modify video and audio parameters like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, aspect ratio, sample rate, and audio channels. You can also “Enable 3D Settings” to add 3D effect to your source media.
Step 3: Start conversion.
Click the Convert button to start transcoding Sony PXW-X180 XAVC to MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro. After the conversion is complete, get the resulted files via clicking the Open button and then you can import Sony PXW-X180 XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro for further editing without any hassle.
Part 2. How to transcode Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files for use in Adobe Premiere Pro for editing on Mac?
Step 1 :Download, install and run the Video Converter for Mac; click “Add Videos” icon to load your source XAVC videos from Sony PXW-X180.
Step 2: The program has three already optimized the video settings for Adobe Premiere. You can select MOV, WMV or MPEG-2 from “HD Video” as the output format. Here we recommend you choose MPEG-2. The output videos will keep the original quality of the MP4 video and seamlessly fit Adobe Premiere CC, CS6, CS5.5, CS5, CS4, etc.
Tips:
1. If your source video is 4K and you want to keep its original quality, you can select “4K Video” > “4K H.264/MPEG-4 AVC Video (*.mp4)” as target format for use in Premiere. To select 4K H.264 as output, please make sure your computer has enough power to handle 4K H.264.
2.You can click “Settings” button to modify video and audio parameters like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, aspect ratio, sample rate, and audio channels. You can also “Enable 3D Settings” to add 3D effect to your source media.
Step 3: Click the “Convert” icon under the preview window, and the video converter for Mac will start converting Sony PXW-X180 XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro on Mac.
When the conversion is finished, you can click “Open” button to get the generated MPEG-2 files effortlessly. Afterwards, you can launch your editing program to import converted XAVC clips into Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5.5/CS5/CS4 for further editing
