This post is writing for Sony PMW-TD300 users who are having issues while editing Sony PMW-TD300 .mxf video files in Adobe Premiere Pro. It explains an easiest way to convert Sony PMW-TD300.mxf footage to MPEG-2 (*.mov) for editing in Adobe Premiere Pro fluidly.
Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro editing question
“Hello, I just purchased the Sony PMW-TD300 camcorder to shoot high quality videos for my company, I have not used this kind of professional camcorders before, so I am not familiar with the importing and editing workflow. I have recorded some videos with Sony PMW-TD300 and the recorded files are in MXF format, when I try to load MXF files from Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro for editing, the Adobe Premiere Pro said the video format is not supported, should I convert Sony PMW-TD300 files to Premiere Pro supported format? Hope you can give me some suggestions, thank you!”
Many users have bought Sony PMW-TD300 camcorder to record high quality videos, but most of them have encountered the issue to import and edit Sony PMW-TD300 MXF files with Premiere Pro on Mac. On video editing forums and websites many users have reported that Premiere Pro can’t support their Sony PMW-TD300 camcorder recorded MXF files, what’s the main reason? It is because Sony PMW-TD300 MXF format is not supported format of Adobe Premiere Pro, if you want to import videos from Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro and edit natively, you will need to convert Sony PMW-TD300 MXF files to MPEG-2 MOV format, this is native supported codec of Adobe Premiere Pro, once you convert MXF files from Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro MPEG-2, you can edit Sony PMW-TD300 files with Adobe Premiere Pro natively.
Convert MXF files from Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro MPEG-2 codec
In order to edit Sony PMW-TD300 MXF files with Adobe Premiere Pro natively, you will need to convert MXF files from Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro (*.mpg), in this case we would like to introduce the best Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro converter for you, this program is UFUShare Video Converter for Windows or Mac, it can convert Sony PMW-TD300 MXF files to Premiere Pro MPG or any other formats, now you can follow the steps below to convert videos from Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro.
Step 1. Download UFUShare Video Converter for Mac, install this Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro converter on your Mac computer, it is the best MXF converter on the market, it can convert MXF files and other HD videos into any formats you need. This MXF converter also has Windows version, so if you want to convert Sony PMW-TD300 MXF videos on Windows 10 or Windows 7, you can download the Windows version.
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Step 2. Click “Add Files” button on the top left corner you will be able to import videos into this Sony PMW-TD300 MXF converter, you can load batch files at one time, you can also directly drag and drop Sony PMW-TD300 files into the converter for conversion.
Step 3. Select Premiere Pro MPEG-2 codec for output. After you loaded the Sony PMW-TD300 MXF files, you can click format column to select the output format you need. To edit Sony PMW-TD300 MXF files with Adobe Premiere Pro natively, you will need to convert Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro, so you just need to select Adobe Premiere Pro -> MPEG-2 Video (*.mov) as output format. There are rich output formats in this Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro converter, you can also choose the output format as you want.
Step 4. Customization is available to use in this Sony PMW-TD300 to Adobe Premiere Pro converter, by clicking settings button on the main interface, you can adjust the resolution, Bitrate, frame rate, codec and other parameters. If you don’t need to adjust you can skip this step.
Step 5. Click convert button to start Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro conversion process.
The converter will convert MXF files from Sony PMW-TD300 to Premiere Pro with high quality and speed, when your videos are converted to MPG files, you can import them into Premiere Pro and then edit natively, you don’t need to render anymore, and you won’t have any importing or editing issues. Just try it!
