“Hello, I bought the Sony PXW-X180 and have used it recorded XAVC videos, the image quality is very excellent. Today I need to import Sony PXW-X180 XAVC videos to Pinnacle and edit the footages with Pinnacle, but after I loaded the XAVC videos, I find the Pinnacle can’t edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files smoothly, what’s the reason? Are Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files not well supported by Pinnacle Studio? Any suggestion is appreciated, thanks!”
If you have tried to import XAVC videos from Sony PXW-X180 to Pinnacle, you must have found that Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files can’t be edited smoothly by Pinnacle Studio, what’s the reason? It is because Sony PXW-X180 recorded videos are not in Pinnacle native supported format. From Pinnacle Studio product page you will know that only AVI format is native supported by Pinnacle, if your videos are in other formats, then these videos will not be well supported by Pinnacle.
In this case, the best workflow to edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC videos with Pinnacle Studio is to convert Sony PXW-X180 XAVC videos to AVI, this method will help you solve Sony PXW-X180 XAVC videos to Pinnacle importing and editing issue, and you can edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC videos with Pinnacle with native supported AVI format.
The best software to convert videos from Sony PXW-X180 to Pinnacle Studio is UFUShare Video Converter, this is the best Sony PXW-X180 to Pinnacle Converter on the market, it can convert Sony PXW-X180 XAVC videos and other HD videos to Pinnacle native supported AVI, such as convert H.264 MP4 to AVI, convert MXF to AVI. Besides AVI format, it has many optimized formats for editing programs, tablets, smartphones, HDTVs, etc. With this Sony XAVC Converter you don’t need to worry about any video editing or playback issues anymore.
Get the Sony XAVC Converter:
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How to edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC videos in Pinnacle Studio?
Step 1. Install and launch the Sony XAVC Converter on your PC, and click “Add File” button to import your Sony PXW-X180 XAVC videos to it, or directly drag and drop the Sony XAVC files into the converter.
Step 2. Click the “Profile” option and navigate the mouse cursor to choose “HD Video -> HD AVI Video (*.avi)” as output format. The AVI is the native fromat for Pinnacle editing, with this format you can edit Sony PXW-X180 XAVC files with Pinnacle Studio smoothly.
Step 3. Click “Convert” button to convert Sony PXW-X180 XAVC to AVI for Pinnacle on Windows with best quality.
After the Sony PXW-X180 XAVC to AVI conversion process is finished, you can click “Open Folder” button to load the generated AVI footages to Pinnacle Studio 18/19/20/11 for native editing on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP, and you won’t have problems.
