Got troubled by the problem when importing Sony HXR-NX5R XAVC S footage into Adobe Premiere Pro? Here you will find the easy and the cheapest way to convert Sony HXR-NX5R XAVC S to Premiere Pro edit-friendly format in order to have a smooth workflow.
“I’ve got a Sony HXR-NX5R. Beside AVCHD, it also offers XAVC S system. But as I’ve found the XAVC S video format is hardly compatible with many NLEs including Adobe Premiere Pro. I need some tips and tricks to get Premiere Pro work XAVC S from Sony HXR-NX5R beautifully.”
According to Adobe’s official site, I know that to import Sony HXR-NX5R XAVC S footage to Adobe Premiere for editing, the best way here is to convert XAVC S to MPEG-2, the most compatible video format for Adobe Premiere (no matter Pro CC, CS6, CS5.5, CS5, or CS4). UFUShare Video Converter (Windows/Mac) is the third-party tool I applied.Besides Premiere, this software can also export 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 HXR-NX5R XAVC S videos to Adobe Premiere Pro easily.
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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 HXR-NX5R XAVC-S files to Adobe Premiere Pro for editing on Windows or Mac?
Part 1. How to Import Sony HXR-NX5R XAVC-S 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 S videos from Sony HXR-NX5R.
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 HXR-NX5R XAVC S 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 HXR-NX5R XAVC S to Adobe Premiere Pro for further editing without any hassle.
Part 2. How to transcode Sony HXR-NX5R XAVC-S 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 S videos from Sony HXR-NX5R.
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 HXR-NX5R XAVC S 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 S clips into Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5.5/CS5/CS4 for further editing
