Sony F55/F5 Workflow- Convert Sony XAVC to MPEG-2 for Vegas Pro

Summary: The Sony Vegas Pro won't import XAVC files from Sony F55, F5 smoothly. The easy workaround is to transcode Sony XAVC to a more "edit" friendly codec. Here is how.

Sony has started the roll-out of its new, more efficient, mid-range codec: XAVC, along with the PMW-F5 &PMW-F55 4K cameras. It allows higher frame rate recording at 1080p. With every new camera, come many new questions about workflow. This article mainly outlines

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Sony F55/F5 XAVC to Vegas Pro workflow.

When I got my F5, I tried to work the output 1080p XAVC footage in Sony Vegas Pro 11. It imports, but when I try to do anything with it, it crashes. As far as I know Vegas Pro can’t support XAVC 4K & HD. You may also be troubled by the similar problem. To get rid of the issues, you will need to transcode Sony XAVC to a more "edit" friendly codec for Vegas like MPEG-2.

Now I share the guide with you how to convert XAVC footage to Vegas Pro friendly format using Brorsoft

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Video Converter. With it, you can effortlessly encode/re-encode XAVC intra footage shot from Sony PWM-F5, F55 for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Avid Studio, Magix Movie Edit Pro, Windows Movie Maker, Pinnacle Studio and more. If you're using a Mac, please turn to its equivalent Mac version –

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Video Converter Mac, which can help you solve the XAVC codec and Mac incompatibility.

1. Download, install and run the

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XAVC to Vegas Pro Converter; click "Add Videos" icon to load your source XAVC videos from XDROOT folder.

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2. Click on the Format box to get the dropdown menu. Select Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas --> MPEG-2 (*.mpg) for editing XAVC in Vegas with natively supported video codec.

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3. 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.

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4. Hit the convert button, it will start converting F55/F5 XAVC for importing to Sony Vegas Pro immediately. Soon after the conversion, just click “Open” button to get the generated files for natively editing in Vegas Pro 9/10/11/12 perfectly.

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