Fix the Sony PMW-EX1R Footage Import Issues with FCP X/7/6 ( Yosemite & Mavericks)

You are probably also eager to edit Sony PMW-EX1R footage in Final Cut Pro X, FCP 7/6. The process isn’t difficult, and in this section, we will walk you through it step by step.

Sony's PMW-EX1R XDCAM EX HD Camcorder is the impressive successor to the popular PMW-EX1. While retaining everything that was right about the previous camera, Sony has listened to its professional users and taken several steps forward, not only improving ergonomics and convenience, but bringing a whole new set of features to the world's only full HD compact camcorder. And what we will talk about in this page is the Sony PMW-EX1R Footage Issues with FCP X and will offer the fast solution. If you are facing the problems likewise, read on to get the tips and tricks.

If you often use Sony PMW-EX1R to record 1080p video, you may probabaly have the need to edit the generated XDCAM EX MP4 files in Final Cut Pro on Mac. While, it’s a common sense that FCP including Final Cut Pro X cannot natively support the raw XDCAM MP4 video, the best supported video format for FCP is Apple ProRes 422.

The best method to solve this problem is to convert Sony XDCAM EX MP4 to ProResfor for editing in Final Cut Pro 6/7 and FCP X. You can follow the steps below to complete your task. First of all, get Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac. It will help you convert Sony XDCAM .mp4 files (from Sony XDCAM EX camcorders like PMW-EX1R, PMW-EX3, PMW-200, PMW-EX1, PMW 150) to ProRes for FCP on Mac at fast speed without quality loss and more import and output formats are also supported.

[How-To] Transfer the raw Sony XDCAM EX footage in MP4 to Final Cut Pro

1. Download, Install and launch this XDCAM EX to ProRes Converter. Then, import Sony EX1R XDCAM EX MP4 footages to the converter.



2. Click format bar to choose the output format. Click and choose Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov).

3. You can click "settings" to customize the output parameters, adjust the resolution, bitrate as you want.



4. Click convert button to start transcoding Sony XDCAM EX MP4 to ProRes for FCP on Mac.

After conversion, you can import Sony PMW-EX1R .mp4 video files into Final Cut Pro(X) without any trouble.

Additional Tips:

1. If you are also a FCP X user, before you try to do the conversion, don't forget to make sure that you have installed the Apple ProRes Codec manually since the FCP X asks users to install it by themselves.

2. If you want to edit PMW-EX media in iMovie, you just need to choose the "iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)" in the second step.

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