How to Import Sony PMW-F55/F5 XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro?

Question: Trying to get 1080p XAVC footage from Sony PMW-F5 to

work in Premiere Pro CS6(Mac), but when I try to do anything with

it, it crashes. Apparently I need a plug-in. Looked at Rovi Totalcode

but it’s $350 and only for a PC.

XAVC, a new camera recording format announced by Sony, supports

to record 4K resolution video at up to 60 fps. However, XAVC is still

not as popular as other kinds of video formats such as AVCHD and

MXF. So when you deal with XAVC footage, for example, import

Sony XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro or other Mac professional video

editing applications, you may often encounter some format

incompatibility or video/audio synchronization problems.

There are some solutions for you to solve above mentioned

problem, for example, you can download some third-party plug-in

like Rovi Totalcode for Adobe Premiere Pro, however, you may find

that this plug-in is very pricey, in addition, it only works on

Windows but not on Mac. The best solution I’ve found would be

transcoding XAVC to a more compatible format for your Adobe

Premiere Pro, for example, MPEG-2 or other formats.

To Transcode XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro, you can download

Jihosoft Video Converter, a cross-platform and professional video

conversion application which supports to convert both 4K and 2K

XAVC video to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5/CS5.5/CS6 importable

formats such as AVI, WMV, MP4, MOV, MPG, MPEG, FLV, F4V, M4V,

DV, VOB, ASF, 3GP, 3G2, etc on both Windows and Mac.

How to convert Sony PMW-F55/F5 XAVC with Adobe Premiere

Pro?

1. Download and install Jihosoft Video Converter on your computer.

2. Click “Import” button on top-left menu to add XAVC video to the

program.

3. From “Profile” drop-down list, select Adobe Premiere Pro

editable formats such as “MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)” as the output file

format.

4. Hit right-bottom round “Start” button to convert Sony XAVC to

Adobe Premiere Pro.

Step by step to import Sony XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro

Premiere Pro allows you to import a single video clip, multiple clips,

or an entire folder of clips.

1. Start Adobe Premiere Pro on your computer.

2. Select File>Import from the main menu to open the import

window

To import a single file: Locate and select the file, then click Open.

To import multiple files: Hold down the Control Key to select

multiple files, then click Open.

To import a folder of files: Locate and select the folder you want to

import, then click Folder.

Note: You can also import files by dragging them from Windows

Explorer into the Premiere Pro Project Panel.

How to import XAVC to Adobe Premiere Pro CS5/CS5.5/CS6?