Best Way to Convert Canon XF300 MXF files to Quicktime MOV?

Posted by admin on August 20, 2010 Leave a comment Go to comments

Canon continues to innovate and develop image acquisition products for the most demanding professional. The Canon XF300 Professional Camcorder features 50Mbps MPEG-2 4:2:2 recording to Compact Flash (CF) Cards for unsurpassed image quality and efficient, robust workflow at an affordable price. It is ideally suited to match the requirements of electronic newsgathering (ENG) crews, independent filmmakers, documentary producers, event videographers and military agencies.

Utilizing file-based MPEG-2 compression with an MXF File Wrapper ensures the widest compatibility with existing industry infrastructure, metadata and non-linear editing (NLE) systems. And 4:2:2 color sampling provides ultra-fine transitions in tone and color for maintaining the highest quality image for use in advanced post production.

How to imoprt or transfer Canon 300 MXF videos to editing software, like: Avid Media Composer 5 ,iMovie 8 (iMovie 9) ,Sony Vegas ,Adboe Premiere ,Final Cut Pro,Final Cut Express.etc?
Follow the step to convert MXF files to mov/wmv/avi .etc on Mac now.
Step1: Download and install Best Mac MXF Video Converter, add your MXF file by clicking “Add” in the File menu or in the main interface.
Step2: In “Format” drop down list box, you may select output format. The software allows setting different output formats according to different files. For example, I just set the QuickTime MOV as output format of the MXF file.

Step3: Now let’s select the output folder by clicking the “Output folder” icon.
If you want to trim or crop your MXF files and get the wanted part or area, if you want to replace original audio and add background music to the MXF videos, if you want to deinterlace, remove interlaces or image noises of the videos, please click “Edit” to get into editor windows and start your DIY process.

Step4: Finally, click “Convert” in the main interface. After a successful conversion, click “Open” to check the QuickTime MOV files.
For Window users ,you can use Canon MXF video converter .