Load and transcode Sony DSC-WX500 XAVC-S files to Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6

Sony DSC-WX500 Features
Sony WX500 Digital Compact Camera with 30x Optical Zoom (DSC-WX500)

*Uses technologies from RX and Alpha series in a small compact form
*18.2MP Exmor R CMOS
*30x Zeiss Vario-Sonnar T* zoom lens with 60x Clear Image zoom
*BIONZ X Processor
*Optical SteadyShot with 5-axis IS
*Pop-up flash
*921k-dot 3-inch LCD screen with full 180-degree tilt ideal for “selfies”
*Full HD movies including high speed XAVC S format at 50mbps bit rate
*Wi-Fi and NFC

Well, Sony DSC-WX500 is a brilliant camera! Many videographers love it as a great all around tool. But, is there an easy way that allows easy import XAVC S files into Adobe Premiere Pro directly, without having to use or open Sony's lousy Content Browser or other complex plug-ins. I’m seeking the Sony DSC-WX500 XAVC S to Premiere Pro best workflow.

As far as I know, Media Browser is a helpful tool for users to import XAVC S files to Premiere, though it has a high requirement against computer configuration, operating environment and editing software version. I’ve tried it, but it didn’t help me move my Sony WX500 XAVC S videos to Adobe Premiere smoothly. Since the highest picture resolution and frame rate video compression codec is much more than a video format that Premiere can support, the best workaround to transfer Sony WX500 footage to Adobe Premiere is to convert XAVC-S to MPEG-2, the most compatible video format for Adobe Premiere (no matter Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5, or CS4). Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is highly recommended here.

The program is an easy-to-use yet professional Sony XAVC S Converter for Mac. It’s able to convert XAVC S files from Sony DSC-WX500 to Adobe Premiere Pro more compatible MPEG-2 video. With it, you may also encode XAVC-S to Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, FCE, iMovie and more NLE programs highly compatible formats for editing. If you meet the XAVC S codec issues in Adobe Premiere on Windows PC, please get Brorsoft Video Converter to solve the problem.

Transcoding Sony DSC-WX500 XAVC-I to Adobe Premiere Pro

Step 1: Run the XAVC file converter program you just set up. Drag and drop XAVC files to the Converter. You can also hit Add files button to import videos to the app.



Step 2: 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.



Tip: This XAVC S to MPEG-2 Converter also allows you to customize audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.

Step 3: When you finish all settings, hit “Convert” button to start XAVC S to .mpg conversion on Mac OS X. You can follow the conversion process from the pop-up windows.

When the conversion finished, you can import the converted XAVC-S file to Adobe Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5/CS4 smoothly with superior speed and the best quality.

Additional Tips:

This Sony XAVC S Converter Mac can also help you to encode XAVC/XAVC S video to FCP, iMovie, FCE, Avid, etc. You just need to choose a proper video format like " Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov)" for FCP in the second step. For Avid Media Composer, choose "Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD(*.mov)" as output; For iMovie, choose iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov) as output.

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