How to Edit MXF in FCPX Successfully?

Overview

Speaking of FCPX, many Apple users are familiar with. Yes, FCPX is a very famous non-linear video editing application developed by Apple. But, FCPX has limitations for its imported file formats and codecs. The following will take importing MXF file to FCPX for edition as the example.

Well, MXF format is a container format and can be easily obtained from camcorders, like Sony, Panasonic, etc or video editors, such as Avid or some video recording devices. Since FCPX version 10.0.6, FCPX supports to edit MXF format with some plug-ins and these plug-ins can be downloaded from Sony website, Panasonic website, etc. Since FCPX version 10.1.4, FCPX supports to natively edit MXF format, but not the MXF format with any codec.

From the above said, we can clearly see the limitations that FCPX has to MXF format. Is there an easy way to edit any MXF in FCPX? Yes, there is. The following article just introduces a professional MXF to FCPX converter to help users to convert the MXF to FCPX best supported ProRes file format and users will encounter no limitation when editing the converted ProRes in FCPX.

MXF to FCPX converter - iDealshare VideoGo

iDealshare VideoGo is just the professional MXF to FCPX converterthat we are talking about. With iDealshare VideoGo, users can easily convert the MXF file to FCPX best supported ProRes. Besides, iDealshare VideoGo also features the followings:
• Convert MXF, AVCHD, MTS, M2TS, MOD, TOD, AVI, WMV, MPG, VOB, FLV, MKV, WTV, WMV, etc to FCPX best supported Apple ProRes.
• Convert other unsupported audio formats to FCPX supported audio formats.
• To solve MXF edition difficulty, convert MXF to other video editors, like iMovie, Windows Movie Maker, etc supported video formats.
• To solve MXF playback difficulty, convert MXF to many video devices and players supported video formats, including iPhone, iPad, iPod, Android, PSP, Roku, Windows Media Player, QuickTime, etc.
• Convert MXF to any video format or convert between any two video formats.

Make Preparation: Launch MXF to FCPX Converter

Free download the ideal MXF to FCPX Converter - iDealshare VideoGo (for Mac, for Windows), install and launch it, the following interface will pop up.

Step 1 Upload MXF file

Users can simply upload the MXF file to this MXF to FCPX converter. Two methods are provided to upload MXF to FCPX. One is to click the "Add file" button and the other is to use the drag and drop function.

Step 2 Set Final Cut Pro supported video format

Select MOV ProRes as your output format by clicking "Profile" button >"HD Video" category.

Step 3 Edit MXF video (Optional)

Click the "Effect" button and a Video Edit window will show up as below. Thus you can do some basic editing for MXF videos like trim, crop, effect, merge, subtitles, add audio extract, subtitles etc.

Step 4 Convert MXF to FCPX

Finally, users can simply click the "Convert" button to complete the MXF to FCPX best supported MOV ProRes.