Importing MXF video to Pinnacle Studio smoothly

November 30 2016

MXF (Material eXchange Format) is a container format for professional digital video and audio media defined by a set of SMPTE standards. The video format is created specifically for HD digital camcorders like Canon C300, Canon XF100, Canon XF105, Sony XDCAM series and Panasonic P2 series. Why Pinnacle Studio can't recognize MXF files everytime? What can I do if Pinnacle Studio stops working when importing MXF footage? Here I will give you an easy and fast solution to edit MXF in Pinnacle Studio.

This could happen because MXF is not the best editable format for Pinnacle Studio. To solve those problems, the quick and easy workaround is to transcode MXF to a more editing-friendly format like AVI or WMV for Pinnacle Studio. Actually, it's not as difficult as you imagine. What you need is a just a common video converter like Pavtube Video Converter(Mac version). What's more, it also supports various formats of videos to seamlessly fit Adobe Premiere, Avid Media Composer, Windows Movie Maker, etc. editing softwares

Best Video Converter for Pinnacle Studio

Three easy steps to convert MXF files to WMV/AVI for Pinnacle Studio without quality loss.
Convert MXF, MP4, MKV, AVI, H.265, AVCHD, XAVC, XAVC S, XAVC L etc to Pinnacle Studio.
Convert MXF to any popular formats and convert any video to MXF.
Built-in video editing tools help trim, crop, rotate, add effects/subtitles/watermarks to your MXF videos before converting.
Change the parameter settings of your video according to your requirements.
Compatible with Windows 10, Windows 8.1, Windows 8, Windows 7, Windows XP.
Mac support macOS 10.12 Sierra, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Maverciks, 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.7 Lion.

Now just get the free trial below and follow the simple steps below to get MXF and Pinnacle Studio to play nicely.

3 Steps to Convert MXF video to Pinnacle Studio friendly format

Step 1. Import MXF files. Click Add Video button to add the MXF videos. Or simply drag your videos to the left item bar for converting.
Step 2. Select the output format for Pinnacle Studio. Click "Format" bar to determine output format. Here we choose "HD Video" -> "HD AVI" or “HD WMV” as output.
Tip: By clicking the Settings button beside Profile, you can adjust the output video/audio resolution, frame rate, bit rate, etc. to customize the output files to get the best quality you want.
Step 3. Start conversion. Finally, simpley convert the big “Convert” button to start the MXF to Pinnacle Studio conversion.

Soon after the conversion is finished, you can find the converted file on your computer by clicking the "Open" button. And then you can import the converted files to Pinnacle Studio for editing via its "Import" option.

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