How to convert Canon XF100 MXF File on Mac/Windows?

Julia Lloyds
2 min readJun 22, 2015

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If you have MXF video files which have been recorded by the Canon XF100. Then can you edit it on Canon XF100MXF on the Mac with FCP X? Whenever you will try to import the XF100MXF footages directly from you canon camcorder in the File/Import/Media screen, FCP X will tell you “None of the selected files or folders can be imported”. So how can Canon MXF files be imported directly into the FCP. To know the answer read the article below.

Need Canon MXF Video Converter (Windows, Mac)?

MXF is a container format which is a professional digital video and audio media which is defined by a set of SMPTE standards. You will not be able to play MXF videos on the media player, for playing canon MXF video freely. For this you need canon MXF video converter to convert the canon MXF video files to your media player supported video format.

Canon High Definition Camcorders supports the highest HD quality with full HD with Canon XF cordec. To utilize the file based MPEG-2 compression with an MXF file wrapper gives the widest compatibility with the existing industry infrastructure, metadata and non-linear editing (NLE) system.

If you want to edit the Canon MXF video files on Windows or Mac then you will be not able to do that. You will not able to import the Canon MXF video files into FCP X, iMovie which cannot read the Canon MXF video files that can’t be edited by the Canon MXF Video in the Premiere Pro CS6 smoothly etc. You don’t need to worry about these problems. Then canon MXF video converter will be able to help you by solving the Canon MXF importing problems. With the help of the powerful Canon MXF video converter, you will be able to transcode the Canon MXF video to any video format which can be able to edit on the Windows or Mac. By this you can able to import Canon MXF into FCP, FCE, Premiere, AVID, Vegas etc.
Canon MXF Video Converter is the best tool for the Canon camera and camcorder users. It focuses on converting the Canon MXF recordings to formats which are compatible with the editing software like FCP(FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6), iMovie, FCE, Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, Sony Vegas, and more.

More than just generating editable files for the video editing software, this converter even comes with the optimized format that is presets for the Kindle Fire HD, iPhone 5S/5C, New Nexus 7, and other Windows/Android devices. If you want to play the generated MXF video on the HDTV or smart TV, you need to convert the MXF to your TV compatible video format, such as HD MP4 (You can play movies on TV via USB flash drive).

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