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P2 MXF to MOV Mac- Import Panasonic P2 MXF to iMovie on Mac

If you’ve got a Panasonic P2HD camcorder like AG-HVX200, AJ-HPX3100, AG-HPX250, AJ-HPX3700, AG-HPX170, AG-HPX500, AG-HPX370, AJ-HPX2700, AJ-HPX2100, etc, the P2 MXF format will not be an unfamiliar for you. And you would know that the files shot by the P2HD camcorders are saved onto the P2 card in MXF format for direct data transferring to broadcasting and production system.

While, most of the users have found that the MXF format is not well-suited for some non-linear video edit software including the Apple tool- iMovie. Here is one of the problems we found on the forum. One of my clients just bought a used Panasonic P2 camera, a HVX200, and wants to edit P2 MXF footages in iMovie 11 on OS 10.6, but he found iMovie can not recognize the P2 .mxf footages. Any idea? From the quoted words, it’s not hard to learn that MXF videos can not be directly imported to iMovie. So, how to import Panasonic P2 MXF to iMovie for editing without any problem? Here we offer you the easiest solution.

To import and edit P2 MXF files in iMoive with ease, you need transcode Panasonic P2 MXF to iMovie supported video format. And we learn that AIC(Apple InterMediate Codec) codec MOV format is the iMovie perfectly supported format. In this case, a professional and easy-to-use P2 MXF Converter is the key. Here Mac P2 MXF to MOV Converter is the highly recommended tool for you. With it, you can convert Panasonic P2 MXF to AIC MOV for iMovie further editing on Mac easily with least quality loss.

Step 1: Download and install the best P2 MXF to iMovie Converter and launch it to add your P2 MXF videos from CONTENTS>>VIDEO to it.

( Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)
Tips:
1. When import MXF video to the P2 MXF Converter, please make sure you have the entire MXF file structure as it saved on your camcorder’s P2 card. If you only have some loose .MXF clips, your files will have image only without audio.
2. If you wanna merge several P2 MXF videos into one file, just tick the “Merge into one” box.

Step 2: Click on the dropdown menu of “Format” and then move your pointer to iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov), the best video format for iMovie. Afterwards, you can set the output folder.

Step 3: Click the “Settings” icon to customize the audio/video settings for iMovie. You’d better set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 to keep the best quality for editing in iMovie. (For original 50i MXF video, frame rate should be in 25fps.)
Note: Before start the conversion, you need to deinterlace 1080i P2 MXF files first.

Step 4: Click the “Convert” button; the Mac MXF video converter will start converting Panasonic P2 MXF to AIC MOV and joining the P2 MXF files for editing in iMovie immediately.

After the P2 MXF to MOV Mac conversion, you can get the output from the output folder. Now, you can import and edit Panasonic P2 MXF in iMoive keeping high quality without any trouble.