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Can't Import BPAV files to Adobe Premiere Pro? The Solution

Sony XDCAM EX camcorders write MP4 files into a folder named BPAV. Generally, in Adobe Premiere Pro, importing BPAV sources with Media Browser is usually workable. However, when people import video and audio of the raw BPAV to Adobe Premiere Pro, always found that the MP4 within the BPAV file is unreadable to Premiere... If you are also stuck in the trouble and eager to work out the solution, just check out this article. We will offer you an easy way to edit BPAV files in Adobe Premiere Pro CC, CS6, CS5 flawlessly.

If you've copied the complete BPAV directory to hard disk and used Media Browser to import your BPAV clips to Premiere Pro, but still failed, you'd better seek for an alternative way. A practical way we recommended is to convert BPAV files to a common format/container for using in Adobe Premiere Pro. And MPEG-2 is the optimal format. To get the work done, Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is the top option.

It is an all-in-one video converter, video player and video editor. With it, you can effortlessly transcode BPAV .mp4 files to Adobe Premiere friendly MPEG-2, and it works well and converts flawlessly. Meanwhile, this video converter can create files compatible with more non-linear editing systems like Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer, iMovie, After Effects, etc. By the way, if you are on Windows, Video Converter is the alternative choice. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.

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Guide: Convert BPAV to Adobe Premiere Pro MPEG-2 format

Step 1. Add source files

Launch the BPAV file converter and click "Add File" button to locate the BPAV .mp4 file(s) you want to add. Check the "Merge into one file" box, you can join several .mp4 clips together if necessary.

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Step 2. Decide output format

Choose Premiere Pro preferred format. 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.

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Tip: Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs. To have a smooth editing with Adobe Premiere Pro, you need create the files with the appropriate resolution and frame rate that matches your source footage.

Step 3. Start transcoding BPAV videos

Click the big "Convert" button at the bottom right corner to finish encoding BPAV files to MPEG-2 for Adobe Premiere Pro.

Once the conversion finished, you can find the output files by clicking "Open" button on the main interface, then you can transfer the encoded BPAV files to Premiere Pro CC/CS6/CS5/CS4 to do further editing

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