Canon XC10 4K Video Converter-Convert XC10 4K MXF for FCP X

How to Get FCP X work with Canon XC10 4K MXF files beautifully? To get FCP X and Canon XC10 MXF video to play nicely, the easy workaround is to convert 4K MXF to FCP X compatible codecs via 4K Video Converter. Here is how.



Smoothy editing Canon XC10 4K MXF video in FCP X. Announced back in May, the Xc10 is Canon's first "consumer" 4K video camcorder that is targeted towards indie shooters. To capture 3840 x 2160 resolution, the XC10 uses Canon's MXF format which employs a more efficient MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 Long GOP compression with an MXF wrapper.

"Do you know how to import 4K videos I've captured by my new camcorder- Canon XC10 into FCP X? I always got an Error message in FCP X. Thank you in advance!"
As a new video format, the MXF footage captured by Canon XC10 is a kind of non-standard format which is hardly supported by Final Cut Pro. In order to import Canon XC10 4K MXF recordings into FCP X for smoothly editing, we need to rewrap or convert original MXF files to Apple ProRes, the most compatible video codec for FCP X to afford with the help of a professional third party program.

To perform the task, the easiest way is to use Acrok MXF Converter for Mac which can help you to convert Canon XC10 4K footage to Apple ProRes MOV files - ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with FCP X (no matter FCP X, FCP 7 or FCP 6). Besides, this technical third converter offers various common video codec for editing tools, like AIC for iMovie, DNxHD for Avid, MPEG for Premiere, .etc Read on to learn how to transcode Canon XC10 4K MXF footage to ProRes MOV.

Download Canon XC10 MXF Converter Mac

How to Convert and Import Canon XC10 MXF to FCP X?

Step 1: Locate the original Canon XC10 MXF file
Download and run Canon MXF Converter on Mac, and then click the "Add" button to import the MXF videos to the best MXF to FCP X Converter. (Drag and Drop is also a convenient way to load the videos.)



Step 2: Set output format
Click the format column to select output format "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as the best compatible video format for Final Cut Pro (FCP X, FCP 7, FCP 6).



Tips: Adjust the video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video&Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc. by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality.

Step 3: Start Conversion
Click the "Convert" icon on the main interface, the Canon XC10 MXF to ProRes MOV conversion will be completed soon.

After conversion, you will be able to get the output files compatible with FCP X effortlessly. So there you have it. Pretty Simple. And now you can use Canon XC10 4K MXF files in FCP X smoothly.