Import Panasonic DVCPRO P2 projects to Sony Vegas Pro 11

[jacknjchn]

Summary: The Sony Vegas Pro 11 won't import Panasonic DVCPRO P2 
MXF projects. The easy workaround is to transcode P2 MXF to WMV 
for Sony Vegas Pro 11 smooth editing.

"I have a Panasonic DVCPRO P2 camcorder that records .MXF video 
format, now I would like to import these projects to Sony Vegas 
Pro 11 for editing. What I want is to edit MXF files smoothly 
without codec problems, what video codec should I use? Can you 
recommend some software which can help me import and convert MXF 
to Sony Vegas Pro 11 smoothly?"

If you have a Panasonic DVCPRO P2 camcorder, you may want to edit 
Panasonic DVCPRO P2 MXF files in Sony Vegas Pro, though latest 
vegas added many new features, but it can't support P2 MXF 
footages well, you will encounter importing and editing problems. 
These problems may occur in Panasonic AJ-HPX3000/ AG-HPX300/ 
AJ-HPX2000/ AJ-HPX3700/ AJ-HPM200/ AJ-HPX2700/ AJ-HPM100/ 
AG-HVX200 and other models.

In order to edit your Panasonic DVCPRO P2 MXF footage in Sony 
Vegas Pro 11 smoothly, you should transcode MXF format to WMV 
format, which is best supported by Vegas Pro.

Brorsoft MXF Converter is best choice to get the work done. I 
have used this tools for a long time, and I also rewrap Canon MXF 
files to Premiere 5.5. This software can deal with almost all 
kinds of MXF videos. With it, I can effortlessly transcode the P2 
MXF videos for smoothly editing in Sony Vegas Pro 11. Just take a 
look at the brief guide below.

How to import Panasonic DVCPro P2 MXF videos to Sony Vegas Pro 11 
for smoothly editing

Step 1. Download, install and launch the P2 MXF Converter, and 
then click the button “File” to add P2 MXF footage to the 
program. (Note: You should find the MXF video from one MXF whole 
structure folder, here I take my P2-dvcpro25 as an example: 
double click the P2-dvcpro25> CONTENTS> VIDEO, and then you can 
find the MXF file.)

Step 2. Click "Format" bar to determine output format. For 
smoothly editing in Vegas, you are recommended to choose Adobe 
Premiere/Sony Vegas -> WMV (VC-1) (*.wmv), this format is best 
for Sony Vegas Pro 11 editing.

Step 3. If you would like to customize the video and audio 
parameters, you can click "settings", adjust the parameters as 
you want, like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, 
Audio codec, sampling rate, bit rate, channels.

Step 4. Click "Convert" to start to convert Panasonic DVCPRO P2 
to Sony Vegas Pro 11.

Note: Before start the conversion, click Edit button and you can 
deinterlace 1080i P2 MXF files for Sony Vegas via checking off 
the “Deinterlacing” box in the Video Editor.

With this Panasonic MXF to Sony Vegas Pro 11 converter, it 
becomes easy for you to convert P2 MXF video to Vegas Pro 
smoothly for editing.

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