iMovie failed loading XAVC footage from Sony Alpha a5100

There are times when you need to transcode Sony Alpha a5100 XAVC media to AIC .mov format for further editing in Apple's iMovie. The best Sony Alpha a5100 XAVC to iMovie converter will do what you want. Let's see how it works.

While Sony is making use of well-known standards like H.264 and MXF, there have been some compatibility issues with XAVC in a variety of applications. In large part, this is because they're using components of the H.264 specification that haven't been widely adopted in the past. In particular, they're using the "high" profile, levels 5.1 and 5.2. Many of the H.264 decoding tools on the market don't properly handle these. In addition, a number of H.264 decoders, including the one built into Mac OS X, don't deal well with the mix of inter-frame compression and higher bit depths.

If for whatever reason you are having troubles working with Sony Alpha a5100 XAVC .mxf files in iMovie, you can follow this step by step instruction to transcode them to iMovie preferred AIC .mov format first.

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How to transcode Sony Alpha a5100 XAVC video to AIC .mov for iMovie editing?

Here's what you need

Video Converter (It is available for Mac, simply download the proper version depending on your computer.)

To transcode Sony Alpha a5100 XAVC media to AIC for iMovie editing, do as below: Step 1: Click "Add File" to load Sony Alpha a5100 XAVC video files into this program.

Step 2: Select output format for iMovie Click "Profile" to select "iMovie and Final Cut Express" > "Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as output format. AIC .mov is iMovie's favorite editing codec, which iMovie will recognize and handle well.

Tips: If necessary, you can click "Settings" button to modify video and audio parameters like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, aspect ratio, sample rate, and audio channels. You can also "enable 3D Settings" to add 3D effect to your source media.

Step 3: Click "Convert" to start Sony Alpha a5100 XAVC to iMovie conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, click "Open Folder" to get the generated AIC .mov files for editing in iMovie with optimum performance. Hope it helps.