Magix 14 Compatible with 4K Camcorder?

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Magix 14 Compatible with 4K Camcorder?

Posted by John Lee on April 20, 2018 at 6:30 pm

I have Magix 14 and just bought a Sony AX33 4K camcorder. Looking at the project properties, the closest thing I see is “HD 720-60P (1280×720) 59.94 fps”.

Is that the best (and only) setting I can use? The camcorder manual says I can do “XAVC S 4K (3840×2160) at 60mpbs” and “XAVC S HD (1920×1080) at 50mpbs”. What is the best Magix setting to accommodate my new camcorder?

Thank you for any replies.

John Lee replied 8 years ago 5 Members · 7 Replies
7 Replies

Roger Bansemer
April 21, 2018 at 11:38 am

This doesn’t answer your question exactly but once you do edit in 4k and render in 4k, you really can’t do much with that I know of except upload it to YouTube or put the file on a memory stick and use it that way on a 4K television. You can’t make a BluRay in 4K. So although I love shooting in 4K, I haven’t found it of much use except the ability to zoom in and still keep HD resolution.

Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com
Ole Kristiansen
April 21, 2018 at 12:55 pm

When you open Vegas Pro 14 – choose File then New – press: Match Media Video Settings !
Steve Rhoden
April 22, 2018 at 12:15 am

You are all good with your camera and Vegas Pro 14.
Can handle all output and input you are concerned about!

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Ron Koms
April 22, 2018 at 1:30 am

I have the Sony AX/100, similar cams. If you have the settings correct, there should be another folder that contains the 4k video. If you have it on Dual mode, it will create both. I made notes of where the files are located, On the SD card:
4k video – MP4
S:\PRIVATE\M4ROOT\CLIP

HiDef – MTS
S:\PRIVATE\AVCHD\BDMV\STREAM

Low quality 720 video – MP4
S:\MP_ROOT\100ANV01
Ron Koms
April 22, 2018 at 1:39 am

My settings are defaulted to,
Good (instead of Best)
and
Smart resample

Wonder if I should change these?

Ron
Roger Bansemer
April 22, 2018 at 12:15 pm

When I started to work with 4K I found I needed a much faster computer to handle the preview. That was an expensive issue to deal with.

Roger Bansemer – PaintingAndTravel.com
John Lee
April 22, 2018 at 4:33 pm

Thanks for all the replies. I see their is a dual recording mode, and the HD modes are as follows:

XAVC S 4K, XAVC S HD and AVCHD

Is the resolution for XAVC S 4K worth what I assume is the bigger file size? Should I definitely record in dual mode? Excited to use this camcorder, but is XAVC S HD more than enough?

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