Importing MXF

[Mark Thompson]

MXF is a container format and Premiere Pro has supported it for some years. That doesn’t mean the content (the essence) is supported, it is possible that a new codec or an improved existing one can sometime confuse Premiere. However usually the new codec is supported before too long.

I’ve been using MXF and XAVC from Sony cameras for quite a while and I don’t really give it a second thought – it just works. The Media Browser imports the footage for you.

If you want to be hyper cautious then get some sample footage from the camera and edit it. I think it is worth doing this for any new camera. Particularly for footage shot in low light.

For newcomers to MXF, that standard calls for 8 audio tracks which can be a little overwhelming. I usually do smaller projects and you can easily delete the unwanted empty tracks.

What can be confusing is when adding a clip that has the 8 tracks to a timeline with other clips that have 8 tracks as it is easy to suddenly have 16 tracks -). So you need to understand Source Patching and Track Targeting. This is a good video that explains it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWkW903Juwk

However there are sever other videos that cover the same thing.

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[Fabian Charlton]

Thanks for the link.

How can I find out what codec was used as to why premiere isn’t recognizing it that’s a bit weird.

And im used to exporting to .mp4 h.624 or whatever that is from xavcs. I have my levels and my bitrate presets from that encoding.

I tried exporting a video file I had to (I forgot) but the sound like. Got drastically changed like it was muted. That’s no good. And I’m not sure why it even to prevent that

[Fabian Charlton]

Also I don’t know if I’ll get that camera if it’s a not as easy as to do what I did before. I don’t mind to learn, but I want to practice before I commit to a purchase

[Mark Thompson]

Hi,
you can use programs like MediaInfo https://mediaarea.net/en/MediaInfo
to find out the codec – or even get properties on the clip in the timeline or project on Premiere.
There are a few other programs that do the same.

I’m using CC 2019, if you have a very old version things might be different.

Audio problems can be quite a few things.
On Premiere you can edit the clip in Audition. Particularly for MXF files, start audition standalone and then in premiere select “edit clip in adobe audition”. Right click the clip on the timeline.

mark