Thursday, November 19, 2015

Tutorial for ingesting 4K Medias ( 4K MP4/MOV) from DJI OSMO within Avid Media Composer

To open and edit DJI OSMO 4K MP4/MOV footage in Avid Media Composer smoothly, you'd better transcode OSMO 4K files to Avid more "edit" friendly codec like DNxHD and downscaling 4K to 1080p is much easier for editing.

The Osmo consists of four parts: a Zenmuse X3 three-axis gimbal with a camera, an ergonomic handle with all the control buttons, a 10.8Wh battery and a phone clamp. For those who are already flying an Inspire 1, its Zenmuse X3 module needs no introduction. This fan-cooled gimbal-camera is powered by Sony's 1/2.3-inch 12-megapixel sensor that can record videos of up to 4K resolution -- 4,096 x 2,160 at 24fps or 3,840 x 2,160 at 30fps/24fps, to be exact -- with a maximum video bitrate of 60 Mbps. If you want a smoother video, you can go up to 60fps at either 1080p or 720p, or even do slow motion with 120fps at 1080p. As with the drone version, you get a 20mm f/2.8 lens with a 94-degree field of view. The gimbal is also where you insert your microSD card, which needs to be of at least Class 10 or UHS-1. Obviously, the faster the write speed, the better.

Video Formats MP4/MOV (MPEG-4 AVC/H.264)
Have pre-ordered one for days and just curious if people have been able to work with DJI OSMO 4K videos in Avid Media Composer natively yet ?



Actually, most editing programs like Avid Media Composer still use 1080p as primary delivery format and will continue to do so for a long time. An alternative and decent solution is to use a third-party video app to convert DJI OSMO 4K clips to Avid Media Composer native format before editing.Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is one of the best choice.

The program is an easy-to-use yet professional 4K Video Converter for Mac. It's able to convert DJI OSMO 4K files to Avid Media Composer more compatible DNxHD .mov video. With it, you may also encode 4K MP4/MOVto Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, FCE, iMovie and more NLE programs highly compatible formats for editing. If meet the DJI OSMO H.264 codec issues on Windows PC, please get Brorsoft Video Converter to solve the problem.

Download DJI OSMO media converter:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Converting DJI OSMO 4K MP4/MOV to Avid Media Composer

Step 1. After downloading, install and run this 4K Video Converter for Avid, just copy the OSMO 4K files to your hard drive. Then click Add to import the files to the software for converting.



Step 2. You just need to go to "Avid Media Composer -> DNxHD (*.mov)" as the best video format for editing 4K MP4/MOV in Avid with good video quality.



Step 3. If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels. For original 4K files, if don't stick with 4K, you're suggested to download 4K to 1080p for easier editing.

Step 4. Finally hit the Convert button; it will encode DJI OSMO 4K MP4/MOV to DNxHD for Avid Media Composer 7/6/5/4 immediately. When the conversion process shows in 100%, you can get the resulted videos from output folder easily for easier editing in Avid MC.

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Thursday, November 12, 2015

Load Sony A7R II 4K XAVC S to FCP 7, Final Cut Pro X (El Capitan)

If you have trouble in importing or editing Sony A7R 4K videos in Final Cut Pro, read here to help you. 

The A7R II has received a large amount of ink, and deservedly so – it is, technologically, one great camera. The mirrorless, compact body (5 × 3.9 × 2.4 inches without lens, and 22 ounces with battery and card) has a 42.4-megapixel back-illuminated (BI) full-frame sensor – a first for the industry. The camera captures 7,952 × 5,304-pixel stills as well as 4K video in Sony’s XAVC-S format. And with its Fast Hybrid Autofocus technology, the A7R II can autofocus select Canon lenses (using an adaptor), breaking the wall that’s existed between camera brands. 

For a fast and fluid workflow, people sometimes need to transcode A7R II 4K XAVC S video for editing in FCP. However, the XAVC-S footage captured by Sony A7R II is a kind of non-standard format which is hardly supported by FCP 6, FCP7, FCP X. In order to load Sony A7R II XAVC-S clips into Final Cut Pro for smoothly editing, we need to rewrap or convert original XAVC-S files to Apple ProRes Code , the most compatible video codec for FCP to afford with the help of a professional third party program. 

 

To achieve the goal, you need the help from Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac, a professional 4K Video to FCP Converter app. Unlike some free video converters, it is capable of serving as the best 4K Video Converter for Mac. It provides hundreds of output format presets for 4K videos, such as Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422(HQ), Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy), and Apple ProRes 4444 for Final Cut Pro. Besides, this 4K Video Converter is also available to customize the output resolutions to any size like 1080p, 2K, 4K as users want. Download the tool and start the 4K video conversion on Mac(Mavericks included). 

Download Sony A7R II XAVC S Converter Mac 

 (Note: Click here for OS X 10.5) 

How to Convert and Import Sony A7R II XAVC S videos to Final Cut Pro 

Step 1: Locate the original Sony FDR-AX1 XAVC S file 

Download and run Sony XAVC S Video Converter on Mac, and then click the "Add" button to import the XAVC S videos to the program. (Drag and Drop is also a convenient way to load the videos.) 

 

Step 2: Set output format 

Click the "Format" bar and select Final Cut Pro> Apple PreRes 422(*.mov) as output format. 

 

3. Adjust video, audio settings 

Click the "Settings" button and customize proper video/audio parameters including Video size, bitrate and fame rate and mroe. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing. Well, if you prefer to work with 4K video, you can adjust video size to get 4K ProRes for FCP. 

4. Start conversion 

After all necessary settings, hit the convert button to start the 4K video to ProRes conversion on Mac OS X. Once the conversion process shows in 100%, click Open to get the output videos. Create a project and start editing 4K video in FCP 6/7/X with light speed. 

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Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Two options for copying Blu-ray DVD in Mac El Capitan

Summary: The articles tells how to backup Blu-ray DVD on Mac OS X El Capitan easily by hacking BD/DVD copy protections. 

In order to keep Blu-ray, DVD discs from scratching, or manage large Blu-ray/DVD collections in a more convenient way, people are fond of backing up their own Blu-ray DVD movies to different storage mediums, including backing up BD/DVD library to home sever, backing up DVD movie to Hard Drive, backing up DVD/Blu-ray content to computer, etc. In this article, we focus on how to backup Blu-ray/DVD on Mac El Capitan. Learn the full guide below. 

As we know, most commercial BD/DVDs like Disney have copy protection. For general Blu-ray copying software, it probably would make a failure copy. So, which is the best Blu-ray/DVD backup software for El Capitan that can help you copy Blu-ray, DVD movies on Mac OS X El Capitan with the original quality? Overall, we find Brorsoft Blu-ray ripper for Mac is the best choice. It is more intelligent than others and can remove the copy protection and backup Blu-ray, DVD on Mac OS X El Capitan perfectly. 

This Mac El Capitan Blu-ray DVD copy software provides you with professional solutions to backup Blu-ray/DVD with two options: Full Disc Copy, Main Movie Copy. Besides copying to the hard drive of your Mac, you can also copy BD/DVD movies to your portable devices, like iPad, iPhone, Galaxy S6, Apple TV, etc. The following guide will show you how to copy and backup Blu-ray/DVD movies on El Capitan in details. 

P.S. For those who wanna make Blu-ray/DVD movie backup on Windows, please get Blu-ray ripper

Full Guide: How to Backup Blu-ray/DVD movies on Mac OS X El Capitan 

Step 1: Load Blu-ray or DVD movies 

Once you run the best Blu-ray copy software for El Capitan, click disc button to load Blu-ray or DVD files into the program. 

 

Step 2: Choose a way to copy your Blu-ray/DVD 

A. Full Disc Copy Mode: 

Copy BD/DVD disc to a full Blu-ray/DVD folder containing all the content in original disc. Click the quick button "Copy the entire disc" to start copying the Blu-ray, DVD disc to hard drive, including the menus, titles, ads, etc. 

 

a. When Blu-ray full disc copying task finished, you can click "Open" button to locate the Blu-ray directory. The decrypted Blu-ray folder contains all information and contents in the original disc. Among them, the BDMV folder is the most important one with audio and video files in it. 

b. When DVD full disc backup task finished, you can click "Open" button to get the output videos. The backed up DVD movie is usually saved as a directory file structure within which there are VIDEO_TS and AUDIO_TS folder. The VIDEO_TS folder contains main movies (.vob) and lots of system files (.ifo and .bup). 

B. Directly Copy Mode: 

 

a. Copy Blu-ray Main Movie: Backup Blu-ray Disc to a file with M2TS as filename extension. This mode enables copy movie only from Blu-ray discs, compared with former mode, save time in copying AACS Blu-ray Disc and space to store the output M2TS file to make reasonable and practical use. 

Click "Format" bar, choose "Copy" > "Directly Copy" from the Format menu and then specify a folder to save the M2TS files from Disney Blu-ray disc. 

b. Backup DVD Main Movie: Click "Format" bar, choose "Copy" > "Directly Copy" from the Format menu to copy the .vob files only which contains the main movie on your DVD disc. 

Additional Tips: Besides copying Blu-ray, DVD movies, this best El Capitan Blu-ray backup tool also enables you rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD to MOV, MP4, WMV, AVI, FLV, M4V, MPEG, etc with the best quality. Meanwhile, the program provides the optimized preset profiles for almost all popular multimedia devices and HD media players. So, you can choose to rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD to iPad, iPhone, WDTV, iTunes, Nexus 10, Kindle Fire HD, Galaxy Tab 4 and more for enjoyment everywhere. 

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