Import and edit Canon XC10 4K MXF video files to iMovie/FCE for editing on Mac

Canon has officially announced its XC10 4K Camcorder which combines convenient 4K/Full HD video shooting and 12 Megapixel digital still photography. The XC10 Camcorder uses the Canon XF-AVC codec for 4K and HD recording. 4K Ultra HD video offers bit rates up to 305MBps and saved to an internal CFast card. An SD card slot is also available although video capture is limited to full HD, up to 60p. 8MP stills can be grabbed from 4K video or you can take 12MP photos as you would on any conventional stills camera.

As more and more users get the striking Canon XC10 camcorder, there are more than one users experienced problems when they tried to edit some Canon XC10 MXF files in iMovie or Final Cut Express. The Canon XC10 MXF video can't be handled smoothly by the iMovie/FCE software on Mac. In fact, there are many editing programs can't support MXF format, because it is an advanced format that used by many high-end camcorders, and editing programs can't deal with these footages. So if you have the need to edit Canon XC10 MXF files with iMovie/FCE or other programs, you will need to convert MXF files into a format better suited to editing, effects. For iMovie/FCE, this would usually be AIC, because this is native format for iMovie/FCE. So, in order to bring your Canon XC10 MXF footage into iMovie/FCE for smoothly editing on Mac, you're suggested to transcode Canon XC10 MXF to AIC codec, the native editing codec of iMovie and Final Cut Express in advance.

We recommend you to use UFUWare HD Video Converter for Mac to convert Canon XC10 MXF to AIC for iMovie/FCE. This best HD Video Converter is good at encoding camera shootings in different formats (MXF, MOV, MTS, MPG, etc.) to video editing software compatible file types, such as AIC for iMoive/FCE, Apple ProRes 422/4444 for FCP X and DNxHD for Avid Media Composer, making the experience of importing and editing Canon XC10 Video files within iMovie or Final Cut Express as fast and seamless as possible. Just download it and follow the guide below to convert Canon XC10 MXF to AIC for iMovie/FCE.

Convert Canon XC10 MXF to AIC MOV for iMovie/FCE editing

Step 1: Free download, install and launch the UFUWare HD Video Converter as the best Canon XC10 MXF to iMovie/FCE Converter, click "Add File" button to import your Canon XC10 recorded MXF footages to it.



Step 2: Click "Profile" bar to choose output format. To edit Canon XC10 MXF video files in iMovie/FCE smoothly, you're recommended to choose "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)", it's best for iMovie/FCE editing.



Step 3: You can click "Settings" button in the main interface to adjust the output parameters, such as resolution, frame rate, etc, customize the parameters according to your need.

Step 4: Click "Convert" button to convert Canon XC10 MXF to AIC codec on Mac. This conversion process will finish soon. Afterwards, click the "Open Folder" button to locate the output files and import to iMovie or Final Cut Express for editing.

In this way, you can easily import and edit your Canon XC10 files in iMovie or Final Cut Express smoothly, just download UFUWare HD Video Converter and take a try, it will help you.

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