Solution: How to edit Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S 4K video files in iMovie or FCE?

Sony HDR-CX455 is a Full HD Handycam camcorder, equipped with Optical SteadyShot stabilization with Intelligent Active mode which compensates camera shake in 5-axis which enables to shoot stable high-quality movies even while jogging lightly especially at wide-angle. It also has several other convenient features including XAVC S high bit rate recording 7, a 5.1 channel microphone and My Voice Canceling, which reduces the sound of the shooter’s voice during recording. It is also equipped with Highlight Movie Maker, Multi Camera Control and much more.

The XAVC S allows Sony high end cameras to record 4K videos, but is not a good editable format. You may have got the Sony HDR-CX455 camcorder and used it recorded some 4K videos and need to edit the XAVC S footages with iMovie and Final Cut Express. But, iMovie/FCE might not work with XAVC S 4K video files due to the codec issue or other reasons. In order to ingest Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S files into iMovie/FCE for editing smoothly, the easy workaround is to convert XAVC S 4K videos to AIC, which is natively supported by iMovie/FCE. To get the work done, you can take the UFUWare HD Video Converter for Mac, which is one of the best Mac XAVC S to iMovie/FCE Converter tool for you.

How to edit Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S 4K videos in iMovie or FCE?

Free download the Sony XAVC S Converter:



Step 1. Add Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S 4K video files

Install and launch the UFUWare HD Video Converter for Mac as the best Sony HDR-CX455 to iMovie/FCE Converter, and click "Add File" button to import Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S 4K video files to it.



Step 2. Choose proper output format for iMovie/FCE

Click "Profile" bar to get the drop-down list, and select "iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as output video format. The AIC MOV is iMovie and FCE best supported format.



Step 3. Convert Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S 4K videos to iMovie/FCE AIC MOV

After settings done, click "Convert" button, and the Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S to AIC Converter will start the conversion on you Mac immediately with high quality.

After the Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S to AIC conversion completed, you can click "Open Folder" button to find the generated AIC .mov files and use them freely, and then import the converted Sony HDR-CX455 XAVC S files to iMovie 8/9/11 or Final Cut Express for native editing.

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