XAVC is an open recording format that was introduced by Sony Inc that want to make XAVC products like Sony PMW-F55, Sony PMW-F5. XAVC/ XAVC S video format can keep footages in 4K resolution (4096 × 2160 and 3840 × 2160) at up to 60 fps.
And QuickTime is a multimedia framework developed by Apple Computer Inc. that consists of a QuickTime player, the QuickTime framework which provides a common set of APIs for encoding and decoding audio and video and the QuickTime movie file format .MOV.
MOV video file is common multimedia format often used for saving movies and other video files, uses a proprietary compression algorithm developed by Apple Computer, compatible with both Macintosh and Windows platforms, which is one of reason why you need to convert Sony XAVC video to MOV format.
That is to say, to solve the XAVC files incompatible with Mac QuickTime Playback issue, the best solution is to convert such XAVC files to QuickTime .MOV. To do the job, here is the best solution.
Pavtube XAVC Converter for Mac offers an easy way to convert XAVC to MOV for playback on Mac. With it, you will be able to import XAVC videos to your QuickTime for playback with ease. Besides, by converting XAVC to MOV, you can transfer the generated files to your iPhone, iPad, Apple TV 3, etc to play with ease. If you are a Windows user, you can turn to XAVC Video Converter, which share similar functions with the Mac Version.
Step through: Converting Sony F5/F55 XAVC to QuickTime MOV
Step 1. Run Pavtube Mac Sony XAVC to MOV Converter. Click “Add file” or “Add from folder” button, browse to the footages and load them to the converter.
Step 2. Select the items to be converted, and click on “Format” bar to set a QuickTime format in template.
Click on the drop-down list of “Format”, and follow “Common Video”> “MOV-QuickTime (*.mov)”. This is the best format for playbakc with QuickTime Player.
Step 3. Click the “Settings” button and set proper video/ audio parameters. You can reset set the video size, bitrate and fame rate. If you would like to use default settings, simply skip this step.
Step 4. Click the “Browse” button next to the Output File Name field and select a location on your HDD for the output video file.
Step 5. Click the “Convert” button to start conversion. After conversion you can click the “Open” button to locate converted video files. As the converted mov format is compatible with mac, you can view XAVC on the Mac QuickTime freely.
See also:
Convert Sony PMW-F55 XAVC to Prores for FCP
Transcode Sony XAVC to AIC for iMovie
Edit Sony XAVC on Windows PC
Upload XAVC videos to YouTube, Vimeo, FaceBook etc
Source: How to Play Sony F5, F55 XAVC on QuickTime Easily and Quickly
