If failed to import and edit Sony a7 II XAVC S video in Movie Maker, just read on to get the best workaround from this page.

XAVC S to Movie Maker

I’ve used my Sony a7 II for one year. Despite taking excellent stills, it also supports Full HD recording with high-bitrate XAVC S format at 24p, 30p and 60p shooting at up to 50Mbps bit rate to capture detailed movies with minimal compression noise. Whereas, when I worked with media from Sony a7 II in Movie Maker, there are a few issues. From someone’s shared tutorial I got a quick and smooth Sony a7 II XAVC S to Movie Maker workflow. Share now.

As for XAVC S, it is not currently supported natively by Windows Movie Maker. Thus, to import XAVC S files into Movie Maker for smooth editing, I need to convert XAVC S to WMV, a format specially developed by Movie Maker to help media professionals to work with mastering-quality HD media at significantly reduced file size.

UFUShare Video Converter is one of the best choice to complete the task. Overall, the program is a professional yet easy-to-use XAVC to Movie Maker converter. With it, you can convert Sony a7 II, Sony a7s, Sony a7 II, Sony a7s II, Sony AS100V and more recorded XAVC S videos to Movie Maker preferable WMV video without any quality loss. What’s more, this XAVC converter can also transcode XAVC S clips for editing in Pinnacle Studio, Camtasisa Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc flawlessly. The equivalent Mac version is UFUShare Video Converter for Mac, which can encode XAVC files for Mac editing.

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Steps to transcode Sony a7 II XAVC S for editing in Movie Maker

Step 1. Load Sony a7 II XAVC S files

Click “Add File” button to load the Sony a7 II XAVC S files to the best XAVC S to Movie Maker Converter. It supports batch conversion.

XAVC S to Movie Maker Converter - Load Sony a7 II XAVC S files

Step 2. Set output format for Movie Maker

Click on “Profile” bar, and select “Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> WMV (VC-1) Video (*.wmv)” as output format. The WMV is Movie Maker native supported format.

Conver Sony a7 II XAVC S to WMV for Movie Maker

Tip: Press the “Settings” button to set the video frame rate as 30fps, video size as 1920*1080 for editing Sony a7 II XAVC S videos in Movie Maker easily.

Step 3. Start XAVC S to WMV conversion

After all necessary settings, hit “Convert” button to transcode Sony a7 II XAVC S to WMV for editing in Movie Maker on Windows.

When the Sony a7 II XAVC S files all converted to WMV, click “Open Folder” button to locate the output .wmv files. And you can import the converted Sony a7 II XAVC S videos to Movie Maker for smooth editing on Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP.

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