Best Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II XAVC S to iMovie Converter

Run into issues working with Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II XAVC S footage in iMovie? Depending on your source video specifications, your computer environment and much more, iMovie will have different editing performances. In this tutorial, we explain a way of converting Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II XAVC S files to AIC .mov format for editing in Apple iMovie fluidly. It will definitely help users who are having trouble editing Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II XAVC S footage in iMovie.

"Hi there, I tried to edit XAVC S video files from my Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II with iMovie on an old MacBook Pro. It was a disaster. Guess I need to convert the files to more editing friendly format. What is the recommended workflow? If anyone has a better understanding of this please tell me more. Thanks for any help."

Personally, I like converting my compressed media (including XAVC S footage from Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II) to AIC .mov for editing with iMovie. The files edit so much better than the originals, and the quality is good enough to use for final export. The following guide presents the conversion steps.

How to convert Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II XAVC S footage to iMovie preferred AIC .mov?

To transcode Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II XAVC S files to AIC for iMovie editing, do as below: Step 1: Import source files With Video Converter for Mac, you can click "Add File" to load video files that you want to convert into this program.
Step 2: Select output format Click "Profile" to select "iMovie and Final Cut Express" > "Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov)" as output format. AIC .mov is iMovie's favorite editing codec, which iMovie will read and handle well.
Tips: If necessary, you can click "Settings" button to modify video and audio parameters like encoder, resolution, frame rate, bitrate, aspect ratio, sample rate, and audio channels. You can also "enable 3D Settings" to add 3D effect to your source media.
Step 3: Click "Convert" to start Sony Cyber-shot DSC-RX10 II XAVC S to AIC conversion for iMovie. As soon as the conversion is complete, click "Open Folder" to get the generated AIC .mov files for editing in iMovie with optimum performance. Hope it helps.