Monday, July 6, 2015

Sony HDR-CX240 and Avid-Edit Sony HDR-CX240 1080/60p AVCHD videos in Avid

The Sony HDR-CX240, Full HD Handycam Camcorder, features an 1/5.8" Exmor R CMOS sensor and a wide-angle Carl Zeiss Vario-Tessar zoom lens with 27x optical zoom plus 54x Clear Image digital zoom. The Sony CX240 captures Full HD 1920x1080 video at 60p and 9.2MP still images. SteadyShot image stabilization with Active Mode delivers smooth video, and 3-Way-Shake-Canceling adds electronic roll stability for even smoother results.

Sony HDR-CX240 Highlights:

  • Full HD 1080/60p Video and 9.2MP Stills
  • 29.8mm Wide-Angle Carl Zeiss Zoom Lens
  • 27x Optical Zoom & 54x Clear Image Zoom
  • 2.7" Clear Photo LCD Display
  • SteadyShot Image Stabilization
  • Face Detection
  • AVCHD and MP4 Dual Recording
  • Intelligent Auto Mode

Sony HDR-CX240 Camcorder shoots HD videos in AVCHD format. Regarding to the AVCHD codec, it is very popular in both the professional and consumer market. That means most non-linear editing software should have full support for the codec, but the thing is that users still have problems one or another while trying to open the Sony CX240 AVCHD footage in Avid Media Composer for further editing.

In order to import and edit Sony CX240 AVCHD files in Avid without crashing problem and avoid rendering, you'd better transcode the Sony CX240 AVCHD footages to Avid native format. UFUWare AVCHD Converter for Mac can help you convert Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD files to DNxHD MOV for Avid with high quality.

Convert Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD to DNxHD MOV for Avid Media Composer


Step 1. Free download and install the top Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD to Avid Converter.

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Step 2. Launch Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD to Avid Converter. Click the "Add Video" button to import Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD footages, or directly drag and drop the Sony AVCHD videos to the converter.

Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD to Avid Converter

Step 3. Click the "Profile" option to get the drop-down menu, and then move you pointer to "Avid Media Composer > Avid DNxHD 1080p (*.mov)", which is compatible with Avid.

Convert Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD to DNxHD MOV for Avid

Step 4. Click the "Settings" icon and you will go into a new interface named "Profile Settings". You can adjust codec, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channel in the interface according to your needs and optimize the output file quality.

Custom video and audio parameters

Step 5. Click the "Convert" button under the preview window, the Mac Sony AVCHD to DNxHD Converter will convert Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD to DNxHD MOV for Avid. Then you can edit Sony HDR-CX240 AVCHD footages in Avid Media Composer smoothly on Mac.

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