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Sony HXRMC50U

From the manufacturer's website:

" The HXR-MC50U is an ultra-compact, professional, AVCHD camcorder with big camera performance. With premium design characteristics such as wide-angle Sony G lens, single ½.88-inch size Exmor™ R sensor with six million pixels, adaptive MPEG-4 codec, full-raster 1920 x 1080i recording capability, the HXR-MC50U is ideal for multimedia journalists, documentarians, indie filmmakers and any other application where a small, high quality camera is required. "

Testing

Our testing confirms that EditReady successfully converts Sony HXRMC50U footage. This means that files from the Sony HXRMC50U can be converted and transcoded, and played in applications like Quicktime Player, iMovie, Avid, and Final Cut Pro.

Our testing confirms that ClipWrap also successfully converts Sony HXRMC50U AVCHD (mts) footage. This means that files from the Sony HXRMC50U can be converted and transcoded, and played in applications like Quicktime Player, iMovie, Avid, and Final Cut Pro. If you're using a Mac running Mac OS X 10.6 or 10.7, ClipWrap is a great solution for working with these files. If you're on a newer Mac, we recommend using EditReady.


EditReady works with Sony HXRMC50U files

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EditReady works great with the video files recorded by the Sony HXRMC50U. You can easily preview the files, edit their metadata, apply LUTs, and transcode them to formats like ProRes, DNxHD or H.264. It's the fastest and easiest way to get from capture to edit.

Supported HXRMC50U Formats

Frame Size Framerate Supported
1920 x 1080 60i

We've done our best to include all of the formats this camera supports, but if we've missed any, please let us know.