How to convert and Import Sony a7 IV MP4 files to Premiere Pro
Sony a7 IV mirrorless camera is the best seller on the market now, it has powerful video recording ability and compact body, so there are a lot of users choose Sony a7 IV as their new camera. The Sony a7 IV is able to shoot 4K videos, so you can get high quality videos easily. Have you got some 4K MP4 videos recorded by Sony a7 IV camera? Do you want to import 4K MP4 videos from Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro and edit with native supported format? Just follow the content and you will get the best workflow to edit Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 videos with Premiere Pro supported format.
Do you want to import Sony a7 IV MP4 files to Premiere Pro natively?
Have you bought a compact mirrorless camera to take photos as well as record 4K videos on the go? Sony a7 IV is a good camera for you if you want to use the compact camera to capture high quality videos. Sony a7 IV is a powerful camera that can capture 4K videos in different codecs, for example, it can capture 4K H.265/XAVC HS videos or 4K XAVC S videos, the recorded videos will be in MP4 video format. After you recorded the 4K videos with Sony a7 IV camera, you may want to import Sony a7 IV MP4 videos to Premiere Pro for editing before using the clips. But, it is not so easy to edit Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 videos with Premiere Pro, a few of users have reported that they can’t import 4K MP4 videos from Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro for editing natively, the recordings can’t be edited smoothly and they want an effective workflow to edit Sony a7 IV videos with Premiere Pro. You can take a look at the example question showed below.
Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro Question
“Hello, I’m a Sony fan and I bought the Sony a7 IV camera to capture 4K videos as well as full HD videos on the go, I have recorded a few of 4K MP4 videos with Sony a7 IV in the past month, when I deal with Sony a7 IV recorded 4K MP4 videos with my Premiere Pro editing program, I found the Sony a7 IV clips are not smoothly supported, is there something wrong with my workflow? Hope you can help me to solve the Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro editing issue, thank you very much!”
Why Premiere Pro can’t support Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 videos smoothly? It is because Sony a7 IV 4K video’s codecs are not natively supported by Premiere Pro, from Sony a7 IV official page you will know this camera can capture 4K H.265/XAVC HS videos or 4K XAVC S videos, the H.265, XAVC HS and XAVC S codecs are not Premiere Pro native supported codecs. So the Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro best editing workflow is to convert Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 videos to supported codec of Premiere Pro, once you convert Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 videos to Premiere Pro supported format, you can edit Sony a7 IV 4K videos with Premiere Pro smoothly, and you don’t need to render Sony a7 IV footages anymore.
Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro Converter
Acrok Video Converter Ultimate is the recommended Sony a7 IV video converter software to convert 4K MP4 videos from Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro supported format, it is able to convert any 4K UHD or 1080p full HD videos to supported format for Premiere Pro, it can also convert Sony a7 IV 4K UHD videos to DNxHD codec for Avid Media Composer, AIC codec for iMovie, Apple ProRes 422/4444 codec for FCP X, etc. you can also use this Sony a7 IV 4K video converter software to convert Sony a7 IV videos to other formats, such as MKV, MOV, MP4, AVI, etc. with this 4k video converter software you don’t need to worry about any 4K video editing and playback issues, you can download this Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro converter from the link on this page.
Convert 4K MP4 from Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro
Step 1. Download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, this 4k video converter will help you to transcode 4K MP4 videos to Premiere Pro on Windows 11, Windows 10 or Windows 7 computer, if you need to convert Sony a7 IV 4K UHD videos on Mac computer, you can also use the corresponding Mac version.
Step 2. Run this Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro converter you will see the main interface, please click “Add Files” button to load Sony a7 IV recorded 4K MP4 files, batch loading and converting is supported. You can also directly drag and drop Sony a7 IV 4K or 1080p clips into this 4K MP4 video converter.
Step 3. Select Premiere Pro native supported format for output. Please click format column and choose “Editing Software -> Adobe Premiere”, this is the best format for Premiere Pro editing, you can choose Premiere WMV format if you use Windows computer, and choose Premiere MOV format if you use Mac computer. With this format you can edit Sony a7 IV 4K H.265, XAVC HS or XAVC S videos with Premiere Pro smoothly. Besides this format, you can choose rich output formats in this Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 video converter, just select the output format according to your need.
Step 4. Before you convert 4k MP4 files from Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro, if you want to change the output video’s parameters, you can click Settings button on the main interface, and then you can adjust the output video’s resolution, video bitrate, video frame rate, video codec, etc.
Step 5. Click convert button to start Sony a7 IV to Premiere Pro conversion process. This excellent 4K MP4 video converter will do the conversion for you.
Acrok Video Converter Ultimate software is a fast conversion tool for Sony a7 IV recorded 4K H.265, XAVC HS and XAVC S videos, NVIDIA and AMD video card acceleration technology is adapted, so it will convert your Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 videos at fast speed, when your Sony a7 IV 4K videos are converted to Premiere Pro supported format, you can import converted Sony a7 IV videos into Premiere Pro and edit the recordings natively.
Tip 1: Besides Premiere Pro, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate has native codecs support for popular video editing programs. For example, you can convert videos from Sony a7 IV to FCP X Apple ProRes 422/4444 codec, or convert videos from Sony a7 IV to Avid Media Composer DNxHD codec, or convert videos from Sony a7 IV to Vegas Pro native supported format, etc. it’s very useful for you.
Tip 2: Besides Sony a7 IV camera recorded 4K UHD videos, this 4K video converter software can also work as the best Blu-ray ripper software for you, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate can rip the latest Blu-ray and DVD disc movies to unprotected common videos like MKV, MOV, MP4, AVI, etc. and then you can watch the converted Blu-ray or DVD movies on any playable devices freely, there’s no Blu-ray/DVD copy protection anymore, you can download Acrok Video Converter Ultimate software and try as you want on Windows or Mac computers. Hope it can help you to deal with Sony a7 IV clips and other videos easily.
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