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Dan Hyman
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December 1, 2018
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Canon XF705 H.265 HEVC Files

  • December 1, 2018
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Hello,

Wondering when Premiere Pro CC will support the files from this new camera. I anticipate it becoming very popular, like a Sony EX1-EX3.

Right now, only a paid version of Da Vinci Resolve will work with these new files (which I don't have).

Thanks,

Dan

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    Correct answer Trent Happel

    Canon XF HEVC support is now in Premiere Pro 14.0.

     

    More information on 14.0:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new/2020.html

    12 replies

    dimba83
    dimba83
    Participating Frequently
    February 4, 2021

    Jus rename all the .mxf to mpg and suddenly the play much smoother...how in the Hell Adobe? I jus found out by accident because my fresh installed 14.8 Premiere refused to import h265 mxfs from the xf705.
    And i started wondering how the 4k50p HEVC suddenly play smooth. And it took me that long to find out? But whats the reason ADOBE? Why is MXF implemented so bad in Premiere?

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    Trent HappelCorrect answer
    Participating Frequently
    November 4, 2019

    Canon XF HEVC support is now in Premiere Pro 14.0.

     

    More information on 14.0:

    https://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-pro/using/whats-new/2020.html

    kevcar
    kevcar
    Known Participant
    December 19, 2019

    I bought a Ninja 5 for my XF705 as Canon were very slow for the XF705 4K codec, about 15 months. I also just bought a brand new computer for editing which cost £4000 my XF705 files wont play (major lag and loads of dropped frames) unless I use a Proxy, The Ninja 5 ProRes files is as smooth as butter not one dropped frame, (impressive). So the Ninja 5 is the best piece of Tech I have bought, The Cannon XF705 is crap until Canon or (Adobe can help sort this out) or both work together to sort out the mess. 

    MillIvar
    MillIvar
    Participant
    January 7, 2020

    I have 4 XF705's for filming stage performances. Love them, a great upgrade from the Sony PMW200's I used before.

    But the HEVC-files are veeery heavy. That is your problem. If you use a CPU monitor, it will show you that all processor cores go to 100%, and have a miserable video output (but the audio plays as if nothing, on my machine, anyways)

     

    Maybe the new AMD 32 core Threadrippers will handle it with an unholy amount of ram. I hope to find out this week. I guess it will set me back some 8-10 000$, if there is a solution for 4cam 4K native multiview playback at all... 

     

    Otherwise, its proxies until the PC's catch up;)

    kevcar
    kevcar
    Known Participant
    October 3, 2019

    I give up!!!!!!! Adobe talk to Canon and please support the XF HEVC 265

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    dkaplowitz
    Inspiring
    September 26, 2019

    Changing the file extension to .mpg does not work. Pretty sure this is the straw that broke the camel's back - £600/year to Adobe for this, plus inadequate tech support. Da Vinci Resolve Studio and some Photoshop alternative I guess; can totally live without the rest of the suite.

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    rbrimson
    Known Participant
    July 11, 2019

    I tried that but premiere keeps crashing when I import it as an .mpg

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    8raptor8
    Known Participant
    April 22, 2019

    This does NOT work.

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    RobbieBoyette
    Inspiring
    April 22, 2019

    If you are referring to Resolve Studio...YES it does.

    I bought it. I had no choice with Adobe screwing around making new apps and not paying enough attention to the MAIN "bread and butter" Premiere Pro.

    The free version of Resolve doesn't work. The paid one does.

    And what I am doing for the last few months is importing my files into Resolve. Put them in order on the timeline in the "Edit" mode. Then switch to "Deliver" mode (rendering) and output it as a .mov


    THEN, I import that into Premiere Pro and finally get to go to work.
    Fortunately...Resolve Studio's output is much, much faster than Adobe Media Encoder. So it doesn't take a very long time to get the .mov out of it.

    Sure would be nice if instead of making apps for people to put videos up with their cellphones...they would get back to work on the professional apps like Premiere Pro.

    tjdaly13
    tjdaly13
    Participant
    January 30, 2019

    Hi Adobe!  For the first time I can remember Canon is leading the market with a flagship camera release.  This codec and capability are cutting edge and this camera is going to be an industry standard workhorse.  Native support in Premiere really should've been lockstep with such a major release.  I'm not a complainer just wanted to let you know that I'm now a DaVinci customer and seriously considering leaving the Adobe ecosystem.  At a minimum you should tell users of the XF705 when to anticipate support in Premiere.  Thank you, TJ Daly

      Peru Bob
      Community Expert
      Peru BobCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 30, 2019

      This is a user to user forum.

      If you want Adobe to hear that, go here:

      Feature Request/Bug Report Form

      and here:

      Premiere Pro: Hot (3977 ideas) – Adobe video & audio apps

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      Dan HymanAuthor
      Known Participant
      January 30, 2019

      We don’t know where else to go Bob. I submitted a request through here (2 months ago), then the proper channels (1 month ago).

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      Dan HymanAuthor
      Known Participant
      January 26, 2019

      $300 Media Encoder

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      odogg
      Participating Frequently
      January 28, 2019

      Dan, are you now editing in Resolve? Or encoding to something, then editing in Premiere? If Resolve is a smooth workflow I might go for it. Have some 4K projects coming up in Feb and I need this camera to work!

      Ann Bens
      Community Expert
      Ann BensCommunity Expert
      Community Expert
      January 30, 2019

      I heard from my Canon rep that sold me my XF705s that Adobe and Apple both have updates ready to roll out for PP and FCPX to support this new codec. They're supposedly waiting for mid-Feb to unveil them. I guess more testing..I don't know.


      Cameras have a habit of being sold way before software gets updated.

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      Dan HymanAuthor
      Known Participant
      January 21, 2019

      Any update on this? Closing in on 2 months now

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        Trent Happel
        Participating Frequently
        January 25, 2019

        Sorry, it is still under investigation and I cannot give an ETA.

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        Dan HymanAuthor
        Known Participant
        January 25, 2019

        Not sure what you mean by “investigation“?

        Its a codec and a format, not a murder mystery.

        We just want to edit our files from our Canon video camera. I just bought DaVinci Resolve from B&H for $300 so I can actually access my footage.

        To be honest, two (2) months is way too long to make a codec compatible. If DaVinci works great,

        I may need to cancel Creative Cloud subscription based solely on the response time from this.

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          Dan HymanAuthor
          Known Participant
          December 4, 2018

          As per Ann's advice, switching the extension to .mpg instead of .mxf will allow the files to load into Premiere Pro. However, they are quirky, jumpy and render slowly. If possible, change the extension over to .mpg and then bring those .mpg into Encoder and make them ProRes before editing. Works much faster on the timeline.  Good luck!

          Adobe: Please help us utilize this new camera and codec asap! Thank you

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            odogg
            Participating Frequently
            December 5, 2018

            Thank you all for the tips! i also have the new XF705 and same issues as Dan. I found converting to ProRes still gives me jumpy quirky (green flashes?) results.

            Dan, is your ProRes playback now uniformly smooth?

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            Dan HymanAuthor
            Known Participant
            December 5, 2018

            Shot about 15 test shots on Monday and 12 of them looked great. The other 3 were solid red and never worked properly. Was going to use the 705 on a shoot yesterday, but decided not to, due to it not being 100% reliable right now with Premiere, even after converting to ProRes.

            Could spend $300 on Da Vinci Pro, but I’m going to give Adobe another week before I do. I hope I don’t love editing in Da Vinci

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