

Simply drag and drop the video from the VideoStudio library or your computer browser on to the timeline. Open VideoStudio on your PC (if you need to install VideoStudio Trial still, download and run the installation file above and continue following on-screen instructions to complete the installation and setup process). MOV, MP4, or AVI, but it's important to remember that there can be different types of video within these file formats.

Containers are sometimes referred to as file extensions, e.g. Some codecs can be wrapped in multiple different containers. For example, MP4 is a container, and can hold different types of video compression, for example, MPEG-2 Part 2, MPEG-4 AVC, or HEVC, as well as audio (again compressed in a variety of formats) and metadata (for example subtitles). NOTE: It's important to distinguish between file container formats and compression formats, or codecs. XAVC S video is wrapped in the MP4 file container format to enable viewing and editing on the vast majority of devices, so conversion from XAVC S to MP4 is not required - all XAVC S files should automatically be stored as MP4s. Although the format is lossy, this enables small file sizes, whilst retaining a good level of video quality. MP4 is an international standard and probably the most popular video and audio file container at present, with native support in Windows, Macs, iOS, and Android devices.

XAVC S has a higher maximum data rate (around 50Mbps) than the main competing high definition file format AVCHD. XAVC S is a consumer-grade subset of the pro-level XAVC video codec, which was developed primarily to retain better image quality for 4K resolutions, high frame rate video, and 10bit video.
