Can't Play XAVC Files in QuickTime Player- Solution

You may have saved some XAVC recordings from Sony FS7, Sony F5 or F55, etc on your Mac, but when you try to play XAVC in QuickTime, it failed. According to some users and our experience, it's not easy to open XAVC files in QuickTime player directly. In this article, we will offer the possible solutions to help you view XAVC files with QuickTime smoothly.

In order to get QuickTime to read and play your XAVC files, one way , update your QuickTime player to the latest version. Another way, try to find another media player like VLC(See how to play XAVC in VLC). If neither of them you want to try, then find yourself a XAVC converter to help you transcode your XAVC videos into a proper format for QuickTime. Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is right the utility for you.

With it, you can fast convert XAVC to MOV that can be easily played in QuickTime player. Besides, this video convert app can allow you to convert any other popular video and audio format like AVI, MKV, MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, FLV, MTS, MXF, 3GP, VOB, AC3, MP3... with ultra-fast speed and zero quality loss. If you are Windows users, please turn to the equivalent Windows version Brorsoft Video Converter to transcode XAVC files to QuickTime player on Windows(Windows 10 included). Once you download the video converter, follow the steps below.

Download XAVC Converter:

(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)

Tutorial: Convert XAVC for playback in QuickTime

Step 1. Load XAVC movies

Run the software and then import your XAVC files onto the interface by convenient drag-and-drop feature. You can add several videos for converting at one time as this video converter supports batch conversion.

Step 2. Set output format

Click format you choose MOV as target format. This video app offers the QuickTime Movie Format for you. Or, you can also choose "Common Video -> MOV - QuickTime (*.mov)" as the output format.

Tip: If you like, adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., by clicking the Settings button on the main interface for getting the best quality.

Step 3. Start conversion

Hit the "Convert" button to let this smart converter start encoding XAVC to QuickTime .mov on Mac OS X. When the conversion is done, you can play the converted XAVC videos in QuickTime player without hassle.

Additional Tips:

This versatile XAVC to QuickTime converter not only can change XAVC to QuickTime playable format, but also supports converting XAVC to iTunes, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc video player or editing programs to meet your different needs.