If you got 4K XAVC/XAVC-S videos, you may like editing the recordings via professional editing software, such as Apple Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Express, Avid, etc. But these editing programs doesn't work with XAVC codec smoothly. For editing XAVC/XAVC-S on Mac and Windows without problem, you need to transcode the XAVC/XAVC-S files to your editing software compatible codec.

Can you play Sony XAVC footage on Smart TV? If you want to watch and share the 4K video via 4K UHD TV, you have to encode the video to TV'd supported playback video format. Such as H.264, MPEG-4.

How to trim Sony XAVC video for uploading to YouTube? You need to convert the 4K XAVC/XAVC-S videos into the YouTube compatible format such as H.264 MP4 or FLV.

Pavtube Video Converter is the best one in that it supplies as many as possible input and output profiles as other converters, meanwhile, it costs least if you just want to play and edit the 4kXAVC/XAVC S. If you also have the DVD/Blue-ray requirement, Pavtube Video Converter Ultimate should be take into your consideration.