VLC MXF playback - Play MXF video on VLC

Summary: Wonder how to get your VLC Media Player to play MXF media files? Read on to find the solutions we shared below.



My friend sent me 6GB MXF files from HVX200 camcorder card. As we know, the MXF file extension is an abbreviation for "Material Exchange Format." Files in this format are a type of media file (either audio or video, depending on the specifics of a file) designed to be played on a computer. So, my problem is here: is there a free MXF player on Mac somewhere? Can VLC play MXF files?

VLC Media Player is a lightweight media utility that won't use a lot of your computer's available system resources while playing video files. MXF format is one of the supported file types of VLC, so once you have VLC Media Player installed on your computer just drag your MXF file over top of the main program window to get it to play.

Important Note: Though as it claimed, VLC Media Player supports MXF format, there are still groups of people complain of the imported with low video quality or incapability of video playback. Here is an example:

“I can play the MXF files from my XF-100 in VLC, but the audio is choppy or non-existant…The video plays without a hitch. But no audio. Any fixes for this problem, or am I the only one?”

Then, what to do if you want to open and play MXF with VLC? Well, just cast aside VLC and turn to Brorsoft MXF Converter for Mac, which can help you convert MXF to all popular video formats like MP4, MOV, WMV, AVI, FLV, etc. Besides, the built-in editor allows you to trim, crop, adjustment video effect, etc. to get the best overall video effects. For converting MXF for VLC on Windows, you can use Brorsoft MXF Converter. Just download it and start the conversion following the tutorial below.

How to play MXF with VLC media player

This guide uses MXF Converter Mac version screenshots. The way to change mxf for VLC on Windows is almost the same. Just make sure you get the right version according to your computer operating system.

Step 1: Add MXF files

Install and launch this best MXF to VLC Converter; click the Add button to import the MXF files to the converter.



Step 2: Choose VLC most compatible format

Click Format bar to choose output format and you can choose MP4, AVI, MKV or other common formats.



Tip: You can adjust the parameters by clicking "settings" button, choose the resolution, bitrate, frame rate as you want.

Step 3: Convert MXF to VLC

Click Convert button to start encoding MXF files for playing in VLC player.

After the conversion, tap the Open icon in the main interface and you can locate the converted files there. Just add the files to your VLC, and you can play the converted MXF on VLC easily without any issues.

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