As far as I know, many users have met a lot of problems about the format. But they did not know the best way to avid the issues. In fct, there is an easy way to help all friends without using Plugins.
We can use a MXF Converter to re-encode MXF video with XF codec to a compatible format, since the format is unsurpported by Adobe CS4/CS3. Will the conversion process reduce the original video quality? No, if you download and install the professional Canon C300 MXF Converter on your computer. I have used the excellent app for a long time. It has countless helped me to make Canon C300 footages editable for my movie diting software with original quality. Besides, I can freely set the video/audio size, fame rate, bitrate, ect., as I like with it. Afer using it, I can smoothly edit the footages from Canon in CS4/CS3. Do you want to learn more about it? If so, please follow the below guide.
PS: If you are a Mac OS X user, please choose the Mac Canon C300 MXF to Adobe Premiere Pro Converter.

Step 1. Connect Canon C300 cam or CF card into computer, and open the brorsoft mxf converter to import files you want to convert.
Step 2. Choose the output format from "Adobe Premiere/Sony.." and cilck "settings" to freely set the video/audio parameters to get the best quality.
Tip: How to choose the best comaptible format for Adobe CS4/CS3?
Windows users: To get 5.1 channel wth aac, please choose MPEG-2. If you wnat to get a smaller file, you'd better choose WMV format'
Mac users: If you choose MOV as the best format, you can directly play the covnerted video on your comuter with QuickTime, VLC, ect players.

Step 3. As soon as the above things are ready, you can click "convert" to begin to transcode Canon C300 MXF for Adobe PP CS3/CS4.
After the conversion, you will get the smooth video with HD quality for Adobe.
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