EOS R5 Mark II XF-AVC S YC422 10-bit videos won't play on iPhone or PC

[Amyevalley5]

Hello, I was shooting video using the r5m2 and created a number of sports videos segment in XF-AVC S YC422 10-bit format.

i am not able to load these videos on my IPhone using CanonConnect. I also tried USB connection to my PC however windows media player also cannot play the videos that transferred over as mp4. I believe I need to shoot in RAW format in the future but is there anything I can do to view and edit these videos?

[p4pictures]

You will need to use a suitable application that can work with the 10-bit files, as you have seen that's not the standard media player on Windows. However the free to download VideoLAN VLC video player will be able to play the footage back. 

You should look at a suitable editor that can handle the 10-bit format, Adobe Premiere Pro and Blackmagic Davinci Resolve are popular for such formats on a Windows computer. 

[shadowsports]

Greetings,

The Canon XF Utility also supports XF-AVC S import and playback. 

[rs-eos]

What delivery format do you need and do you wish to do any post production?

e.g. if wanting to do minimal editing, or send captured footage straight to delivery, you'd typically use 8-bit 4:2:0 (though check with your client)

If wanting to do lots of editing, then you'd capture footage in RAW or at least 10-bit 4:2:2.  Note that these will put much more demand on computer resources (speed, storage space) than 8-bit 4:2:0