MXF file or Material eXcahnge Format is the file formats that are targeted for interchanging the audio-visual material with associated data and metadata.  The file formats are the output of videos footage recorded by high definition camcorders such as Sony XDCAM, Canon XF, Panasonic P2 camcorders. However these MXF files does not support and cannot be edited with the help of professional video editing software like Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere Pro, Windows Movie maker, Apple Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express and many other player.

MXF file format is a raw video format that is used by the all video recording devices such as video recorder, camera etc. MXF file format was designed by the Motion Pictures and Television engineers that contain .mxf extension. This file can be easily exchange between servers, tap streamers and digital archives. It is actually a container that contains the all related and supported file such as video, audio and program data (text files) that are used to play the video file. It wraps the all supported video codec in to a wrapper. This file format can be easily converted to any other popular video format such as AVI, MKV, MOV, Mp4, 3GP etc.