Summary: Have trouble of importing your Tivo videos into Final Cut Pro X? Don't worry, this article mainly shows you how to import and edit Tivo files in FCP X on Mac (EI Capitan Included).
Final Cut Pro X is the ultimate MAC video editor, which has gained the favor of many professional users including Hollywood films makers. Nowadays, on the internet there are many users looking for the best way to edit different video formats with Final Cut Pro X/6/7. Chances are you have some Tivo recordings and wanna load those Tivo fiels to FCP X for making some modifications before sharing with others, only to find Tivo files can not be imported to Final Cut Pro X directly. If you are stucking in such above issues, just read on the article and your hassles will be fixed!
Well, after the widely Google searching, we figured out the workaround for you. In fact, FCP X does not accept TiVo video recordings, so, if you want to edit TiVo videos in your FCP X/7/6, you need to change TiVo recordings to a FCP compatible format in advance. Here, Apple ProRes is highly recommended. It will ensure the maxmium editing quality and efficiency when working TiVo with FCP.
In order to do such a conversion, you are highly recommended to use a professional Video Converter for Mac to be your assistant. It's not easy taking all the noteworthy products on the internet and narrowing them down to a list of high-quality Mac converters. But there is still one great app - Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac which winds up on the cutting room floor. With it, you can easily rewrap TV shows .tivo to ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HQ or 4444 for using in Final Cut Pro X/7/6. It also provides simple video editing functions for you. Besides, the Mac video converter can convert other common videos like AVI, MKV, VOB; HD videos(MTS, MOV, MXF) from HD camcorders or DVs for editing in Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express, iMovie, Avid MC, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to convert TiVo to ProRes for FCP.
Convert TiVo shows to Final Cut Pro edit-friendly format
Step 1. Add TiVo files
Launch the TiVo to Final Cut Pro Converter; click “Add” button from main menu to browse your computer hard drive and select the TiVo files you want to convert. Or you can easily drag-and-drop files into this application for converting.
Note: Before adding TiVo shows to the video program for converting, you need to click the “Option” button. Switch to “TiVo” tab in Option window, and enter TiVo Media Access Key first.
Step 2. Choose ProRes as the output format
Click the Format bar to get the drop-down menu and you can get the Apple ProRes codecs, including ProRes 422 (HQ), ProRes 422, ProRes 422 (LT), ProRes 422 (Proxy) and ProRes 4444. Choose the proper one you want. By clicking Settings icon, you can fix the frame rate, bitrate, sample rate, audio channel to your needs.
Step 3. Start TiVo to ProRes conversion
Hit “Convert” button to start encoding TiVo files to ProRes MOV for Final Cut Pro X or FCP 6/7 under Mac OS X. Once the TiVo to ProRes 422 conversion is done, you can transfer your TiVo recordings into Final Cut Pro for editing smoothly on Mac with ease.
Additional Tips:
Step 1. Before working with TiVo files on Mac OS X, you need to first transfer TiVo video to your Mac. The best way is to download the free TiVo Desktop software for Mac and transfer Tivo TV shows and movies to Mac.
Step 2. By clicking the Edit icon, you can trim, crop, add watermark, insert subtitles to your source video.
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