How to Get MPG to Play in Final Cut Pro smoothly

Summary: This article will tell you how to convert MPG to Final Cut Pro supported ProRes .mov format so that you can import MPG to Final Cut Pro for editing with a smooth workflow.

MPG is one of file extensions for MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 audio and video compression which has become the most widely playable lossy audio/video format. However, MPG videos are well supported by Windows other than Mac owing to codec problem. Thus you will encounter problems with importing MPG videos into Final Cut Pro for further editing. If you have some MPEG/MPG files stored on your Mac and want to edit them in Final Cut Pro, you'd better convert your MPG files to Final Cut Pro compatible files first. If you temporarily have no idea about what to do, you can take the MPG/MPEG to Final Cut Pro Mac conversion into consideration which is introduced in the following paragraphs.

In that Final Cut Pro does not recognize the MPG or MPEG files and Apple ProRes codec is the most compatible codec with Final Cut Pro. Thus, the common practice for importing MPG files into Final Cut Pro is, to get a Mac MPG Converter and transcode MPG to ProRes, which will save you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing. For this purpose, this article will show you how to transcode MPG to FCP ProRes MOV in detail.

How to Convert MPG/MPEG files to Final Cut Pro on Mac (El Capitan, Mavericks and Mountain Lion)

To do the MPG video to FCP Mac task, you are highly recommended to get Brorsoft iMedia Converter for Mac, a high-quality Mac compatible video converter, player and editor. It has built-in preset for FCP so that users can directly select it to get FCP files. With it, you can effortlessly convert MPG and other video formats to Apple ProRes MOV files - ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with FCP (no matter FCP X, FCP 7 or FCP 6). The conversion is darn easy to be finished with only three clicks without loss of video quality. Click the Download button below to get the program and check out the easy steps to convert and import MPG to FCP without any troubles.

Step 1: Download and run MPG to MOV Converter on Mac, and then click the "Add" button to import the MPG videos to the program. (Drag and Drop is also an convenient way to load the videos.)



Step 2: Click on "Format" bar and set a FCP friendly format in dropdown-list. You are advised to "Follow Final Cut Pro" template and "Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" format.



Step 3: Click the "Settings" button and customize proper video/audio parameters if necessary. Video size, bitrate and fame rate are flexible and can be adjusted as you like. Usually 1920*1080 video size and 30fps video frame rate are recommended for FCP editing.



Step 4: Click "Convert" to start converting the MPG/MPEG to Apple ProRes 422 codec. After conversion just click the "Open" button to locate converted video files for FCP post-production seamlessly.

Step 5: Launch Final Cut Pro X/7/6, choose File >> Import >> Files..., and browse to where you save the converted MPG/MPEG files to. Choose the videos that you'd like to add.