Nowadays, MP4 is very popular and widely used for saving media data, there is big chance you can handle with kinds of MP4 video files in daily life, like from YouTube, iTunes, digital camcorders, etc. In order to get better videos or more wonderful video files, chances are you want to adopt Final Cut Pro to edit MP4 videos. However, sometimes you may find it a painful experience as not all MP4 video files work well with Final Cut Pro just like below:
"I am trying to edit some lengthy gameplay I have previously recorded. I used eye TV 3 and a HD PVR to capture the video and then converted the videos to mp4. When using iMovie everything works fine and importing the mp4 video to edit has no issues. But when I import the same mp4 file to Final Cut Pro X the video is extremely chopping and a green frame pops into the picture on playbacks every few seconds. I am lost and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks."
Actually, Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Pro X have updated to import MP4 video although, it only support MP4 encoded with H.264. If the MP4 is encoded with other video codecs, Final Cut Pro X/7 will still fail to import MP4. So in order to enable all kinds of MP4 files work with FCP without hassles, the recommended suggestion is to change the file extentsion from ".mp4" to "a codec" that FCP can read more easily (without rendering basically) like Apple ProRes, which ensures maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Final Cut Pro.
To convert MP4 files to ProRes MOV, Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is definitely the one of the best choices. It can easily convert all kinds of MP4 videos whatever recorded from cameras/camcorders or downloaded from website like YouTube, or from other sources to FCP, FCP X, FCE supported Apple ProRes. Besides MP4, it can also transcode more video file formats like MTS, MXF, M4V, AVI, MKV to Final Cut Pro as well as Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, iMovie, etc NLEs without any quality loss. If you are facing with issues of FCP won't import MP4 files, chances are you have downloaded this excellent utility. If not, don't hesitate to download here.
Free download MP4 to ProRes Converter Mac:
(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5)
How to Convert MP4 and Import MP4 to Final Cut Pro X/7/6
Step 1: Load MP4 files to the program
Launch the MP4 to FCP X Converter and click "Add File" button to locate the .mp4 file(s) you want to add. Check the "Merge into one file" box, you can join several .mp4 clips together if necessary.
Step 2: Select output format
When it comes to choosing the output format for these target videos, you directly one choose "Final Cut Pro" preset. For compression, Apple ProRes 422 will do fine for keeping the original MP4 quality the same and creating a Final Cut friendly file format. Apple has made a few variations to the ProRes family - use ProRes 422(Proxy) or (LT) for smaller file sizes(Applied to FCP 7 and above version).
Step 3 (optional): Adjust the video, audio settings
Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs. If you want to edit in Final Cut without having to render the clips while editing, all the frame sizes must be the same as the sequence settings. You can save a lot of render time by making all the clips the same size with this Mac MP4 converter.
Step4: Start MP4 to ProRes conversion on Mac
Click the big "Convert" button at the bottom right corner to finish transcoding MP4 to ProRes for FCP.
When the conversion is done, you can find the output files by clicking "Open" button on the main interface, then you can transfer the encoded MP4 files to your Final Cut Pro, FCP 7 or 6 to edit with ease. Once you've got your video edited, you can export to any codec/container that you'd like for playing and sharing.
Related Guides:
How to Import & Edit DivX files in Final Cut Pro X/7/6
How to Solve Final Cut Pro and MOV Incompatible Problems
How to import flash SWF file to Final Cut Pro for editing
"I am trying to edit some lengthy gameplay I have previously recorded. I used eye TV 3 and a HD PVR to capture the video and then converted the videos to mp4. When using iMovie everything works fine and importing the mp4 video to edit has no issues. But when I import the same mp4 file to Final Cut Pro X the video is extremely chopping and a green frame pops into the picture on playbacks every few seconds. I am lost and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks."
Actually, Final Cut Pro 7 and Final Cut Pro X have updated to import MP4 video although, it only support MP4 encoded with H.264. If the MP4 is encoded with other video codecs, Final Cut Pro X/7 will still fail to import MP4. So in order to enable all kinds of MP4 files work with FCP without hassles, the recommended suggestion is to change the file extentsion from ".mp4" to "a codec" that FCP can read more easily (without rendering basically) like Apple ProRes, which ensures maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Final Cut Pro.
To convert MP4 files to ProRes MOV, Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac is definitely the one of the best choices. It can easily convert all kinds of MP4 videos whatever recorded from cameras/camcorders or downloaded from website like YouTube, or from other sources to FCP, FCP X, FCE supported Apple ProRes. Besides MP4, it can also transcode more video file formats like MTS, MXF, M4V, AVI, MKV to Final Cut Pro as well as Adobe Premiere Pro, Avid Media Composer, iMovie, etc NLEs without any quality loss. If you are facing with issues of FCP won't import MP4 files, chances are you have downloaded this excellent utility. If not, don't hesitate to download here.
Free download MP4 to ProRes Converter Mac:
(Note: Click here for OS X 10.5) How to Convert MP4 and Import MP4 to Final Cut Pro X/7/6
Step 1: Load MP4 files to the program
Launch the MP4 to FCP X Converter and click "Add File" button to locate the .mp4 file(s) you want to add. Check the "Merge into one file" box, you can join several .mp4 clips together if necessary.
Step 2: Select output format
When it comes to choosing the output format for these target videos, you directly one choose "Final Cut Pro" preset. For compression, Apple ProRes 422 will do fine for keeping the original MP4 quality the same and creating a Final Cut friendly file format. Apple has made a few variations to the ProRes family - use ProRes 422(Proxy) or (LT) for smaller file sizes(Applied to FCP 7 and above version).
Step 3 (optional): Adjust the video, audio settings
Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs. If you want to edit in Final Cut without having to render the clips while editing, all the frame sizes must be the same as the sequence settings. You can save a lot of render time by making all the clips the same size with this Mac MP4 converter.
Step4: Start MP4 to ProRes conversion on Mac
Click the big "Convert" button at the bottom right corner to finish transcoding MP4 to ProRes for FCP.
When the conversion is done, you can find the output files by clicking "Open" button on the main interface, then you can transfer the encoded MP4 files to your Final Cut Pro, FCP 7 or 6 to edit with ease. Once you've got your video edited, you can export to any codec/container that you'd like for playing and sharing.
Related Guides:
How to Import & Edit DivX files in Final Cut Pro X/7/6
How to Solve Final Cut Pro and MOV Incompatible Problems
How to import flash SWF file to Final Cut Pro for editing
The Avdshare Video Converter has an excellent performance in converting MP4 to Final Cut Pro/FCPX.
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