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iTunes and Quicktime
Hello FCP Forums…
2 Quick questions, thanks in advance…
Trying to figure out why when I download songs from iTunes, I not play them when I import them to FCP (they are mp.4). Right now, I can only load CD’s as AIFF’s. Totally confused.
Also, someone sent me a quicktime (mov file) that was made in iMovie. FCP won’t let me import it and i have no idea why.
Thanks again…
David
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10 Replies
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mp4 and mp3 files are not compatible with FCP.
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Is there a way to convert the mp.4 to aiff from iTunes?
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[David Scherzer] “Is there a way to convert the mp.4 to aiff from iTunes? “
Not directly.
And that’s the way its supposed to be.Sorry.
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The first thing you need to understand is that music purchased from iTunes has DRM copy protection imbedded into the file.
That is why you cannot use it in final cut.
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OK, now that makes sense…thanks
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then the second thing you need to understand is that to get around the first thing,
you burn the track to an audio CD,
then import it back.simple
nick
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Nick,
Yeah, that’s what i was doing, burning it to a CD – i thought there had to be an easier way to do it but if that’s all there is, then I’ll take it.
Thanks for responding…
David
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[David Scherzer] “Yeah, that’s what i was doing, burning it to a CD – i thought there had to be an easier way to do it but if that’s all there is, then I’ll take it.”
And of course you have all the proper rights and licensing to use this music in your project…..
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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Also the audio quality suffers from the compression. MP3 is lossy compression and is a delivery format. (intended for final use) As most of it’s compession occurs outside the human hearing range it is very good sounding and probably quite usable for low budget projects and home use but for serious work 48khz/24bit and above is the norm. Simply bumping it up to CD 44.1khz/16 will not restore it to it’s original signal at that level, there will be artifacts which can magnify with more effects and mixes applied in the editing process.
It’s like using vob files from a dvd for editing video. If it’s all you have then you gotta go for it but these are far inferior to professional aquisition formats in use today.
The project at hand determines just how low you want to go. These days we are seeing large companies running huge ad campaigns on u-tube which you could probably film with a cell phone.
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Thanks for replying – that was good info…
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