• Apple Final Cut Pro Legacy

  iphone 4 codec & FC7

  Posted by Alan Stephens on August 10, 2010 at 10:52 pm

  Why can’t I edit footage from my iphone 4 without rendering?
  It’s an apple H.264 codec. FC 7 asks to match the sequence settings to the footage when I place it
  on the timeline. Then it still needs rendering. I have a client that sends me footage from a Kodak consumer camera and I have the same problem. Even iMovie has to convert it. Why cant FC 7 just read it?

  btw,The HD footage from the iphone 4 looks quite good when the camera exposes it properly.
  This opens up some possibilities.

  Alan Stephens

  Zane Barker replied 16 years ago 3 Members · 2 Replies
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  John Pale

  August 10, 2010 at 10:55 pm

  Convert it to ProRes422 using Compressor.
  You cannot edit effectively with this footage natively in Final Cut Pro.
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  Zane Barker

  August 10, 2010 at 11:14 pm

  Because h264 is not an editing codec. If you have more questions on it the forum is full of posts about it, a search will bring them up.

  **Hindsight is always 1080p**

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