Convert Mov file to something FCP can recognise?

[Bret Williams]

FCP only supports mov (Quicktime) files. And only mov files that are of certain codecs designed for editing. Not mpeg, or h.264 for example.

[Zane Barker]

Look at the list of easy setups. you want to convert your footage to match one of those.

**Hindsight is always 1080p**

[Jeremy Garchow]

Please tell us the nature of the files. Let me guess, 5D? 7D? T2i?

[Ravi Kanda]

The mov file displays as Unrendered and does not play. Again, I’m posting this message on behalf of somebody else.

Is it as simple as rendering the whole mov file if it displays ‘unrendered’?

[Ravi Kanda]

The mov file displays as Unrendered and does not play. Again, I’m posting this message on behalf of somebody else.

Is it as simple as rendering the whole mov file if it displays ‘unrendered’?

[Jeremy Garchow]

You have to tell us where the files originate from.

[Ravi Kanda]

It’s a video we got made by an editor. All I want to do is change the audio and add a logo towards the end.

Is that what you mean?

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Ravi Kanda] “Is that what you mean?”

It’s closer. Do us a favor and open the movie in Quicktime, then hit command-i to being up the info.

What does it say for format?

Jeremy

[Ravi Kanda]

It says:

Format: Apple Animation, 720 X 486 (648 X 486), Millions
16-Bit Integer (Big Endian, Mono, 44,100 KHz

FPS: 29.97

Data Size: 5.92 Gb

Everything ok there?

[Jeremy Garchow]

Yes, this helps tremendously. Animation is not a codec that FCP can handle in real time. You have a couple of choices.

You can transcode that movie to something more FCP RT friendly (like ProRes) and then bring that transcoded file in to a ProRes timeline and you won’t have to render.

or

simply add your current file to a ProRes timeline with matching frame size and frame rate, and add your new end tag. This will still have to render.

Jeremy