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creating MP4 from Pro Res FCP7
Hi, PLEASE can someone help me – I have a very old version of FCP7 and an equally old iMac. I have lots of full concerts sitting in FCP7 projects which I need to convert to MP4s. I have followed several tutorials on how to do this but they always end up unusable quality? Just a blur basically! I really would appreciate any help that is out there. Many Thanks in hopes and prayers!!!
Brian -
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MPEG STREAMCLIP can do this. Either compress the ProRes export, or, if you have an H.264 MOV file from Compressor, it can save it into an MP4 container.
Shane
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Mpeg Streamclip FTW.
Though the free FLV Crunch and VLC might also work.
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Handbrake will do it.
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ff mpeg too.
Or the easier ffWorks, if you don’t do command-line interfaces
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Hi, again, I don’t think I explained myself clearly enough. My problem is I want to make an MP4 directly from the FCP7 project. I don’t want to go down the long tedious route of exporting my project to QuickTime movie file first and then creating an MP4.
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Thank you for your help – but how can I do this direct from FCP7 project? I don’t have time to export them all first and then drop them into MPEG Streamclip or Handbrake.
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Yeah, sorry, you have to make the time. You can’t export MP4 directly from FCP…not even SEND TO COMPRESSOR will make an MP4. This software you are using is very old, 10+ years at this point, and at the time, MP4 wasn’t a necessity, so Apple didn’t do it. NOW they do, with current software. But yeah, older stuff…you’re going to need to make time for this.
Shane
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If you render everything, then export a reference movie, a Handbrake encode should go very quickly.
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Thank you Dave, that is what I thought the answer might be but was hoping it wasn’t! Yes I am struggling to keep things running, as the whole system is way past it’s sell-by-date. Thank you again for this advice – now I know what I must do ☺
Brian -
Okay I got it – thank you Shane for your help. I need to get the school to spend a lot of money….
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