FCPX can’t play GH4 MOV files.

[Jeremy Garchow]

[Jeff Kirkland] “I’ve just chalked it up to one of those weird things that happen from time to time.”

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[Chris King]

If you recorded some videos by Panasonic GH4, you may like editing the 4K videos on Mac. Of course, Final Cut Pro is your best choice. With this professional Mac editing software, you can do anything as you want. But, we can’t import Panasonic GH4 4K videos to FCP directly due to the codec incompatibility. As we know, Apple ProRes Codec is the best editing video codec for Final Cur Pro, so we can change Panasonic GH4 4K MOV to Apple ProRes codec (1080p would be the best settings.), which will save you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing.

[Bob Jordan]

The GH4 recored MOV files are compressed using the h.264 codec, which is final delivery codec and it is not one you want to use for editing. Therefore you first need to transcode GH4 media to a more editing-friendly format, such a Final Cut Pro’s ProRes.

[Jeff Kirkland]

Agreed, although leaving it as h264 is fine for smaller projects – unless you’re using the new Mac Pro. Mine struggles with 4k h264 files while my 27″ iMac can open the same project and edit really smoothly.. I think the lack of hardware h264 handling on the Mac Pro makes using Pro Res a pretty much a must on that machine.

Jeff Kirkland | Video Producer | Southern Creative Media | Melbourne Australia
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