Importing .mpg file into FCP

[Gunleik Groven]

mpeg what? -;)

Probably the audio is compressed in a format QT/FCP refuses to recognise in some contexts. They are picky beasts.

Try exporting audio as AIFF/WAV @ 48k and video as DV (sans audio)

I guess you’d get along just fine.

Gunleik

[Yoni Goldstein]

MPEG 2 MUXED

I didn’t generate the file, so I don’t have the raw video/audio to work with. What program will allow me to export the audio? FCP does not recognize the audio…

Thanks Gunleik

[Gunleik Groven]

OK.

First you’ll have to demux the file.

You could use this this utility:
https://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-mac.html

If the audio is dolby digital… i.e. aac encoded, my experience is bad.

easist thing is easily to re-record the audio if you have sufficient equipment (route the audioout of one computer while you playback from quicktime) through some digital audio device and record it on another.
To soundtrack, Cubase, Logic, Peak or whatever.

I have VERY mixed results with converters, but here you have a few:

https://www.google.no/search?q=convert+aac+osx&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official

You’ll need 48k/16 bits aiffs or wavs to have any fun with FCP.

You video is probably ripped off a DVD. The best thing would be to get access to the source material….

Gunleik