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How to Convert video to work with Final Cut Pro (FCP X)
Topic Started: Apr 28 2014, 04:58 AM (53 Views)
lydia622520
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Summary: If you have video shot with another device, like a camera, you need to do a little work to get it working with FCP. As the compatible video formats of FCP are limited, you can refer to FCP compatible video codec/format list. And Apple ProRes is FCP's "native" codec. So if you want to successfully edit your footage in Final Cut Pro without any hassle, to get any file type to ProRes, an easy-to-use FCP Codec Converter is the key.

I recommend you the best tool to help you get it done is Brorsoft Video Converter for Mac, fully compatible with Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard 10.6, etc. It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly transcode camcorder videos MTS, MOV, MP4, MXF or other popular video files AVI, MKV, FLV, VOB, WMV, MPG to Apple ProRes 422, ProRes 422 HD, ProRes 422 LT, ProRes 4444 for FCP, with fast conversion speed and high output quality. It works well and converts flawlessly. The built-in video editor allows you trim, crop, add effect to your videos to get a decent final video as you want.

Download the Video Converter for FCP:

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Now I will quickly walk you through how to use the best FCP codec converter to convert kinds of videos for editing in Final Cut Pro 6/7, or FCP X.

1. Install and launch the app. You can either click File > Add Video Files to select and import videos to the program. You can also add files by simply drag & drops.

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2. Brorsoft Video Converter Mac offers optimized format presets for Final Cut Pro, “Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)”, “Final Cut Pro -> Apple ProRes 422 HQ (*.mov)”, etc. Choose a one you need.

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3. Click "Convert" button to start encoding video files to Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro (X) under Mac OS X.

More Features of the FCP Video Converter:

1. Settings- click to set video resolution(1920×1080/1440×1080/1280×720/720×480), bitrate(from 1Mbps to 20Mbps), frame rate (24p/30p)

2. Editor (next to "Add" icon)- click to set deinterlace, trim, crop, add subtitles, set watermark effect, etc.

Once the ProRes 422 Mac conversion is done, you can transfer the converted files into Final Cut Pro for editing smoothly on Mac with ease.

Learn more about Apple ProRes:

a. ProRes 422 (HQ): offers the utmost possible quality for 4:2:2 or 4:2:0 sources and provides target data rate of approximately 220 Mbps and higher quality than Apple ProRes 422;
b. ProRes 422: provides target data rate of approximately 145 Mbps and higher quality than Apple ProRes 422 (LT);
c. ProRes 422 (LT): provides roughly 70 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (thus, smaller file sizes than Apple ProRes 422) and higher quality than ProRes 422 (Proxy);
d. ProRes 422 (Proxy): provides roughly 30 percent of the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 and high-quality offline editing at the original frame size, frame rate, and aspect ratio;
e. ProRes 4444: offers the utmost possible quality for 4:4:4 sources and roughly 50 percent higher than the data rate of Apple ProRes 422 (HQ).

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Summary: The guide will show you the possible ways to play DVD movies on Mac OS X including Mavericks. Choose the easiest one you want.

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Sometimes it can be challenging to play DVD on Mac. You insert your DVD on your Mac computer and nothing takes place. The next thing is to open your media player and nothing happens. In fact, for Mac play DVD it requires hardware. Fortunately all Mac comes readily equipped for the service. In order to play a DVD, you will either need an external or internal DVD drive compatible with your computer. On the hand, you must have a FireWire or a USB 2.0 connection, especially if you are using external DVD. The DVD Player application in Mac comes with onscreen controllers that enable you to play your DVD with a lot of ease.

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Well, if you insert your DVD in your Mac, but it fails to start on its own and noting happens, there is an alternative way that you can use to play DVD on Mac including Mac 10.9 Mavericks:

Play DVD on Mac by using Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Mac

Since DVDs are not supported by some media players, for example iTunes, QuickTime, etc. If you want to play DVD on Mac with any media player with ease, you can rip DVD to MOV or other popular video formats that are supported by Mac apps.

Brorsoft Mac DVD ripping tool can help you rip DVD to any regular video and audio format, such as AVI, MKV, MOV, FLV, MP4, etc on Mac OS X(Mavericks included). so that you can play the DVD anywhere you like. It also serves as Mac DVD player to play DVD on Mac computer. What’s more, it provides the optimal presets for iDevices(iPad, iPhone, iPod), Mac editing programs(FCP, iMovie, FCE), etc. In a word, with this DVD Ripper for Mac, you can play, edit, sync DVD movies on Mac at ease.

How to Convert DVD to QuickTime MOV on Mac

1. Add DVD files

Insert DVD to your Mac. Launch the Mac DVD ripper; drag and drop DVD icons which has appeared on the desktop to the app. Or you can click disc icon to load DVD movies.

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2. Choose one output format

Now you can choose Mac-compatible format, say MOV or MP4, as the output format for the target videos in the format drop-down list.

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If you want to watch these videos on devices, like iPad or iPhone, regularly, you can choose the corresponding devices as the output video format.

3. Convert DVD to Mac

Press the Convert button on the main interface to accomplish the DVD to Mac conversion. After the video conversion, you can freely play DVD videos on Mac and even share with other media devices.

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