MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

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MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by sportsgirl1391 » Sun Feb 13, 2011 7:28 pm

Why won't mp4 files open up in my program it says Unknown File. idk why they are just mp4 it opens up in VLC and quicktime.
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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by Kionon » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:15 pm

1) What is the Codec
2) Did you try placing it in a .MOV container?

..also please stop posting Mac questions outside of the Mac forum. Move requested.
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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by sportsgirl1391 » Sun Feb 13, 2011 10:47 pm

Squirrel, Duke of Acorn wrote:1) What is the Codec
2) Did you try placing it in a .MOV container?

..also please stop posting Mac questions outside of the Mac forum. Move requested.
I didnt see the mac forum. sorry. I just seen the encoding topic thought it would be alright. I didnt see a mac forum.

How do i check the codec?
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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by Mister Hatt » Mon Feb 14, 2011 6:19 am

MediaInfo, google it or search on sourceforge. MP4 is not a format, it's a file extension that describes a bunch of loosely similar containers, each with different codec support. It's actually quite hard to arbitrarily support ALL MP4 files.

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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by sportsgirl1391 » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:50 am

Mister Hatt wrote:MediaInfo, google it or search on sourceforge. MP4 is not a format, it's a file extension that describes a bunch of loosely similar containers, each with different codec support. It's actually quite hard to arbitrarily support ALL MP4 files.
hmmm idk. i shall have to look into that. lol. My teacher said to convert it with quicktime pro.
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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by Kionon » Tue Feb 15, 2011 2:56 pm

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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by sportsgirl1391 » Wed Feb 16, 2011 7:10 pm

The files open in Sony vegas Pro 9 on my pc but no Final Cut on my mac.
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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by Mister Hatt » Wed Feb 16, 2011 10:43 pm

Bootcamp. Fixes everything.

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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by sportsgirl1391 » Fri Feb 18, 2011 3:45 pm

Mister Hatt wrote:Bootcamp. Fixes everything.
Bootcamp?
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Re: MP4 won;t open in Final Cut Pro

Post by Kionon » Sat Feb 19, 2011 5:04 pm

I presume Hatt was talking about. He was suggesting you just install windows.
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