editing gopro hd .mp4 in fcp

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Mkvackay

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i have a memory card reader so i just used that when importing my gopro hd files to my computer (drag and dropped them onto my desktop). now when i go to edit that in fcp the .mp4 is unreadable for fcp. What do i do?

actually it is only when shot in 72060p. i just tried 108030p and it imported into fcp just fine. all of my shots for my video are shot in 72060p. what do i do?
 
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thanks for the help. i actually ran all my shots through imovie 09 and the came out in .mov. although after putting together my edit i realized that the shots were converted from 60P to 30P, so i did just download mpeg streamclip
 
I recently had the same issue, I tried letting FCP do the conversion and then stream clip, I could not really tell the difference.
 
My last track day I generated over 70 gigs of video footage shot on 3 GoPros. How long would it take to convert 70 gigs to a different codec? I use Vegas and like how I can just drop the MP4 files straight into the NLE. Thou you do need a fairly beefy computer and even then things can get a little choppy once you add effects.
 
goodbabywell said:
As we know, Final Cut Pro is a non-linear and non-destructive editing software application, it can only import non-destructive video format including DV, HDV, P2 MXF (DVCProHD), XDCAM, and 2K film formats. Nevertheless, the widely used MP4 is lossy format, which is a final delivery file type and is heavily compressed. In order to successfully import MP4 to Final Cut Pro, we have to convert the lossy MP4 to non-destructive format like DV which is compatible with FCP.
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Non-destructive means that the manipulation of the footage in FCP does not change the source file. For example, color correcting a clip in FCP doesn't color correct the source clip. FCP certainly works with lossy codecs as every codec you mentioned is lossy.


-Andrew
 
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