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John Doran
September 26th, 2011, 02:04 PM
footage was shot on a JVC gy-hm100 in mp4, "told jesse james i need it shot .mov!!
he didnt, how can i convert to .mov
thanks
john

Rick L. Allen
September 26th, 2011, 02:09 PM
Try MPEG Streamclip - it's free. BTW .mp4 is a kind of .mov.

John Doran
September 26th, 2011, 02:20 PM
trying it now, is that the only way FCP will take mp4?
thanks

John Doran
September 26th, 2011, 02:24 PM
no good to jerky

R Geoff Baker
September 26th, 2011, 03:21 PM
Convert it to ProRes. mov describes the container, but you need a codec easier to edit than avchd (mp4) so go with ProRes.

Cheers,
GB

John Doran
September 26th, 2011, 03:49 PM
hi geoff
cheers what pro res? in PAL land here, there are a few

best
john.

R Geoff Baker
September 26th, 2011, 04:06 PM
If I read your question as 'which of the ProRes options should I use' the answer is I guess which ever one your hard drive can stand, but in truth you can't 'improve' from your source, so the ProRes 422 LT should be fine.

PAL or NTSC makes no difference here -- they are all the same codec, it is only the framerate that changes.

Cheers,
GB

John Doran
September 27th, 2011, 01:37 AM
ok geoff
will try that thanks
john