how to get a 3GPP file in FCP? at DVinfo.net

Andre Bentlage · March 21st, 2007, 02:26 AM

Does anybody knows how to get a 3GPP file (video from a mobile phone) into Final Cut Pro?
Thanks Andre

Jay Fisk · March 21st, 2007, 03:13 AM

3GPP and 3GPP2 content created on mobile phones can be played back on both Macs and PCs with QuickTime Player. QuickTime users can easily play and manage mobile content sent from video capable handsets on their Mac and Windows computer. Additionally, consumers can create 3GPP and 3GPP2 content using QuickTime-based applications for playback on multimedia enabled phones.

Jonathan Jones · March 21st, 2007, 09:31 AM

If it won't natively just drop into FCP, which I guess it won't, then you should be able to open it up in Quicktime Pro and convert it (export it) into a Quicktime Movie using a FCP supported codec, like NTSC - DVCPRO (or PAL if that's your gig) and sizing it up to the proper ratio (ie: 720 x 480) - although given the 3GP source is likeley going to be so small and low resolution, your upscaled conversion is likely to look like a bad Van Gogh (horribly pixelated) - but you can then scale it back down on the canvas to embed it into canvas image to make it appear smaller and sharper if necessary.

Hope this helps.
-Jon

March 21st, 2007, 02:26 AM	#1
Andre Bentlage New Boot Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Jakarta, Indonesia, Rest of the World Posts: 20 Images: 3	how to get a 3GPP file in FCP? Does anybody knows how to get a 3GPP file (video from a mobile phone) into Final Cut Pro? Thanks Andre __________________ Coordinator Eurovision Asia-Pacific

March 21st, 2007, 03:13 AM	#2
Jay Fisk Regular Crew Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: CSL BCS MX Posts: 67	Apple says it's easy - Try QuickTime: 3GPP and 3GPP2 content created on mobile phones can be played back on both Macs and PCs with QuickTime Player. QuickTime users can easily play and manage mobile content sent from video capable handsets on their Mac and Windows computer. Additionally, consumers can create 3GPP and 3GPP2 content using QuickTime-based applications for playback on multimedia enabled phones.

March 21st, 2007, 09:31 AM	#3
Jonathan Jones Trustee Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Healdsburg, California Posts: 1,138	If it won't natively just drop into FCP, which I guess it won't, then you should be able to open it up in Quicktime Pro and convert it (export it) into a Quicktime Movie using a FCP supported codec, like NTSC - DVCPRO (or PAL if that's your gig) and sizing it up to the proper ratio (ie: 720 x 480) - although given the 3GP source is likeley going to be so small and low resolution, your upscaled conversion is likely to look like a bad Van Gogh (horribly pixelated) - but you can then scale it back down on the canvas to embed it into canvas image to make it appear smaller and sharper if necessary. Hope this helps. -Jon __________________ "Are we to go on record, sir, with our assertion that the 'pink hearts, yellow moons, orange stars, and green clovers' are, in point of fact', magically delicious?" - Walter Hollarhan before the House Subcommittee on Integrity in Advertising - May, 1974