Edit Sony FDR-X1000V 4K MP4 in FCP X

The article aims to provide some tips and tricks for working with Sony X1000V MP4 in FCP X flawlessly.

Sony FDR-X1000V, a new 4K Action Cam record videos to a separately available microSD card, with the option for web-friendly MP4 and professional XAVC S compression. Most users would choose to shoot with the FDR-X1000V using the new 4K XAVC S codec. However, when editing Sony X1000V 4K MP4 files in FCP X, you may found there wasn't solid support for the codec in Premiere. So, is there any alternative way to import 4K MP4 videos from Sony FDR-X1000V to FCP X seamlessly?



Since Adobe Premiere is not workable with Sony X1000V XAVC S files natively(even with some plug-ins), if you want to transfer Sony X1000V 4K MP4 to FCP X, first you need to convert MP4 to Apple Final Cut Pro friendly codec like Apple ProRes in a lossless way.

Based on our multiple testing and other users' feedback, we recommend you to transcode Sony X1000V 4K MP4 footage to FCP X friendly format using 4K Video Converter for Mac. With it, you can effortlessly encode/re-encode MP4 for smoothly importing and editing in various non-linear editing systems (NLE), including Final Cut Pro, iMovie, Adobe Premiere Pro, Final Cut Express, Avid Media Composer and more. If you’re using a Windows, please turn to its equivalent Windows version- 4K Video Converter, which can help you solve the MP4 incompatibility issues on Windows(8).

How to Import Sony X1000V MP4 to FCP X for editing?

Step 1: Load 4K footage

Launch the MP4 to FCP X Converter and click "Add File" button to locate the Sony FDR-X1000V MP4 files you want to add. Or you can drag & drop the files into this best 4K Video Converter window list directly.



Step 2: Choose FCP X preferred format

Click "Format" pull down list to select Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) as the best video format for FCP X. Apple ProRes 4444 MOV format is the good choice as well.



Step 3: Adjust the video, audio settings

Click "Settings" to fix the frame rate, bitrate, video size, etc to your needs. To have a smooth editing with FCP X, you need create the files with the appropriate resolution and frame rate that matches your source footage.

Step 4: Start conversion

Click the big "Convert" button at the bottom right corner to finish encoding Sony X1000C MP4 to ProRes MOV for FCP X on Mac OS X.

When the conversion is done, you can find the output files by clicking "Open" button on the main interface, then you can transfer the encoded 4K MP4 files to your FCP X for editing without any problem.


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