Edit GoPro Hero4 4K MP4 video in FCP X and FCP 7

With this guide, you can smoothly import and edit GoPro Hero4 4K footage in Final Cut Pro X and FCP 7 by converting GoPro Hero4 4K MP4 to ProRes MOV.



GoPro Hero4 has been sold in the market for some time. This powerful camera with incredible high-resolution is very popular among people since it was sold. GoPro Hero4 can record 4K 30 and 2.7K 60 video combines with 1080p and 720p slow motion to enable stunning, immersive footage of you and your world. You may be very surprised with the amazing HD picture quality when you see your GoPro Hero4 4K MP4 video. With 12MP Burst photos at a blistering 30 frames per second, Hero 4 Black helps you capture the moments you don’t want to miss. Besides, the built-in Wi-Fi and Bluetooth will help you to transfer and share the recordings conveniently.


The 4K MP4 files are compressed with the H.264 codec, however, from the Apple official website we know that H.264 MP4 compressed output format is still not an ideal editing format. So if you want to edit Hero4 4K MP4 video in FCP (FCP X, FCP7, FCP 6), you may encounter some problems. Below is one user reflecting the problems in editing GoPro Hero4 4K MP4 video in FCP:

Hi, guys! I am an adventure enthusiasts, last week, my friends and I got together to go on a forest adventure. I carry my GoPro Hero4 to record my adventure and shoot some wonderful video. Now, I want to import these GoPro Hero4 clips into Final Cut Pro on Mac for some editing. These 4K video format are in MP4 format, and with H.264 codec. When I try to edit them in FCP, I found it is hard for me to smoothly handling. It takes me much time and I can’t edit them well also. My GoPro Hero4 4K footage couldn’t be edited at all. Please teach me how to so1ve the problem, thanks!

However, how to edit GoPro Hero4 4K H.264 MP4 files with FCP X and FCP 7 natively? Actually, it is not a hard thing. For smoothly and directly editing edit Hero4 4k video, you just need to convert your 4k video to Apple ProRes which is Final Cut Pro best supported format on Mac. Make sure to get the work down, Acrok 4K Video Converter is the best third-party software for you. This 4k video converter can help you transcode GoPro Hero4 4K footage to Apple ProRes 422 or prores 4444 codec, after converting, you can edit 4k files in FCP smoothly without a doubt. Below is an easy and efficient way for you to convert your 4k MP4 recordings.

Firstly, download the GoPro Hero4 4K MP4 Converter for free

Guide: Convert 4K MP4 to Apple ProRes for FCP

Step 1: Load GoPro Her 4 4K recordings
Click the add files button, import the footage into the Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac you want to convert. You can preview your 4K video first via the 4K video converter.



Step 2: Choose the output format
Click the format bar then choose the “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as the best video format.



Tips: You can click edit button to some video editing, such as trim, crop and so on. If you want to your GoPro Hero4 4K MP4 footage showing different visual effect, click “Edit” >“Effect” option to transform.

Step 3: Start converting 4k video
Click “Convert” button, GoPro Hero4 4K MP4 video to FPC X and FCP 7 best editing video conversion would be completed soon.

Step 4: Import the generated video into FCP
Click "Open" button to find out the outputted footage and then import the converted GoPro Hero4 4K MP4 footage into Final Cut Pro to do further editing.