How to convert MKV/AVI/MPG/MTS/TS/FLV/VOB to FCP X

Summary: Do you get some videos(*.MKV, *.AVI, *.MPG, *.MTS, *.TS, *.FLV, *.VOB) and store on your Mac? Do you want to import them to FCP X for editing? This article is guide for you to editing these video in FCP X without any problems.

Final Cut Pro is a powerful video editing, is used widely by Mac users, and it can import and edit many formats like AVCHD, H.264, AVC-Intra, DVCPRO HD and Apple ProRes codec MOV format which is the best supported video codec of it. So if you want to import video like MKV, AVI, MPG, MTS, TS, FLV, VOB, etc to FCP X for editing on Mac, you would find the editor seems that cannot recognize these files. Maybe you are looking for a plugin for importing to FCP X, but it is not easy to find a good plugin that works for latest cameras and camcorders, since there are many kinds of video codes used by these recording devices, and the rendering process of FCP X is slow, so you'd better find a better way to import videos to Final Cut Pro X without plugins.

The better way is removing codes and converting video to FCP X supported formats like .MOV from iTunes. In this case, a professional Final Cut Pro Video Converter for Mac is important. If you want to import any video file into Final Cut Pro X for use without quality loss, the all-in-one Mac video converter - Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac will be your best choice. It can work on Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion, 10.7 Lion, Snow Leopard10.6, and Leopard 10.5 for FCP X. And you can load video to FCP X without any problems including HD videos. And it supports Apple ProRes encoding to help you quickly transcode video to ProRes 422 .mov for FCP X in a short time without quality loss, which is a post-production designed for pristine quality format, economical hardware configurations and high-performance, multistream Final Cut Pro real-time editing. 

Guide for converting MKV/AVI/MPG/MTS/TS/FLV/VOB to FCP X

First, after downloading and installing Pavtube iMedia Converter for Mac, launch the Mac ProRes Conversion program; click "File" button from main menu to browse your computer hard drive and select the files you want to convert. 



Tip: You can check the "Merge into one file" box to merge several video files together for easier editing.

Secondly, click "Format" bar and choose "Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)" as Final Cut Pro X compatible codec for editing MKV, AVI, MPG, MTS, TS, FLV, VOB files in FCP X smoothly. And ProRes 422(HQ), Pro Res 422(LT), Pro Res 4444, Pro Res 422(Proxy) are all the proper choice.



Thirdly, tap "Settings" to customize the output parameters- adjust the video size, bitrate, frame rate, audio sample rate, audio channel, etc to get a decent video for editing in Final Cut Pro.



Finally, click the "Convert" button to start converting MKV/AVI/MPG/MTS/TS/FLV/VOB to Apple ProRes MOV for FCP X right away. This conversion process will finish soon. Afterwards, click the Open button to locate the output files and import to FCP X for editing smoothly.

How to import Apple ProRes 422 MOV into FCP X

Step 1: Run Final Cut Pro, the layout of the editing software interface will pop up.

Step 2: Choose "Import > Files" at the top of the interface under the File command section.

Step 3: Select one converted file .mov from the Choose a File window and press "Choose" button to choose this file you want to import into FCP.

Step 4: Find the file in the resources list for the project.

Step 5: Drag the file into the Timeline and then save the project.

Now, you are able to edit the video (TiVo, AVCHD MTS/M2TS, MPG, MPEG, MXF, MVI, MKV, MOD, MP4, AVI, TOD, FLV, etc) in Final Cut Pro 
X as you wish.

That's all! Hopefully the converting MKV, AVI, MPG, MTS, TS, FLV, VOB videos to Apple ProRes 422/ProRes 4444 for FCP X make the experience of editing HD/SD video in FCP X easier and quicker.

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