Convert .mov to something compatible with Final Cut?

[thebutler1]

So I've never encountered this problem before, but I'm trying to edit some video that came off of a camera that encodes everything as a .mov file and final cut pro doesn't recognize .mov files. Is there an easy way to encode these to something else?

 

[Nermal]

I don't actually have Final Cut, but I'd be amazed if it can't open .mov files. Can you open the files in QuickTime Player? I'm guessing that it's using a codec that you don't have.

 

[jbuk]

If it's .mov, then it will almost certainly be encoded in MPEG-2 or H264, both of which FCP will handle. However, neither of those is an editing codec, and requires a lot of cpu time to decode. Because of this, you should transcode them to AIC or ProRes using QuickTime Pro, MPEG Streamclip or Compressor.

You -may- also need to install something like the Perian QuickTime component to get them to play, but probably not.

Out of curiosity, what camera is it?

 

[jackerin]

If it's .mov, then it will almost certainly be encoded in MPEG-2

It will almost certainly not be MPEG-2. MPEG-4, yes, but not MPEG-2.

 

[jbuk]

It will almost certainly not be MPEG-2. MPEG-4, yes, but not MPEG-2.

Maybe not almost certainly, but a number of JVC cameras record to MPEG-2 in a quicktime container.