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Final Cut Pro X (no native support)
Due to Apple’s changes in the framework if FCP X and Motion-X, Calibrated{Q} MP4-EX Import does NOT work directly
with FCP X or Motion 5. This means that you will NOT be able to directly import XDCAM EX MP4 files into FCP X or
Motion-X.
Possible Workflows:
1. It does appear that Calibrated{Q} MP4-EX Import will work with Compressor 4 – so you convert any XDCAM EX
MP4 files to ProRes MOV files in Compressor 4 and then work with the ProRes MOV files in FCP X and Motion 5.
2. You could also use Calibrated{Q} Import Assist to create QT Ref MOV files or Self-Contained MOV files of
XDCAM EX MP4 files, and then you could import those MOV files to edit with in FCP X. Please see the
Calibrated{Q} Import Assist User Guide for more details.
When importing QT Ref MOV files to FCP X
, please make sure that ‘Copy files to Final Cut Events folder’ is
UNCHECKED and for unknown reasons FCP X will not allow you t o ‘Create optimized media’ (i.e. converting to
ProRes MOV files) for QT Ref MOV files. Also, please note that you may have issues when trying to share
projects when editing with QT Ref MOV files in FCP X as there is a possibility when you move QT Ref MOV files
from one computer to another that the ‘reference link’ can be lost or broken.
Please note, that you should consider the possible workflows listed above as BETA workflows due to the fact that FCP
X, Motion 5, and Compressor 4 are new applications and may be updated by Apple which can alter or change the above
possible workflows.
Other Mac OSX Applications
Other ‘QuickTime-centric’ applications (i.e. applications that use the QuickTime SDK to open media files) may work;
however it is up to the user to test out and insure compatibility with those applications.
Playback performance in any other application is dependent upon the speed of your CPU and harddrive, as well as the
application. If you are using Calibrated{Q} MP4-EX Import with Calibrated{Q} XD Decode, please see the Calibrated{Q}
XD Decode User Guide for more information about playback performance.