Quicktime is not working with Final Cut Pro.

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Quicktime is not working with Final Cut Pro.

My issue is not mostly final cut pro, but with Quicktime, I haven't edited a video since last year but when I tried to edit a video again using the same steps, it did not work. When I downloaded a video using 4k Video Downloader, it was a quicktime video, but it did not play the video. I searched up how to fix quicktime but there was never an answer that worked for me, since it mostly said to download a different video player like VLC. All i really want to know is how to play the video on quicktime and being able to drag the video onto Final Cut Pro. I put screen shots about my situation so it could be more clear.

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Posted on Jun 5, 2021 2:17 PM

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Jun 5, 2021 2:28 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

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Tom Wolsky

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Jun 5, 2021 2:22 PM in response to DavidxThorJr

That's not a QuickTime movie. That's MPEG-4, and it isn't being read by the system, which is why it's just showing a generic icon. It may be in a weird codec. Open it in VLC. Go to Window>Media Info. Post a screenshot of what you see in the Codec tab.

P.S. What OS and version of FCP are you using?

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Tom Wolsky

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Jun 5, 2021 2:36 PM in response to DavidxThorJr

I've not seen a file built like that. It's a transport stream format. You might try converting it using Handbrake.

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Jun 5, 2021 3:15 PM in response to DavidxThorJr

I have used this program a few times and it may or may not produce a file that works in Quicktime Player. AFAICT it is not an issue with the software but rather with the different encoding formats that youtube may use.

I think the best course of action is the one Tom suggested, using HandBrake to convert the file.

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Tom Wolsky

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Jun 5, 2021 2:56 PM in response to DavidxThorJr

Google Handbrake. It’sa free conversion application that’s pretty simple to use.

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DavidxThorJr Author

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Jun 5, 2021 2:27 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

I'm using 10.5.2 Final Cut Pro

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DavidxThorJr Author

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Jun 5, 2021 2:39 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

How do I do that? And what's Handbrake.

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DavidxThorJr Author

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Jun 5, 2021 2:42 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

I tried downloading a yt video and it was the same outcome, but when i tried to convert it mp4 to mp4 by using cloud convert, but that has a max amount of 1 gb while my video from twitch is 1.45 gb.

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