Hi,
I have just purchased Final Cut Pro, planning to use it instead of iMovie and seeing it supports HEVC video format. However, HEVC encoded videos created by AMD Radeon Software (on Win10) cannot be imported and I need to convert them using Handbrake software convert before being able to import them into FCP, which is a huge inconvenience. Anyone else has similar experience?
Any ideas how to resolve this?
MacBook Air 13″, macOS 12.1
For some strange reason HEVC with Codec ID "hev1" is not supported (at least in Big Sur).
Fix: losslessly convert it to "hvc1":
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c copy -tag:v hvc1 output.mp4
...
QuickTime Player refuses to play some H.265/HEVC flavors. Currently macOS 11 Big Sur is more forgiving but it still has the following issues with "Codec ID" and "Chroma subsampling" options.
You can check all those pesky details with apps like Invisor (my favorite because it neatly highlights differences when a folder is dropped on it) or MediaInfo.
H.265 Codec ID hvc1 plays OK (as well as H.264 Codec ID avc1).
H.265 Codec ID hev1 has an error message "This file contains media which isn't compatible with QuickTime Player" and plays audio only. There is a lossless fix if you install ffmpeg and add '-tag:v hvc1' without re-encoding in the Terminal.
Chroma subsampling 4:2:0 (Bit depth 8 bits) plays OK.
Chroma subsampling 4:2:2 (Bit depth 10 bits) has an error message "This file contains media which isn't compatible with QuickTime Player". Opens anyway in Big Sur but fails in Mojave.
For some strange reason HEVC with Codec ID "hev1" is not supported (at least in Big Sur).
Fix: losslessly convert it to "hvc1":
ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c copy -tag:v hvc1 output.mp4
...
QuickTime Player refuses to play some H.265/HEVC flavors. Currently macOS 11 Big Sur is more forgiving but it still has the following issues with "Codec ID" and "Chroma subsampling" options.
You can check all those pesky details with apps like Invisor (my favorite because it neatly highlights differences when a folder is dropped on it) or MediaInfo.
H.265 Codec ID hvc1 plays OK (as well as H.264 Codec ID avc1).
H.265 Codec ID hev1 has an error message "This file contains media which isn't compatible with QuickTime Player" and plays audio only. There is a lossless fix if you install ffmpeg and add '-tag:v hvc1' without re-encoding in the Terminal.
Chroma subsampling 4:2:0 (Bit depth 8 bits) plays OK.
Chroma subsampling 4:2:2 (Bit depth 10 bits) has an error message "This file contains media which isn't compatible with QuickTime Player". Opens anyway in Big Sur but fails in Mojave.
No, they do not open in QuickTime, but they do open in VLC (both on Mac and Win10 machine).
I have uploaded a very short clip recorded the same method (Radeon Screen Recorder).
The codec information is attached.
Thanks for your interest!
[This is a Direct Download Link]
More information on these clips could help.
Do these clips open in Quicktime Player? Probably not. If they don’t, open in VLC press Command-I and post the coddc details.
If possible, take one short example clip with the same settings, send it to yourself using wetransfer and then post the link here, so we can download and test.
There doesn't seem to be a download function on that page, and it doesn't play in a browser.
Would it be possible to use WeTransfer as Luis suggested?
The frame rate is really bad. We need to see what the variability is.
Tom, here is a little trick to download the OP's clip: Select the url and Copy; in Safari, open the Downloads list and Paste.
Here is the WeTransfer link.
Great fix, Matti, thanks a lot! The conversion is swift and it works!
Thanks Luis.
HEVC videos cannot be imported into Final Cut Pro
