DJI Mavic 3 drone 5.1K D-Log mp4 video not working in Final Cut Pro 10.6.6/macOS Venture 13.4/Pro Video Formats 2.2.5

> Yesterday I updated and now have the same problem

Did you update to macOS 13.5.1 and Final Cut Pro 10.6.8?

Although QuickTime Player does not yet play my sample DJI_Mavic3_5k_H264_10Bit420 movies, FCP does.

And if I convert them to ProRes 422 HQ or H.264 or H.265 with ffmpeg, they work also in QuickTime Player:

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v prores_ks -profile:v 3 -timecode 00:00:00:00 -c:a copy prores422hq.mov

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx265 -crf 28 -preset medium -timecode 00:00:00:00 -tag:v hvc1 -c:a copy h265.mov

ffmpeg -i input.mp4 -c:v libx264 -pix_fmt yuv420p -crf 23 -preset medium -timecode 00:00:00:00 -c:a copy h264.mov

I have found the solution. ✅

But, wow, Apple this was very annoying.

Adobe Media Encoder > Format: Quicktime > Preset: Apple ProRes 422 HQ HLG

I was able to keep the same color information to work with the files in DaVinci Resolve 18.6.4 and use Color Space Transform nodes like I would usually grade D-Log footage.

I hope this saves everyone the time I spent finding a solution.

Cheers,

A

Hi, I am currently running macOS Sonoma 14.3.1 and FCPX ver 10.7.1. Download and use Handbrake, it's free. You must convert the h264 footage to h265.:

Add footage in - Change preset to "Production Max"

Preset>Production>Production Max

This is the important step! ---> Click on Video and modify Video Encoder to H.265 10-bit (x265). This will ensure colors do not break apart when color grading! Cheers

NOTE: In order to prevent this from happening with future project until Apple resolves this issue, you can still shoot in 5.1K in DLog but use h265 codec - not h264 otherwise you will not be able to preview in Quicktime and will play with Black Screen in FCPX.

You are able to transcode the footage in Adobe Media Encoder and Handbrake.

I found the solution! never choose mp4 codec, always record in MOV. and everything will also read this log and 120 frames.

I use Handbrake, and then the preset ‘max production’. And then in video settings click the 265x option in the dropdown

Same thing happening here. Also affecting my Sony 120p footage.

You are able to transcode the footage in Adobe Media Encoder and Handbrake. Definitely not an acceptable solution.

C'mon Apple! Please fix this asap!

it's December 25, 2023 and this problem still occurs, when I bought a Macbook in March 2023 without any updates - everything worked, both d-log in 5.1k and 4k120 frames, everything stopped playing after installing the updates requested by the MacBook. I have a Mavbook 16 inch M2Max, the highest configuration - this is not what you expect from such expensive equipment - and there is no support. but maybe this is an indication that the first version of Mac without the update worked. I played and edited all files normally, despite the latest updates - nothing works - I'm starting to wonder - why do I need a MacBook... if I'm buying it for professional use and video editing and it doesn't allow me to do it and makes it difficult.

What’s the name of the 3rd party transcoding app that you used to convert the files? Thanks

same here, d-cinelike files shows up as pink on preview but won't play. They are not recognised by macbook as a video file. Playing on vlc shows up fine but quicktime won't even open it.

Yesterday I updated and now have the same problem as you described. So much work and timelines are involved. Simply transcoding is not acceptable because some of the clips in a timeline are so specifically edited. I calculated the time transcoding and partly re-edit those clips, it will take me like 50 days!

Anyone got another solution?

I have been back and fourth with Apple regarding this issue and at the end they will not do anything to help or resolve this issue. I had a whole project that I had to re-edit. It cost me time and money. And after this, I am done with Apple. They simply don’t care about their costumers.

Anyone found a solve for this?

Im on Sonoma 14.1 & FCP 10.6.10 & have been having this issue for too long.

I have found handbrake to not give the quality i need. Files work perfectly fine in VLC but black in QT & FCP.

So annoying!

hi , i have the same issue. any update regarding this issue ???? or procedure to use ?