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I AM UNABLE TO OPEN MOV FILES IN FCPX

For some sudden reason I am unable to open .MOV files into FCP X. FROM 'I' IMPORT when I try to select to files they are greyed out. I have attached a screen grab of the incident. I have had FCP X for many years and it is the first time this has occurred. I have tried many options and tried the ways but it simply does not work. My computer is a Mac mini 16 gig Ram Apple M1 Ventura 13.4 I feel as if I have exhausted all ways of importing the files. as I say I have been using FCP for more than six years.

Can anyone help of advise please?

PW

Mac mini, macOS 13.4

Posted on Jun 13, 2023 10:25 AM

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Posted on Jun 13, 2023 10:34 AM

What type of .mov's are they? Can you tell us their specs with something like MediaInfo? They could be 32bit codecs or something.

Some more info:

About incompatible media in Final Cut Pro - Apple Support

Media formats supported in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support

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Jun 13, 2023 10:34 AM in response to edpatwood

What type of .mov's are they? Can you tell us their specs with something like MediaInfo? They could be 32bit codecs or something.

Some more info:

About incompatible media in Final Cut Pro - Apple Support

Media formats supported in Final Cut Pro for Mac - Apple Support

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Jun 13, 2023 10:42 AM in response to edpatwood

In addition to very perceptive questions already asked: do these same files play in Quicktime Player?

Where are the files stored? They need to be local to your mac and not in some cloud service (like iCloud, Dropbox, OneDrive, etc).

Does FCP have Full Disk Access? It must.

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Jun 13, 2023 10:34 AM in response to edpatwood

No screenshots were attached.

What FCP version is this?

Where is the QuickTime stored?

Can you give specifics of the media, codec, frame size, frame rate, where it came from?

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