Hi - I'm trying to import a number of small .avi files into FCPX but each time I try I get the message "No importable files - None of the selected files or folders can be imported. Change the selection and try again.".
The files don't play in Quicktime either, but do play in VLC.
The files were all recordeed on a Hitachi DZ-HV575E Camcorder.
Any help or advice would be appreciated!
Thanks.
MacBook Pro (13-inch Mid 2010), OS X Mountain Lion (10.8.2)
FCP 10.2 on my iMac reads avi files. FCP 10.3 on my macbook pro does not. On the iMac, I put 10.2 in the trash and installed to 10.3 and it stopped reading them . I took the old one out of the trash (to the desktop), threw out 10.3 and moved the old one into applications. I rebooted the computer. Now I can read avi files on the iMac. Apple took the codec out of the new version.
I believe these are 60 fps motion jpg files We record them on a livestream deck (Blackmagic HD51) and move the hard drive to the iMac. is that enough? If not I'll check when I'm in the office tomorrow.
They're probably in a codec and format that's not supported by FCP. You need to to convert the media. Can't tell you how or what to convert it to without knowing the complete and exact specifications of the original media.
Hi Tom - thanks for your comment. The only other info I can see in finder for the files descrbes them as "AVI container" files - not sure if that helps?
Not at all. Need frame size, frame rate, video codec, audio codec, audio sample rate. Does the file open in MPEG Streamclip?
Well, here is a hail Mary thought...
Try using the Mac's finder to convert to a codec that your Mac can handle. Just right click on the file and encode away.
Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.
Here is a link showing how to do it.
(http://mac.tutsplus.com/tutorials/tips-shortcuts/quick-tip-three-ways-to-convert -videos-on-a-mac/)
Hugh
Very little info on that camera, butthe maual says it shoots h.264 in the AVI wrapper. I would think MPEG Streamclip would open it.
Russ
Final Cut Pro is not compatible with AVI video. Though the newer version like Final Cut Pro 7 or Final Cut Pro X adds the support for AVI format, it still cannot import all kinds of AVI files. For AVI is a container video format which may contain various video or audio codec, if the AVI codec is not compatible with Final Cut Pro, we will fail to import AVI to FCP; or even successfully import to FCP, but the import AVI files will still not playable or editable.
You may try this method to solve can't import AVI to Final Cut Pro.
I second the suggestion to try MPEGStreamclip. If it can open the files then you can even do a batch export to Quicktime.
If this fails then maybe Handbrake can convert them.
VLC is supposed to be able to transcode files but I could never make it work.
Find the creep who gave you the AVIs and force him/her to do the transcode on a Windows machine to a codec FCPX can deal with instantly.
AVI is a framework. Could you please give the complete specifications of the media, video and audio orherwuse there’s no way to tell what’s going on.
ANy chance of getting a piece of this media? You might try using MPEG Streamclip to convert. Or you might be able to convert it to ProRes using the Finder.
AVI files won't import into FCPX
