FCPX cannot see DJI Mavic zoom media

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FCPX cannot see DJI Mavic zoom media

FCPX media import window shows just an empty microSD card, but Quicktime and Finder on the mac can both see and both play the videos.

I have latest version of FCPX, I have restarted, I have removed all external devices, but still everything else sees the media but not FCPX.

Videos are MOV H264.

I have used this SD card, this Mac and this Drone many times before. The only change seems to be FCPX update.

Solutions anyone?

iMac 27″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Sep 22, 2020 10:07 PM

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Answer 1

PerthBoat Author

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Sep 22, 2020 10:27 PM in response to Tom Wolsky

You can see what Finder sees in the one screen grab - and what FCPX sees in the next screen grab.

I wondered if it was just FCPX not reading the SD card, so I copied a file to my desktop and BINGO - FCPX can now see it.

So it seems FCPX has for some reason stopped reading the content my SD cards, though it can see the card, just not the contents.

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Answer 2

PerthBoat Author

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Sep 22, 2020 10:56 PM in response to PerthBoat

As a workaround I can copy everything to the desktop but thats no real solution. Then I lose all ability to selectively choose just the bits from the clips in the SD card I want, as I use cmd shift I and cmd shift O to select just the bits I need. There must be a reason that FCPX has stopped seeing the micro SD cards.

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