Final Cut Pro not accepting my .MOV file

Final Cut Pro will not accept my .mov file but I have no problem uploading to iMovie



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Original Title: Final Cut Pro. Uploading Files

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.5

Posted on Jun 30, 2025 2:17 AM

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Posted on Jun 30, 2025 2:42 AM

You need to tell us more about that file. Just saying .mov is not enough, since this is just a container, and the contents may have used one of several different codecs.


Please open this file withe MediaInfo or Invisor, and post a screenshot of the file details.


Does the file open in Quicktime Player?

You may be able to transcode this file into a format that FCP can work with, either from Quicktime Player, or directly in Finder: Control-click, and choose Encode Selected Video Files.

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Jun 30, 2025 2:42 AM in response to zapsax

You need to tell us more about that file. Just saying .mov is not enough, since this is just a container, and the contents may have used one of several different codecs.


Please open this file withe MediaInfo or Invisor, and post a screenshot of the file details.


Does the file open in Quicktime Player?

You may be able to transcode this file into a format that FCP can work with, either from Quicktime Player, or directly in Finder: Control-click, and choose Encode Selected Video Files.

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