Load H.265 MOV from Fujifilm X-T4 to Vegas Pro

Does Fujifilm X-T4 H.265 MOV work natively in Vegas Pro? If not, is there any possibility to edit Fujifilm X-T4 4K footage in Vegas Pro 19, 18, 17, 16, 15? If you are having troubles importing Fujifilm X-T4 MOV video to Vegas Pro, you are in the right place. This post explains how to transcode H.265 files taken with Fujifilm X-T4 to Vegas Pro preferred MPEG-2 for editing flawlessly.

The Fujifilm X-T4 is the best APS-C mirrorless camera you can buy right now. Bright, high-resolution 3.69m-dot OLED electronic viewfinder has a 0.75x magnification and the EVF’s refresh rate can be pushed to 100 fps to reduce lag for smoother panning and tracking movements. The X-T4’s design is both charming and intuitive, while its class-leading photo and video specs are backed up by powerful performance. Utilizing a proven and well-regarded APS-C-format 26.1MP X-Trans CMOS 4 sensor, the X-T4 is capable of high-resolution recording along with support for DCI/UHD 4K video at 60 fps, Full HD recording up to 240 fps, sensitivity from ISO 160-12800, and continuous shooting up to 15 fps with the mechanical shutter. Also, a micro-HDMI port enables 10-bit 4:2:2 recording to an optional external recorder.

How do you edit Fujifilm X-T4 4K MOV files in Vegas Pro?

“If anyone has any recommendations/advice of how I can import some Fujifilm X-T4 video files (HEVC codec) into Vegas Pro 17, I would greatly appreciate it. My friend filmed some videos on his Fujifilm X-T4 and shared the files on YouTube, but now I’m seeing that Vegas Pro won’t accept the file codecs from X-T4.”

“I’ve spent a solid 3-4 hours trying to convert some .MOV Fujifilm X-T4 video to .MP4 to edit in Vegas Pro 18. I put the video in a free video converter, changed the settings to .MP4, and it took 3 hours to change a 24 minute video – once it finished it just looped a 5 second section of it with the audio playing as normal. YouTube tutorials have all failed me. I’m really struggling here. Thank you.”

“I am editing videos captured with Fujifilm X-T4 in Vegas Pro 19, but Vegas Pro is running really slow and rendering becomes impossible when adding a second video track with either video or photoshop files with a transparency for example. There is no Unlimitted RT option available and the process has become very slow. Is there any way of previewing video and audio without rendering all the time?”

MOV file format seems one of Vegas Pro supported native video formats for import. But the weird thing is that, when we try to import Fujifilm H.265 MOV file into Vegas Pro, the file import failure window will pop up with an error message “An error occurred while opening this media file in the media library…” or “MOV video no audio”.

As far as we know, Avid is the only NLEs that can not edit H.265 H.265 files. Fortunately, there are workarounds to go through this. One easy way is to transcode the footage to Vegas Pro editable format. Learn a guide on how to convert Fujifilm X-T4 H.265 files to MPEG-2 for use in Vegas Pro 19, 18, 17, 16, 15 with optimum performance.

Along with some help from a third-party program like Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, you can easily convert Fujifilm X-T4 4K MOV to a more industry standard format that Vegas Pro supports. Acrok program supports any HD/4K MOV file, no matter what video/audio codes, resolution or bitrate are used. With it, you can fast convert unrecognized or problematic MOV files to Vegas Pro compatible MPG(codec: mpeg-2), MOV (codec: h.264), MP4 (codec: h.264), and more without quality loss. To solve the MOV incompatible issues, you’re suggested to download and install MOV to Vegas Pro Converter on your PC first.

Free download MOV to Vegas Pro Converter

How to transcode Fujifilm X-T4 4K H.265 MOV files for Vegas Pro editing?

Step 1: Start up Acrok Video Converter Ultimate as a Fujifilm Video Converter for Vegas Pro. When its main interface pops up, click “Add File” to input your source media.

Step 2: Choose output format for Vegas Pro
From “Format” list, select ” Sony Vegas MPEG-2 (*.mpg)” as output format under “Editing Software” column. If you wang to get 4K output options, please goto “4K Video” category. 4K H.264 MP4 is a good output option too.

Step 3: Custom video and audio settings
If necessary, you can click “Settings” button and go to “Profiles Settings” panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels.

Step 4: Start Fujifilm X-T4 H.265 MOV to MPEG-2 MPG Conversion
When ready, click “Convert” to start format conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click “Open” button to get the exported MPEG-2 MPG files for use in Vegas Pro 19, 8, 17, 16, 15 with optimum performance.