Convert Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) 4K MP4 to ProRes MOV for FCP X

Have you met some problems in importing and editing Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) 4K MP4 video in FCP X on Mac? If you have, don’t be worried, this article will supply a best menthod for you editing Leica 4K video in FCP X without any problems.

The Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) Digital Camera is an advanced point-and-shoot digital camera. It has a 20MP, 1″ MOS sensor, a 16x zoom lens, and UHD 4K video capability. The Leica V-LUX captures high-quality MP4 video files in resolutions up to 3840 x 2160 UHD 4K, it is four times than the resolution of full-HD and a built-in microphone can record stereo audio while recording video. Its ability to shoot videos in 1080P AVCHD Full HD video also attracts many photographers. So with the powerful Photography features, many people are hoping to have such one camera.

If you have much Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) 4K or 1080P footage in hands, you may want to edit these video in Mac editing software, such as Final Cut Pro, but you can’t do that. Although FCP X claims ‘Native AVCHD Support’, in fact it means importing MP4 still requires access to the original AVCHD camcorder, or a valid Camera Archive disk structure. So at the current, it is impossible for Mac users to edit Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) footages with Final Cut Pro. If you prefer to import and edit Leica 4K video with FCP X, no problem, just convert 4K MP4 to ProRes MOV on Mac OS X. So what’s the available workflow for getting FCP X with Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) footage to play nicely? You just need a Leica V-LUX Video Converter. Acrok HD Video Converter for Mac can get the job done after converting. See below guide about converting Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) recordings on Mac.

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How to convert/transcode Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) video for FCP X?

Step 1: Load Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) videos
Launch the best Leica 4K Video Converter. Click the “Add files” button for adding to import the Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) 4K or 1080P videos to converter.

Tip: If you have multiple video files and want to combine them into one file. Just click “Settings” button then tick the “Merge into one” box.

Step 2: Select a suitable output format
Click on the dropdown menu of “Format”, choose “Final Cut Pro” category, then choose “Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output format, which is best compatible with FCP (FCPX/7/6).

Tips: You can do some settings here, just click “Setting” to adjust video and audio parameters, including the bitrate and codec of video and audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., in the Profile Settings.

Step3: Convert Leica V-LUX (Typ 114) videos for FCP X

Click “Convert” button to start Leica video to Apple ProRes MOV conversion. When the conversion is done, Click “Open” to get the converted footage once the conversion is finished, then you can import them into Final Cut Pro X/7/6 for further editing.