iMovie is not the friendly application when it comes to editing Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 videos. So if you want to import Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 to iMovie, you have to ask for a third-party tool. Acrok will give you a hand.
The Sony a7 IV is the eagerly awaited sequel to the popular a7 III from early 2018. The Sony A7 IV is the best hybrid mirrorless camera you can buy right now. It’s a generalist body, with plenty of pixels, excellent low-light capabilities, smart subject recognition, and reliable autofocus. It’s an adept video camera too, with support for 10-bit 4K60 footage and a full-size HDMI port to connect to an Atomos Ninja V if you prefer external ProRes recording. Get quality footage and produce videos on the go without the bulk from additional equipment with the Sony a7 IV. Slow and Fast Motion Modes allow the A7 IV Professional Camcorder to record a different frame rate than the playback frame rate for a fast or slow motion effect during playback. If you recorded some 4K MP4 videos by Sony a7 IV, you may like editing the 4K footage in iMovie. But you would encounter some problems su as below.
Q: Hi, admin, does anyone have any experience of Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 and iMovie workflow? I have just received my Sony a7 IV camcorder the day before yesterday and everything is performing as expected, except there is no go when I importing MP4 (MPEG-4, XAVC S, XAVC HS, XAVC S-I, H.264, H.265) clips to iMovie for basic editing. And yes I have other more robust video editing programs but I like the simplicity of iMovie so would like to use it. Does anyone know how to get around this and make Adobe editing software read Sony a7 IV recordings flawlessly? I don’t even mind paying for third party software.
A: The latest version of the software supports the import of 4K video. If your editing software is not the latest version, you can upgrade it. Whatever, you have to spend a lot of time rendering the imported video. To edit your Sony a7 IV 4K videos in Apple software, please transcode the Sony a7 IV footage to your editing software native format via third-party software.
iMovie won’t open and import Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 videos correctly. Question is, what’s causing the issues? According to my experience, it may due to the high video resolution and the video codec incompatibility. SinceApple Intermediate Codec (AIC) is the best editing video codec for iMovie, so we can convert Sony a7 IV 4K footage to AIC .mov with a top MP4 to iMovie Converter, which will save you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing. As for other editing software users, you can transcode Sony a7 IV MP4 to ProRes, MPEG-2, DNxHD, H.264 codec for Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro CC, Avid Media Composer and DaVinci Resolve 17.
Here Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is highly recommended. It does a good job in converting Sony a7 IV 4K video to iMovie most compatible format with least quality loss. Plus, it supports encoding camera shootings in different formats (MXF, MOV, MTS/M2TS, MKV, TOD, WMV, MOD, VOB, etc.) to video editing software compatible file types to meet your different needs.
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How to convert Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 video for editing in iMovie?
Step 1: Download and have a quick installation. The trial version will have a watermark on your converted files. Except for that, there are no time limitation, no virus, and no unnecessary bundle apps while downloading. After that, click “Add file” button to load your source files into MP4 to iMovie Converter. You can load several files at once thanks to “Add from folder” button.
Step 2: Click the “Format” bar to get the drop-down menu and you can get “iMovie” category. Choose “iMovie AIC (*.mov)” as best output format.
Step 3: Click “Settings” button to customize the output video and audio settings by yourself. But if you are not good at it, you’d better use the default parameters, they will ensure you a good balance between file size and image quality basically. You can change the resolution, bit rate, frame rate as you need. If your editing program can’t handdle 4K footage smoothly, 1080p would be the best settings.
Click the pen-like icon, you can edit your Sony a7 IV video on the next window. Here are main tabs for you to select: Trim, Crop, Text Watermark, Image/Video Watermark, Effect, Audio Editor, Subtitle.
Step 4: When everything is done, you can take a preview by hitting “Play” icon. If you are satisfied with the final result, you can click “Convert” button to finish the conversion work.
When the conversion is done, you can click “Open” to get your generated files. Now, you can edit Sony a7 IV 4K MP4 in iMovie without any hassles.
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