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Editing Flip Video files in Final Cut Express

Alan Morris — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 04:23:02 +0000

Flip Video Camcorders are easy to use but editing the resulting mp4 files directly in final Cut Express presents a few problems.

If you import mp4 files into Final Cut Express you will have to render the files you put in the time line.
This post shows you a way to convert the mp4 files from a Flip Video Camcorder into a format you can edit with Final Cut Express without having to render the files.

Here is my procedure:

Copy the files from the DCIM folder on the Flip camera into a folder. ( I call it rawfiles/project)

Use MPEG-STREAMCLIP ( a free converter) to convert the files from .mp4 format to Quicktime .mov files.

This is the link to Squared 5 which publishes the converter: http://www.squared5.com/

I use these parameters for the conversion:

1280 x 720 ( 16:9 aspet ratio)

Apple Interface Codec

30 frames per second

deinterlaced

Edit in Final Cut Express.

If you need to recompress for uploading to Youtube, you can use MPEG-STREAMCLIP to recompress the files

Andy Ihnatko – A Year without Media

Alan Morris — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 19:08:01 +0000

One of the hits of 2010 Macworld was a 30 minute presentation by Andy Ihnatko writes about technology for the Chicago Sun Times. He wrote the best book on the Iphone by far and is a frequent participant on Macbreak Weekly.

Andy went one full year without any printed media !!. He says the hardest part was that 20 minutes when the plane door closes and you can’t turn on any electronic devices. It is then that he pulls out People Magazine and reads about some young starlet and her 8 children.

Hopefully someone will publish a video of this talk. It is a classic. Meanwhile here are a few clips I took with my Flipvideo UltraHD while sitting in the audience.

Thanks Andy ! It was the best of Macworld for me.

Congratulations Rebecca & Justin

Alan Morris — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:25:56 +0000

In the Berkshires on June 28, 2009, Rebecca & Justin got married. This is the first of several projects I did for the newlyweds. This video was done with a Flipvideo Mino ( not hd). I am trying to learn video editing so I can combine video with stills.

Next up I am editing the stills and will integrate them with the video. I also have video footage of the reception.

Stay tuned.

Testing SmugMug Embedding

Alan Morris — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 06:22:46 +0000

I have been using SmugMug for 4 years. They recently added video. I previously have used both Vimeo and Viddler. This is a sample created with Fotomagico 3 which allows me to combine video with stills. The still quality is not as good as a flash gallery. Secondly, the video does not play well on slower machines.

Dancing with Josh

Alan Morris — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:33:12 +0000

A short video from our anniversary lunch. This is an imovie mpv4 file.
Uploaded to vimeo.

Dancing With Josh from Alan Morris on Vimeo.