Canon EOS R7 4K H.265 MP4 to DaVinci Resolve 18 Workflow

Can I import and edit 4K H.265 MP4 files in DaVinci Resolve 18?

The Canon EOS R7 is a powerful APS-C camera that sits below the EOS R6 Mark II in Canon’s mirrorless lineup. This is a robust and fast camera that aims to satisfy demanding sports and wildlife photographers, and one Canon also hopes will convert the 7D II faithful to the World of mirrorless. The R7’s sensor also offers high-res UHD 4K 60p internal video using the full width of the sensor and the ability to work with 10-bit sampling with Canon Log 3, or 30p when oversampled from a 7K area, as well as Full HD at up to 120 fps. Next you need to do some editing working with your Canon EOS R7 footage in DaVinci Resolve 18 before posting them onto church web site. This is a tutorial which tells you how to import 4K H.265 MP4 from Canon EOS R7 to DaVinci Resolve 18 for using on your PC.

Though DaVinci Resolve 18 generally supports MP4 importing, it still can’t work with Canon EOS R7 4K MP4 natively, even upgrading to the latest version. 

Actually, MP4 is a container format which can contain data encoded using various compression and encoding schemes. And H.265/HEVC codec is a final delivery codec; it is not one you want to use for editing in DaVinci Resolve 18. If your 4K H.265 MP4 files are not accepted by DaVinci Resolve 18, it’s probably because of the video or audio codec incompatibility. 

Worse still, although DaVinci Resolve has already had 4K and "high-resolution" support via DaVinci Resolve 18 in previous versions and 4K Full Screen Playback are supported within DaVinci Resolve 18, there’s actually no way to edit a 4K H.265 project natively with DaVinci Resolve 18. Actually, editing 4K raw in DaVinci Resolve 18 is very taxing on your computer.

On this occasion, you need to transcode Canon EOS R7 H.265 MP4 to the DaVinci Resolve editing-friendly formats and then transfer the converted H.265 files to your DaVinci Resolve 18 for editing.

What is the Best Canon H.265 Converter to Convert EOS R7 footage to DaVinci Resolve 18 Fast Yet High Quality? Acrok Video Converter Ultimate, a professional Canon video converter, enjoys a large amount of popularity for its ability to smoothly convert Canon EOS R7 4K H.265 MP4 to DaVinci Resolve 18 supported H.264 .mov, H.264 .mp4, DNxHD .mov and Apple ProRes .mov on Windows PC fast yet with great quality, enabling you to open and use mov files from Convert EOS R7 on Windows 11’s DaVinci Resolve. If you are Mac user, you can get Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac to convert H.265 files to DaVinci Resolve supported format on Mac easily.

Other Key Features:

The feature-rich H.265 converter for Canon camera allows you to edit videos, like cropping, trimming, adding subtitle, etc.

Besides H.265 MP4, also available to transcode MOV, MXF, MKV, WMV, AVI, MPG, etc.

Convert Blu-ray and DVD DVD to 500+ video & audio formats via customized settings.

Finish conversion at ultra-fast speed using hardware acceleration.

Offer a library of optimal presets for various platforms and devices.

Its simple design is also favorable, which requires less experience to control.

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Follow the guide below to achieve your goal smoothly. The guide uses Windows screenshots as example. The way to transcode Canon EOS R7 H.265 videos to DaVinci Resolve 18 in Mac is almost the same.

How to covnert Canon EOS R7 H.265 MP4 for DaVinci Resolve 18?

Step 1: Load MP4 files

Copy .mp4 videos from Canon EOS R7 from camera to PC hard drive. Run the best Canon Video Converter and click the "Add file" button to load 4K H.265 MP4 files.

Step 2: Set output format for DaVinci Resolve 18

Click "Format" bar to determine output format. Follow "4K Video" and choose "4k MP4 Video (*.mp4)" as the output format. Besides, the 4K Video Converter provides hundreds of output format presets for NLE system editing programs, such as MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro CC, Premiere Elements, After Effects.

Tip: You can adjust video and audio parameters, including the Bitrate of Video and Audio, the Codec of Video and Audio, Video Size, Sample Rate, Frame Rate, Audio Channels, etc., in the Profile Settings. Besides, this video converter is also available to customize the output resolutions from 4K to any size like 2K, 1080p, 720P as users want.

Step 3: Start converting video

Click "Convert" button to transcode Canon EOS R7 H.265 MP4 to DaVinci Resolve 18. Once the conversion done, you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly. Now you have got mov converted into an acceptable file and you are able to import and use 4K H.265 MP4 files with DaVinci Resolve 18 at ease.

Final Words:

There are many online MP4 to DaVinci Resolve converters out there. However, all the online converters are basic tools that are internet dependent and have a number of limitations. For basic conversion, these programs can be considered. But for the lossless quality process to convert H.265 file to H.264, DNxHD, ProRes with editing and other advanced features, professional software like Acrok Video Converter Ultimate works best.