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The Sony FX2 is a hybrid cinema camera, praised for its color science, compact size, and codec variety, but criticized for its slow readout speed. For me, this camera is quite nice. The FX2's AI processing unit delivers multiple improvements in autofocus, auto framing, and stabilization using deep learning. Designed for flexibility, the FX2 shoots DCI 4K footage internally with 10-bit 4:2:2 sampling or outputs 16-bit raw video via an HDMI connection. Capture video in XAVS S, S-I, and HS recording formats in Long GOP, All-Intra, H.264, and H.265 codecs. The currently popular professional video editing software supports importing and editing XAVC S format videos, such as we can load XAVC S into Final Cut Pro and Premiere Pro, but its compatibility with XAVC HS is not good.
However, many users are still stuck with issues like file import failure or the importer reported a generic error when they try importing or opening the MP4 footage from Sony FX2 in DaVinci Resolve and iMovie. It seems that DaVinci Resolve and iMovie still cannot be fully compatible with the FX2 videos. As a matter of fact, the reason varies and here we won't talk about the reasons in details. Here we will mainly introduce a solution to help you solve Sony FX2 MP4 and DaVinci Resolve/iMovie incompatible issue. Keep reading for details.
Note: The latest DaVinci Resolve was upgraded to version 20 in May 2025. After upgrading the DaVinci Resolve on your PC, if you are still stuck by codec issues, consider upgrading your hardware then. If you want perfect adaptation and performance, your PC build should be upgraded to the recommended specifications.
Why I can't load MP4 footage form Sony FX2 to DaVinci Resolve? My iMovie 10.4.3 can't recognize Sony FX2 .mp4 video, how to solve this problem? In fact, XAVC HS is a non-performant format that is difficult to edit with and requires much computing power to process. Importing Sony FX2 XAVC HS files into DaVinci Resolve/iMovie is still a headache problem. Let's not to say some 10-bit videos. If you are still unable to import MPEG-H HEVC/H.265-encoded files into DaVinci Resolve/iMovie after upgrading, transcoding Sony FX2 XAVC HS files becomes a highly recommended method, especially if your files are in 4K MP4 and you don't have a high-end computer.
To convert Sony FX2 MP4 files for DaVinci Resolve and iMovie, you can adopt Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac for help. This program features high efficiency and seamless conversion. With it, you can transcode XAVC HS to DaVinci Resolve and iMovie best editing format/codec. In addition, you can convert Sony FX2 footage to lossless ProRes codec for Final Cut Pro, DNxHD codec for Avid Media Composer, MPEG-2 for After Effects, etc.
100% Safe & Clean100% Safe & CleanStep 1: Drag and drop Sony FX2 files to the Acrok software. Or you can click "Add File" icon to locate the MP4 files you want to add. The app supports batch conversion, so you can add more than one file at a time.
Step 2: Click the "Format" bar at the bottom, move mosue cursor to "Final Cut Pro" category to choose a format preset that DaVinci Resolve can support, for example, Apple ProRes 422 MOV and Apple ProRes 4444 MOV. For ediitng Sony FX2 MP4 footage in iMovie, please select AIC MOV profile under "iMovie" category. Optionally, you can click the Settings icon to adjust frame rate, resolution, bit rate, and more. Click the "Output" button in the Output bar to choose an output folder if necessary.
Step 3: Click the "Convert" button; this XAVC HS Video Converter will start to convert Sony FX2 XAVC HS .mp4 for editing in DaVinci Resolve and iMovie in no time. Once done, you can import the resulting file to your software for editing smoothly.
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