FLV Files Won't Import in Avid Media Composer- Solution

Having problems importing FLV files to Avid Media Composer for editing? Simply follow this tutorial to find the reason and the solution. 

I have a FLV file that I CANNOT import to Avid Media Composer. Is there another way to import the clip or am I going to have to convert it to .mov. Searching FLV to Avid Media Composer in Google, I got some clues.

Avid can't load FLV file type. To import and edit FLV in Avid Media Composer, we need to convert it. I've looked around to find a utility that might be able to convert FLV to a most compatible format for Avid MC. Here Brorsoft Video Converter comes out to finish the task.

By running it, there is no need to to set the codec yourself, the program has an optimized preset for Avid. With it, you can convert any video including FLV, MKV, VOB, WMV, AVI, MTS, MXF, XAVC, etc to Avid DNxHD encoded MOV files without quality loss. If you're using a Windows PC, please turn to Brorsoft Video Converter for Windows, which has the same function as the Mac version. Just download, install and launch this great FLV to Avid converter and then follow the tutorial to edit the FLV files in Avid Media Composer smoothly.

How to convert FLV to DNxHD mov for Avid Media Composer

Step 1: Install and launch FLV Video Converter on your Mac, and then import FLV files to the converter. You can also drag and drop your video files formatted in .vob, .avi, .mov, .mts, .mxf, etc. to the program.

Tip: Check the 'Merge into one' box, you can join several FLV clips together.



Step 2: Click 'Format' bar and move mouse cursor to 'Avid Media Composer' category. Here you will find 'Avid DHxHD (*.mov)', just select it as the output format. The output videos seamlessly fit Avid Media Composer 8, 7, 6, 5, etc.



Tip: Click 'Settings' button if you'd like to customize advanced audio and video parameters like Video Codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, Audio codec, sample rate, audio channels.

Step 3: After all the settings are done, simply click the Convert button to start transcoding FLV videos to DNxHD mov on Mac.

When the conversion is finished, you can click 'Open' button to get the generated MOV files effortlessly. Now, it's much easy for you to import FLV into Avid Media Composer 5/5.5/6/6.5/7/8 for further editing.

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