Supported Imports (FCP X Ext/Mac app)

Supported imports:

The Mac app supports a lot of audio/video file formats and codecs (such as mp4, mov, wav, mp3) but fewer than the website does. If a file cannot be imported in the Mac app, try to import it to the Simon Says website. If you drag and drop a media file to the Mac app and you need timecode, you will manually need to set it (see section 2 here).

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To import DaVinci Resolve clips/timelines into the Simon Says Mac app, see here.

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To import clips/projects/timelines from Final Cut Pro:

*please remove existing metadata that may be attached to clips like tags / ranges as this can cause an error (known as a DTD error) when roundtripping the transcript back to FCPX.

*we recommend using Share Destination to send FCP projects and FCP sync/compound clips to Simon Says

To receive FCP ranges/markers from Simon Says, you can import:

• FCP X events with asset-clip | clip | multicam clip | synced clip | compound clip
• FCP X events with projects → sequence → spine with asset-clip | clip | multicam clip | synced clip
• Asset clips
• Audio/video files

To receive FCP X captions/titles from Simon Says, you can import:

• FCP X projects → sequence → spine with asset-clips | clips
• FCP X events → project → sequence → spine with asset-clips | clips
• Audio/video files

Multi-cam tips:

• Support for enabled/disabled clips / files
• Support for trimming a file's start time or duration
• MC Clips with a video angle: it will be trimmed/transcoded based on that video angle duration
• Does not support enabling/disabling tracks / channels within an individual clip itself

Sync Clips tips:

• Support for enabled / disabled storyline / connected nodes
• Support fortrimming a file's start time or duration
• Sync Clip with video-enabled assets: it will be trimmed/transcoded based on the whole Sync Clip for that video-enabled asset's duration
• Does not support enabled/disabled track / channels / files within an individual clip itself

Compound Clips: supported

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Related Help Articles:

Best Practices for importing Multicam and Sync clips with the SS FCP X Extension
Download the MacOS app/FCP X Extension
Export burnt-in subtitles/caption in FCPX
Features of the Simon Says Mac app (a visual guide)
How to receive video proxies on Simon Says website from the Mac app
How-to: getting started with the FCP X Extension (video)
Steps to install/uninstall our FCP X Extension / MacOS app

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