How can I work with Canon 70D H.264 MOV footage in DaVinci Resolve?


Having issues working with Canon 70D H.264 MOV footage in DaVinci Resolve? Looking for a smooth way to import and edit Canon 70D H.264 MOV media in DaVinci Resolve? If so, you may wish to read this thread. It displays a workaround to transcode Canon 70D H.264 MOV video for use in DaVinci Resolve with optimum performance.
issues working with Canon 70D H.264 MOV footage in DaVinci Resolve

Looking for a smooth workflow between Canon EOS 70D and Davinci Resolve 11 Lite
“Hi, all, I’m working with Davinci Resolve 11 Lite on iMac 21.5″ with an ATI RADEON HD 6770M 512 MB. I have a new Canon 70D camera, which shoots movies using H.264 codec with .MOV container. When I open the .MOV footage with FCP X I don’t have any kind of problem to read it, but when I try with Davinci Resolve 11 Lite, it’s unable to read images normally. Davinci Resolve recognizes the H.264 .MOV files shot on EOS 70D, but when I push play it is not fluently… How can I expect a fluid workflow for Canon EOS 70D and Davinci Resolve 11 Lite? Any suggestions???”

If for whatever reason DaVinci Resolve is impossible to work with EOS 70D MOV files smoothly, we would recommend transcoding them to a format that is suitable for use in your editing program first, such as DNxHD .mov and ProRes .mov, which DaVinci Resolve will recognize and handle well. You can read on to check a short tutorial on how to convert Canon EOS 70D MOV to DNxHD/ProRes .mov for use in DaVinci Resolve with optimum performance.

Here’s what you need
HD Video Converter
issues working with Canon 70D H.264 MOV footage in DaVinci Resolveimport and edit Canon 70D H.264 MOV media in DaVinci Resolve

Canon EOS 70D H.264 MOV and Davinci Resolve workflow – how to convert Canon 70D H.264 MOV video to Davinci Resolve editable format?

The steps:
Step 1: Start up HD Video Converter as a Canon 70D MOV Converter for DaVinci Resolve. When its main interface pops up, click ‘Add File’ to input your source media.
import and edit Canon 70D H.264 MOV media in DaVinci Resolve

Step 2: Choose output format for DaVinci Resolve
To convert Canon 70D H.264 MOV video to DNxHD for DaVinci Resolve, you can from ‘Profile’ list, select ‘Avid DNxHD (*.mov)’ as output format under ‘Avid Media Composer’ column.
transcode Canon 70D H.264 MOV video for DaVinci Resolve

To encode Canon 70D H.264 MOV video to ProRes 422 for DaVinci Resolve, you can choose ‘Final Cut Pro’ > ‘Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)’ as target format.
transcode Canon 70D H.264 MOV video for DaVinci Resolve
Important: If you’ve loaded a number of video clips to do batch conversion, please do remember ticking off ‘Apply to All’ option before you start.

Step 3: Custom video and audio settings
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles Settings’ panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels. 3D settings are also available.

Step 4: Start Canon 70D H.264 MOV video to DNxHD/ProRes MOV Conversion
When ready, click ‘Convert’ to start format conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the exported MOV files for use in DaVinci Resolve with optimum performance.

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