Import and Edit MPG in Davinci Resolve Easily

MPG allows lossy compression with little loss of quality of audio and video for easy downloading due to the less space needed for storage. This file type offers small file sizes with high quality. MPG files are also listed as MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 files.

MPEG-1 was designed for coding progressive video at bit rates of about 1.5 million bits per second. It was designed specifically for Video-CD and CD-i media. MPEG-1 audio layer-3 (MP3) has also evolved from early MPEG work.

MPEG-2 was designed for coding interlaced images at bit rates above 4 million bits per second. MPEG-2 is used for digital TV broadcast and DVD. An MPEG-2 player can handle MPEG-1 data as well. MPEG-2 is not the most efficient at file compression, but it is commonly used due to compatibility with various programs, but excluding Davinci Resolve.

In Davinci Resolve supported video format, codec and extension page, we see that Davinci Resolve only supports two kinds of video file encoded with MPG (MPEG2): MXF OP-Atom format, XDCAM MPEG2 in MXF file extension and MXF OP1A format, XDCAM MPEG2 in MXF file extention. As for other MPG video files (MPEG-1 and MPEG-2) video, you can't directly import and edit them in Davinci Resolve. To edit MPG video in Davinci Resolve, you can try to convert MPG to Davinci Resolve better compatible ProRes and DNxHD with some video converters.

Best Software to Convert MPG to Davinci Resolve

If you are a Mac user and need to transcode MPG to Davinci Resolve, you can try Pavtube Video Converter for Mac. This MPG video converter can convert all kinds of MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 codec video in any format to Davinci Resolve supported DNxHD and Apple ProRes 4444, Apple ProRes 422 (HQ), Apple ProRes 422, Apple ProRes 422 (LT), Apple ProRes 422 (Proxy) with excellent video and audio quality.

Besides MPG, it also can convert H.265, H.264 and various MXF files to Davinci Resovle. You can configure the video and audio encoder, bitrate, frame rate, sample rate, audio channel to make the output video more compatible with Davinci. If your source video is 4K resolution, it can output 4K H.265 and H.264 MP4 video for Davinci Resolve. Before export video, you can do some simple editing such as trim video footage, crop video border, replace/add audio track and subtitle streaming, etc.

For Windows users, Pavtube Video Converter is recommended to convert MPG to Davinci Resolve accepted video format.

10 Minutes Guide to Transcode MPG to Davinci Resolve

Step 1. Load MPG files

Here you can directly drag & drop the MPG files to the converter, or click “Add Video” or “Add from folder” button on the top menu to browse and choose MPG files. Batch conversion is supported here. You also can import H.265, H.264 and various MXF files to convert to Davinci Resolve compatible one.

Step 2: Specify output file format for Davinci Resolve

Click "Format" bar, from its drop-down list, select Davinci Resolve best supported editing codec such as "Avid DNxHD (*.mov)" from "Avid Media Composer" main category menu extended list. 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: Edit video. (Optional)

Before loading your video into Davinci Resolve for professional video editing, you can complete some basic video editing task with the program's built-in video editing function. Check an item to active the "Video Editor" function, then click the pencil like icon on the top tool bar to open the "Video Editor" window, you can trim video length, crop video black bars, add watermark, apply sepcial rendering effect, remove/replace audio in video, etc.

Step 3. Start MPG to Davinci Resolve conversion

After all the settings are done, simply click the Convert button to start transcoding MPG files to DNxHD mov for Davinci Resolve on Mac. When the conversion is done, click "Open Output Folder" button to pop out the folder with converted files, then you can add those files into DaVinci Resolve Media Pool without any issues.

Pavtube Video Converter for Mac is very useful for people who love to edit video on your own. Take MPG source video as an instance, you can convert MPG to Windows Movie Maker, iMovie, Final Cut Pro and other NLE software with this video converter. It is an ideal assistant for various video editor.

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