
Many cameras and camcorders that can shoot extremely sophisticated videos, even many smart phones can shoot 4k and 8K videos, such as iPhone 13 Pro Max, Sony Xperia Pro-I, Galaxy S22 Ultra, etc. With the growing popularity of 4K, 6K and 8K video, more and more recorders support 4K, 6K even 8K video formats. If I try to drag them directly into the bin, nothing happens. mp4 files have the XAVC HS codec, but when I'm trying to import them to After Effects I get this error message: "Invalid file name". I have to find a way I can use them in After Effects.Ĭan't Import MP4 to After Effects.

But the problem is all my old files, which is converted to. When I import native XAVC S files everything works perfectly fine. It looks like bad streaming, like its something wrong with the frame rate. But it looks like After Effects don't handle my XAVC S. Recently I bought After Effects for editing in AE 22.4, and I am not going to use DaVinci Resolve. mp4, and I have deleted the native XAVC S files. mp4 files for editing in DaVinci Resolve 18. I have a lot of XAVC S clips which is converted to. It took so long to import to After Effects. I got a tons of footage from Sony a7S III which is shoot in 4K in H.265 codec. And you may encounter problems like these: Troubleshoot After Effects MP4 File Import Failure ErrorĪfter Effects Import MP4 No Video Only Audio. However, sometimes, you found it's a painful experience add your MP4 files to After Effects for editing.

After Effects is a digital visual effects, motion graphics, and compositing application developed by Adobe Systems and used in the post-production process of film making, video games and television production. But now it can be created by many editing software, captured by Canon, Nikon, Panasonic, Sony cameras and many other ways. As it is known, MP4 is a common "container format" for video files that allows you to store a lot of video and audio information in a smaller file size, an MP4 file is a multimedia file used for storing, sharing, downloading, and streaming video clips from the internet.
