Lumix GH5 II MP4 files WON’T recognized in After Effects Solved!

"I included an MP4 file from my Lumix GH5 II that caused After Effects CC to crash (others here in the forum confirmed the problem). This same file plays just fine in After Effects 2022. How can I import and edit MP4 footage in After Efects?"

After Effects provides support for several audio and video formats, making your post-production workflows compatible with the latest broadcast formats. However, when you add video files like HEVC/H.265 MP4 files to After Effects, you may come across problems. It has been previously announced that After Effects does work with and support MP4 files. However, the MP4 files setting and codec might differ from other MP4 files that we have saved or exported from various devices, players or programs. Therefore, you might still be prompted by an error message reading an unsupported format or damaged file.

If you drag and drop Panasonic Lumix GH5 II MP4 files to After Effects (CC 15.0 and it's earlier versions), After Effects it’s an unknown format or incompatible, even After Effects crashes or freezes.

It looks as begin of the end for the people who owned Lumix GH5 II which recorded video with HEVC MP4 output. In order to use these files in After Effects, you will need to follow the previously provided steps.

The best method to avoid any problems and save time is to convert Lumix GH5 II MP4 to After Effects compatible file format by using a professional MP4 to After Effects coversion application. Acrok Video Converter Ultimate is a highly-recommended Panasonic video converting tool for you to accomplish the conversion easily, with ultra fast speed and loss-less video quality.

With this MP4 to After Effects Converter, you can convert any video shooting in party or birthday with cameras, smartphones or camcorders to popular video format like MP4, MOV, AVI, WMV, AVCHD, FLV, etc. What’s more, the conversion is easy to handle and only with a few simple clicks, you can finish the conversion without facing any glitches.

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• Three simple clicks to convert Lumix GH5 II MP4 videos to After Effects (any versions) best editing formats.
• Aside from After Effects, you can directly convert Lumix GH5 II to Premiere Pro, Vegas Pro, iMovie, Final Cut Pro, DaVicni Resolve, Windows Movie Maker and more video editors supported formats without additional settings.
• Convert 2D video to 3D for enjoying on 3D media player.
• Edit your Lumix GH5 II videos before converting them. With the built-in editor, you can trim or crop your videos. And you are able to add subtitles and watermarks to the videos as well.
• Rip and convert Blu-ray/DVD disc movies to any video/audio format for playing and editing.
• Perfectly compatible with macOS Monterey and Windows 11.

Below is a step-by-step tutorial for your to figure out your Lunix GH5 II MP4 to After Effects problem.

How to convert MP4 to edit in After Effects smoothly

Step 1. Install and run it, you will see the interface. If your MP4 files are in your Panasonic Lumix GH5 II, first transfer the .mp4 files to your PC hard drive. Click the "Add File" button to select the MP4 videos from your hard drive to this program. To save your time, this program supports batch conversion so you can add multiple files at a time.

Tips: When the Lumix GH5 II MP4 files are loaded to the MP4 to After Effects Converter, you can view the videos from the Preview window. Simply select an item and click the "Play" button. When the video is playing, you are allowed to take snapshoot.

Step 2. From "Format" drop-down list, select to out "Editing Software" > "Adobe Premiere/Sony… MPEG-2 (*.mpg)" format for editing with After Effects. If you like, you can select H.264 MP4 ass output format.

Step 3. You can click "Settings" button to adjust the output parameters, like resolution, bitrate, etc. Don't forget the balance between video quality and size.

Step 4. Last, click the "Convert" button to start Lumix GH5 II MP4 to Afteer Effects supported format conversion. That's all you are required to do. In fact, this video converter can help you do more.

Once the conversion completes, you can click "Open" button to get the generated MPEG-2 files for After Effects easily. Then, it would be not only easy for importing and editing Lumix GH5 II MP4 files with After Effects CC but also for After Effects CS6, CS5, CS4, etc.

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