Video editing problem

[BraveNewMalden]

Hi there
I want to crop a few videos I shot on holiday using my iPhone 13 Pro. But when I transferred them to my iMac I got a message saying 'Unsupported Video Format - the full resolution video is unsupported'.

I know I can edit them on the phone itself, but it's much easier on a big screen. I'm sure that's how I used to do it. Any ideas what's happening?

I'm running macOS Monterey v12.6.

Thanks for any tips. I can't code, by the way, so hold back on the complex solutions!

 

[Cory Cooper]

Hello,

What application are you trying to edit them with on the Mac?

C

 

[BraveNewMalden]

I just use Photos (which I should have mentioned). My 'editing' normally just means 'trimming', and up to now Photos has been fine for that.

 

[Cory Cooper]

OK, thanks.

• I assume you imported them directly into Photos from your iPhone?
• Are they 4K or 60 fps videos by chance? If so, maybe Photos doesn't support that resolution and you may need to use iMovie?

I only have an iPhone 6s and don't shoot many videos at all, so it may be hard to troubleshoot on my end.

C

 

[BraveNewMalden]

Hi

Yes, direct from my iPhone 13. The videos are HDR so that could well be the problem. Presumably, previous iPhones used a lower dynamic range, which Photos could cope with.

I may have to use iMovies but to my very much non-tech mind, the current version isn't nearly as simple to use as the version I used to play around with (version 8), so I try not to bother with it. But it looks like the only solution, barring downloading yet more software.

Many thanks.

 

[Cory Cooper]

No worries.

Maybe change the video recording settings on the iPhone, do a test recording, import it, and see if that resolves it.

C

 

[BraveNewMalden]

No, Photos doesn't seem to like any kind of video. I guess it's called Photos for a reason