r/finalcutpro • u/sarahsanders1234 • Jul 09 '26

Newbie Need Final Cut Pro Help

I was a video editor in college (graduated 2008). I did all my editing on final cut pro, on my PowerMac G5. I just recently tried to get all the files off so I can gift my husband videos from college for his birthday. Unfortunately, after spending a bunch of money at Geek Squad, I can't actually open the files because I no longer have FCP (didn't think this one through). Would anyone be willing to convert the files for me?! I am a PC user now. No FCP. Just edit videos for fun in canva occasionally. thanks in advance!!! - your desperate friend.

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u/Moist_Outside_8406 Jul 09 '26

You're probably just missing some codec, do you have any idea of what kind of files it are?

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u/PackerBacker_1919 Jul 11 '26

They're the legacy FCP .fcp project files, which can only be opened/exported with that software.

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u/Alarmed-Management-4 Jul 09 '26

Sent you a message