Import Edit DJI Mavic Air 2 H.265 in DaVinci Resolve 16

“Hi, I have captured some videos with DJI Mavic Air 2 in the past several days, and now I need to show them with my customers. I want to do some editing before I share the videos, so I tried to import DJI Mavic Air 2 4K videos to DaVinci Resolve 16 for editing today. After I tried I got disappointed, because I found the DaVinci Resolve can’t support 4K H.265/HEVC files, can you help me? Thanks!”

Do you have hassles when editing 4K H.265/HEVC files from DJI Mavic Air 2 in DaVinci Resolve 16? If so, hopefully the instructions below can help you out of troubles.

In recent years, DJI unveiled many striking drones. The Mavic Air 2 ($799.99) is DJI’s mid-tier entry in its small, folding drone series. It is great for professional and amateur users because of the low price and excellent video quality, it’s easy to take photos and record 4K videos by Mavic Air 2. Its camera uses a Quad Bayer design for crisp, detailed photos and 4K HDR video, and footage is silky smooth

It’s not easy to transfer DJI Mavic Air 2 4K H.265/HEVC footages to editing softwares such as DaVinci Resolve 16. I just have a Mavic Air 2 and now i am facing issues when importing .mp4 and .mov from Mavic Air 2 to DaVinci Resolve 16.

DJI Mavic Air 2 can record 4K and HD video in format which uses H.264/MPEG-4 AVC, H.265/HEVC for video compression and linear PCM for audio compression, while saving files in a MP4/MOV wrapper which allows for extensive record times and easy editing. However, if you intend to work these amzing 4K footage with DaVinci Resolve, you’ll find it a bit painful as many users have reported that they can’t import DJI Mavic Air 2 files into DaVinci Resolve for editing smoothly. What’s the matter? What should we do? Keep reading…

Granted, DaVinci Resolve 16 can handle (usually) 4K files without much problem, but it is extremely hardware intensive especially for a old computer. In addition, as all we know, DaVinci Resolve’s optimal video format is H.264, ProRes and DNxHD, which ensures the maximum editing efficiency and quality when working with all versions of DaVinci Resolve 16, 15, 14, 13, etc. That’s to say, to enable Mavic Air 2 4K H.265 files editable with DaVinci Resolve 16, you’d better convert H.265 video to H.264, convert H.265 to ProRes, convert H.265 to DNxHD via a H.265 Video Converter, which will save you both time and trouble, and all you need is to drag the result videos for prompt editing.

To do the H.265 to DaVinci Resolve 16 task, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Mac will give you a big hand. It is an powerful combination of video converter, editor and player. It offers an optimized DaVinci Resolve’s preset for easy acess. With it, you can easily transcode H.265 to H.264/ProRes/DNxHD for smmothly editing with DaVinci Resolve 16 with fast speed while retaining its pristine quality. Besides DaVinci Resolve, this software can also export MPEG-2 for Premiere Pro CCVegas Pro 18, AIC for iMovie, ProRes 422/4444 for Final Cut Pro X and more NLE systems for native editing. Plus, this program also supports some video editing functions. With these function, you can crop the frame size, add watermark, load subtitle, merge several videos into one file, etc. For Windows users, Acrok Video Converter Ultimate is the right choice. Just download it and follow the tutorial below to get the work done.

How to transcode Mavic Air 2 H.265 for DaVinci Resolve 16?

Step 1: Add 4K H.265 footage

Install and launch the H.265 to DaVinci Resolve Converter and load source Mavic Air 2 MOV or MP4 video clips(not matter in 1080p, 4K) to it.

Step 2: Choose output format
Click “Format” pull down list to select 4K > 4K MP4 Video(*.mp4) as the best video format for DaVinci Resolve 16. ProRes MOV, DNxHD MOV formats are the good choice as well.

Step 3: Advanced Profile Settings
In case the default settings do not fit your requirement, you can click “Settings” button and enter “Profile Settings” panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels. Here personally I recommend you to set the video size as 1920*1080p for better editing. Of course, if you want to get original 4K resolution, just keep the video size as original.

If you need to edit H.265/HEVC files with this top 4K Video Converter, Acrok program provides some simple editing functions, such as trim, crop, add effects, add watermark, etc.

Step 4: Start encoding Mavic Air 2 videos

Click “Convert” button to start transcoding Mavic Air 2 H.265 video to H.264/ProRes/DNxHD codec for importing to DaVinci Resolve 16.

When the conversion task is finished, click “Open” button to get the exported files and then import the converted Mavic Air 2 video files into DaVinci Resolve 16 to do further editing flawlessly.