For movie files, highly compressed, so-called Long-GOP codecs like h.264 or h.265 are often used for their small size in file transport. However, for working in a Audio or Video editor, this is not ideal, because it uses a lot of system power. Intermediate (short-GOP) codecs like Avid’s DNx family and Apple’s ProRes are designed to work much better when editing.

DNxHD converter makes the process of generating a DNx encoded movie file very easy. Once you found your desired settings, just drop the source movie onto the app or app icon and a converted file will be generated automatically next to the source file or in a selected target folder.

DNxHD converter can process any source format and codec that FFmpeg supports.

Conversion destination options include:

• Format: .mxf or .mov
• Codec: DNxHD 36, DNxHR LB (720), DNxHR LB (1080)
• Sound: PCM 16 bit, PCM 24 bit, AAC 256 bit/s, copy, none
• Sample rate: 44.1 , 48 kHz
• File location: same folder as source , custom folder

DNxHD converter uses FFmpeg / FFprobe in the background, so you will need to install its executables on your mac if you haven’t yet.