Movie file converted from mp4 to MOV

[ejmillan]

Doing a simple search in the forum with the term “Edit-friendly” I found this.

Convert to Edit-friendly and Proxy clip ?

“Convert to Edit-friendly’” is an option that Shotcut offers to you automatically when it detects that you import a video clip with variable frame rate instead of constant frame rate. Variable frame rate means that the frames per second are changing throughout the whole clip whereas constant frame rate means that the frames per second are consistent throughout. Variable frame rate can make editing a problem because the edits won’t be so precise since the frame rate is always changing. So with t…

Convert to Edit-friendly and Proxy clip ?

Yes, and it not only solves the issue with variable frame rate. Some formats or files are not read correctly, it reduces latency on seeking over most compressed files, and it also can improve accuracy of edits for some files due to their compression.

I hope this clarifies why that dialog box appears for that video.