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Open .fcpxml files on your Mac.

.fcpxml .fcpxmld

Final Cut Pro interchange with assets, the spine and rational timings like 3003/30000s.

Loper is a free, minimal editor for macOS that opens Final Cut Pro XML (FCPXML) instantly and colors every part of the file, so you find the value you need at a glance and can fix it right there. No IDE, no project to load, no gray wall of text.

Lock_v12.fcpxml opened in Loper: Final Cut Pro XML (FCPXML) with color-coded XML
Show the file as text
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><fcpxml version="1.11">  <resources>    <format id="r1" name="FFVideoFormat1080p25" frameDuration="1/25s"/>    <asset id="r2" name="A001C003" start="902416/25s" duration="1248/25s"/>  </resources>  <library>    <event name="Day 12">      <project name="Lock v12">        <sequence format="r1" duration="301/25s" tcStart="90000/25s">          <spine>            <asset-clip ref="r2" offset="90000/25s" duration="113/25s"/>          </spine>        </sequence>      </project>    </event>  </library></fcpxml>

How to open .fcpxml files

  1. Download Loper (free, Apple silicon, signed and notarized) and move it to Applications.
  2. Double-click your .fcpxml file, drag it onto the Loper window, or right-click it and choose Open With › Loper.
  3. Want every .fcpxml file to open in Loper? Choose Loper › Make Loper the Default Editor….