Media Pro Support and Import Guide for Capture One Users

Media Pro is no longer supported, however, you can still migrate your work by importing Media Pro libraries. This article includes all the information to get you started with migrating your work to Capture One.

• End of Support for Media Pro / Media Pro SE
• System Requirements
  • Media Pro SE 2.3
  • Media Pro 1.5.x
  • Media Pro 1.4.x
• How to Import a Media Pro Catalog
• What Data is Imported
• Post-Import Best Practices

End of Support for Media Pro / Media Pro SE

Capture One and Phase One have discontinued development, sales, and support for Media Pro, Media Pro SE, Expression Media, and iView Media Pro.

• These products are no longer updated, supported, or officially compatible with modern operating systems.
• There is no technical support available for installation, usage, or troubleshooting of Media Pro.
• However, users can still deactivate Media Pro licenses and access license information through their Capture One account.
• If you are transitioning from Media Pro, Capture One includes import functionality for Media Pro catalogs.

System Requirements for Media Pro and Media Pro SE

While Media Pro and Media Pro SE are no longer actively developed, these were the last officially supported configurations:

Note: An internet connection is required to activate Media Pro licenses.

How to Import a Media Pro Catalog into Capture One

You can migrate your Media Pro or Media Pro SE catalog into a Capture One Catalog to continue organizing and editing your images. The importer is not used in this instance, however, the underlying process is practically identical. Capture One creates variants for each of the original image files which are referenced in their original location (i.e., the original images are not moved, or duplicated). You can then continue with your typical workflow using a Capture One Catalog instead.

Steps:

1. Open Capture One and either create a new Catalog (File > New Catalog) or open an existing one.
2. Select File > Import Catalog > Media Pro Catalog...
   
   
   
   
3. Navigate to and select your .mpcatalog file.
4. Capture One will begin importing. A progress dialog will show you the status.
5. If some images are located on disconnected or missing drives, you will be prompted to Skip, Retry, or Stop.

Important: This functionality is only supported on macOS up to 10.14.6 (Mojave). macOS Catalina and later are not supported due to the removal of 32-bit application support.

What Data Is Imported from Media Pro

Collections:

• Catalog Sets in Media Pro become:
  • Albums if the Set has no sub-Sets
  • Groups if the Set has sub-Sets
  • Sets with sub-Sets and images → Group with a sub-Album holding the images

Metadata:

• Star Ratings
• Color Labels (Media Pro's brown, cyan, and grey labels are ignored)
• Keywords (flat structure only, no hierarchy preserved)
• IPTC Contact: Creator
• IPTC Content: Headline, Caption, Category, Supplemental Categories, Keywords, Subject Code, Description Writer
• IPTC Image: Intellectual Genre, Scene Code, Location, City, State/Province, Country, ISO Country Code
• IPTC Status: Title, Job Identifier, Instructions, Credit, Source, Copyright
• IPTC Rights: Rights Usage Terms

Note: Capture One does not import custom fields or proprietary metadata unique to Media Pro.

Post-Import Best Practices

• Reconnect any offline image files using Capture One’s Locate feature.
• Review imported metadata for accuracy — especially complex IPTC fields.
• Reorganize Albums and Groups within the Catalog as needed.
• Consider switching to Capture One’s Sessions if your workflow is file-system-based rather than catalog-based.