Second camera lost in breaking apart clip items

Hi there,
I did some syncing with two camera's and separate audio (Using Plural Eyes 3.5 (why does it on a Mac does not recognise MP4?)).
Made a Compound clip from it.
Now, when I double click I zoom into the compound clip and see my two camera clips perfectly synced so I can choose (I am not using multicam here),
BUT when I hitShift-Command G for breaking apart clip items. I only see one camera 1 (on storyline).
Note, when I zoom in (rubble click) on the compound clip; I see that the camera clips of camera 2 are bundled in a compound.. maybe that has something to do with it?)
Thx already!
Stephan

Thx.. can't figure out the issue I described. Tried it again and now it does work.
Regarding Plural eyes I have a screenshot. Its 4K footage form Lumix GH4. What I do is simply change the name to .mov and it works. Shouldm't be necessary though.
thx!

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