Importing videos into iMovie

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  1. DinoJ

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    Hi everyone,

    I am a beginner in iMovie. I am using Mac OS Mojave. I noticed that importing my home videos is so difficult. I have a bunch of home videos I would like to edit around but these are NOT accepted by iMovie, most of these are mpg, avi formats. Can anyone shed some light.

    Thanks
     
    #1 DinoJ, Mar 28, 2019
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    raypin PhilMUG Addict Member

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    Mm...you need to convert your video with unsupported video format to an iMovie supported format before you can import into iMovie for editing. Search the App Store or from the software website a video converter.
     
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    For Apple video formats, i.e. .m4v, I use Transmission to convert unsupported movie formats like Matroska (.mkv) and .avi before uploading them to iMovie or iTunes Movies.

    Transmission is a Linux-based video converter, easy to use, and does not hog your PC resources; you can include subtitles in, approximate the movie size, audio channel and even create movie clips if need be.
     
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    Thanks, actually I realized that a conversion is needed. What I could not understand why iMovie is SO SELECTIVE as compared to my Windows Video editors like Windows Movie Maker etc.
     
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    ^^ Licensing costs
     
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    Hmm. That has always been Apple weakness. In fairness if you work within Apple ecosystem of products, say using your iPhone to capture videos or photos, it will work. iMovie supports MOV files which is the default file for videos in Phones.
     
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