How to convert/import MOV video to iMovie on Mac OS X?

Published on May 31 2011 by jolly

MOV is quite a well-know video format captured by Kodak camera, Canon camera and it is the perfect file for playing on QuickTime player. However, MOV video belongs to container format which may contain codec that other software could not read, like iMovie. In order to import MOV to iMovie, you have to get the right codec or convert MOV to iMovie compatible format—DV, HDV.

MOV to iMovie converter on Mac not only help you to convert MOV to iMovie format and other popular WMV, AVI, MPG, FLV, MPEG-4, SWF, RM, RMVB, but also provide you many corresponding codec according to your preference so that you can put MOV video to iMovie, enjoy video on iPod, iPhone, PSP, Creative Zen, Zune, BlackBerry, iPod, Xbox, PS3 and so on.

MOV video to iMovie is for both new-hand and experienced user to handle. Likewise, it grants you to cut away needless borders by crop; adjust aspect ration among original, full, 16:9, 4:3 for a gorgeous watching effects; split video into many separate clips to maintain the best part and define video quality by modify resolution, frame rate, bitrate, audio channel, bitrate and sample rate.

How to import QuickTime MOV to iMovie on Mac OS X with Mac MOV video to iMovie converter?

Step one: Download and install
Download MOV to iMovie converter and click .dmg to install

Step two: Add QuickTime MOV video
Run converting software and hit "Add File" button to add one or many MOV video file into converter. Batch mode conversion is supported
Add MOV to iMovie

Step three: Output video format
Hit drop down list of profile, select DV, HDV for iMovie. Or you may could to convert MOV to other popular video format for iPod, iPhone, PSP, Creative Zen, BlackBerry, etc
import MOV to iMovie

Step four: Some editing feature
Hit "Clip" "Edit" button to crop, trim, add effects, take snapshot and hit "Settings" button to adjust video resolution, frame rate, bitrate
Edit MOV width iMovie on Mac

Step five: Start conversion
Hit "Start" button to start MOV to iMovie conversion and then hit "Open" button to find out the converted video files

convert MOV video to iMovie