Why Import AVI into iMovie on Mac
You may have AVI videos from digital cameras, like Canon G9, avoid Olympus, Casio, Kodak Easyshare, Panasonic Lumix, etc. To edit the AVI videos on Mac, you may use iMovie, a proprietary video editing software application which allows Mac users to edit their own home movies. Therefore, here comes the need to import AVI into iMovie on Mac.
Problems When Importing AVI to iMovie on Mac
When importing AVI into iMovie on Mac, you may come across all sorts of problems. Such as can't import AVI into iMovie, after the AVI file goes through the copy process, nothing shows up on the screen, or there's image only but no sound, etc. It is really painful and frustrating. How to fix all these problems? In the following paragraphs, I will introduce an easy way to import AVI into iMovie on Mac.
Easy Way to Convert AVI to iMovie – Edit AVI in iMovie ‘08/'09/'11
iMovie can only read AVI files that both the video and audio are compressed by a codec that iMovie can recognize. Commonly, if you can't import an AVI file to iMovie on Mac, it's because the codec of the AVI is not supported by iMovie. To edit AVI in iMovie, you need to convert AVI to an iMovie compatible format first, like MOV, MP4, M4V, etc.
To fulfill this, you can use this tool: Higosoft Video Converter Mac. It enables users to convert all kinds of videos from one format to another in a few clicks, like converting AVI to MP4, MOV, M4V, MPEG, FLV, etc. After the conversion, you can import AVI to iMovie for editing the AVI file easily.
Step1, download and install this AVI to iMovie converter Mac on your computer
Step2, click "Add File" to import AVI files. You can load several AVI files for converting each time
Step3, select the output profile as iMovie compatible format by clicking on the profile area on the imported videos
Step4, click convert button to start the conversion process of AVI to iMovie
You can see the converted video in the destination output folder for a moment then. Finally, you can import AVI to iMovie on Mac, and edit the AVI in iMovie ‘08/'09/'11.
