How to Convert M4V to iMovie on Mac OS X

iMovie is an ideal video editing software and movie making software for Mac users to make home movies for sharing and preservation. Sometimes, you may get some M4V videos and want to import M4V to iMovie on Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included) for editing, but then you may find some M4V files are not supported by iMovie and you need an M4V to iMovie Converter.

M4V is a MPEG-4 file extension used for videos downloaded from the Apple iTunes store; includes TV episodes, full-length movies, and music videos; similar to an .MP4 file, but may be copy-protected using Apple's FairPlay DRM copyright protection. To play a protected M4V file, your computer must be authorized (using iTunes) with the account that was used to purchase the video. Unprotected M4V files may be recognized and played by other video players by changing the file extension from ".m4v" to ".mp4".

If you prefer to edit M4V files on iMovie, you‘d better convert M4V to QuickTime MOV or MP4 for editing on iMovie. M4V to iMovie Converter for Mac can help you quickly convert M4V to iMovie MP4 or MOV with good video quality..

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How to convert M4V to iMovie on Mac step by step

Install the program and follow the steps below.

Step 1. Import M4V files to Mac M4V to iMovie Converter

Click File -> Add Video Files to import videos to the program. You can import and convert several multimedia files at a time. Added videos can be previewed on the right.

Step 2. Select output format as iMovie

Click image button at right of each video item, set output file name and choose iMovie under "Apple Software" as output format from format list. The M4V to iMovie Converter will optimize the output video for iMovie.

Step 3: Start to convert M4V to iMovie on Mac

Click Video Converter -> Preference -> Output from main menu to select an output directory. After all the settings, just click 'Start' to convert M4V to iMovie file on Mac OS X.

If you are not familiar with iMovie, there is a guide about how to make a home movie using imovie on Mac OS X.

Note: This M4V to iMovie Converter can also convert all other video formats to iMovie, like WMV, MKV, FLV, VOB, MTS, MOD, AVI, etc. With it, you can edit any video in iMovie as you like. Besides, it can extract audios from videos and movies and lets you edit videos like crop, rotate, trim, add video effects, etc.