HD CAMCORDERS | HD VIDEO

Every mac user knows that the iMovie, it is a part of the iLife suite of software products that comes free with every Mac. And it is also a very useful and powerful video editor. With it, we can throw together a few video clips, flip through clips the way we flip album covers in iTunes, and so on.

But every mac user may also knows that, not all of the video formats are supported by iMovie, if we have some favorite movie, such as avi, mod, tod, flv, mts, m2ts, tp, trp, m4v, wmv, vob, dat, avchd, dv, f4v, asf, etc, and want to edit them and then upload to youtube, but what is the result? We can’t import such video to imovie! What should we do?

The iMovie just support MPEG2, DV, HDV, QuickTime Movie and MPEG4, so if we want to import video to imovie, we should use video to imovie converter to convert video to imovie support format, and then import video to imovie.

Video Converter for Mac is the best iMovie Video Converter, with this video to imovie converter, we can convert many different format movies to other formats, it also include these formats that imovie support (MPEG2, DV, HDV, QuickTime Movie and MPEG4), so the iMovie Video Converter is the best partner of iMovie import video.

How to import/convert/transfe video to imovie with video to imovie converter?

Step 1: Add video files
Free download, install and run Video Converter for Mac, then click “Add File” button to select your desired format that need to be converted from the “file type” list in the pop-up window.

Step 2: Choose output format: “MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)”
Seletc the right profile that can be supported by iMovie, such as .mp4,etc.

Step 3: Convert
When you get ready to convert the added videos on Mac, Click the “Convert” button to start conversion.

Step 4: Importing convertion video files to imovie
Launch iMovie, go to “file > import movies”. Select the converted MP4 video then click “import”.

Just like Flip camera family which is compact and easy to use, Kodak series like Kodak zi8, Kodak zi6, Kodak Playsport, Kodak Easyshare, Kodak z×1, Kodak z×D are also pocket sized and highly function accessible. Besides, it shot videos in HD MOV files at either 1080p or 720p, just the similar case with Flip SlideHD.

However,how to import Kodak video to iMovie for editing? Kodak camera series captures video in HD MOV files which is supposed to be imported into iMovie directly. But the two kind of MOV use different codecs because of the features of MOV file, which is a container file that may contain some codecs that are not workable with iMovie.

Here we find an easy solution for this problem. To be able to edit and enjoy Kodak videos in your iMovie, firstly you need to convert Kodak video into the format that iMovie supported with Any Video Converter for Mac. (http://www.avclabs.com/)

Here the following is the instruction for how to import Kodak video into iMovie.

Please download and install Any Video Converter for Mac, and then simple follow the steps to import Kodak video into iMovie.

Step 1: Download and Install Any Video Converter for Mac

http://www.avclabs.com/mac/download.php

Any Video Converter for Mac’s user interface is divided into five parts:

a) Toolbar: With “Add Files” “Remove” “Clear” buttons, you can add, remove or clear the video files. With “Encoding” and “Stop Encoding” buttons, you can start or stop converting after you add video files; if the buttons are disable, please check whether you have added video files or checked any file to convert.

b) List :After adding video files to the application, you can get the basic information of the files including duration, video and audio format, video size and so on.

c) Profile: Here you can choose output video format according to your portable device and change the parameters of the output format if necessary. And click the “Encoding” button to get your needed files.

d) Preview: You can preview the selected file.

e) Library :With library, you can manage all the files you converted by Any Video Converter Pro for Mac. You can also open the output directory by double clicking any word within this part.

Step 2: Add Kodak videos to AVCLabs Any Video Converter for Mac OS

Click the “Add Files” button in the top-left to add the Kodak videos you want to convert from your hard disk. You can also simply drag-and-drop the video files to the program

Step 3: Set output format

Click “Profile” dropdown list, you can customize the output formats that iMovie supported video format. AVCLabs Any Video Converter for Mac OS also supports multiple formats well including MPG, FLV, AVI, 3GP, MP4, iPod, iPhone formats as output.

Step 4. Start converting and then import the converted videos to iMovie

Click Encoding button to start converting Kodak videos to the format that iMovie supported. After converting, open iMovie, click on File > Import > Movies, and navigate to where the file is. Create a new event and import into iMovie.

Notes:If you are interested in importing and editing your Kodak videos in iMovie,  and want to learn more information about this program, you can view the following website:

http://www.avclabs.com/

RealMedia Variable Bitrate (RMVB) is a variable bitrate extension of the RealMedia multimedia container format developed by RealNetworks. RealMedia uses compression similar to MPEG-4 Part 10 codecs[1], such as x264. RMVB is typically used for multimedia content stored locally. Files using this format have the file extension “.rmvb”.

Rmvb will be more and more popular, however, there is also a pain for many of us. Just like import rmvb to imovie, we can’t import rmvb into imovie directly, because imovie can’t support .rmvb format, it just support like mp4, dv, ect. So if we want to import rmvb to imovie, we should need a converter to convert rmvb to imovie compatible format files.

Rmvb Converter for Mac just is the software we need, it can help us to convert rmvb to imovie, with the powerful Rmvb to iMovie Converter, we can easily to import rmvb to imovie. It is easy to use, and very powerful, except this, it also can convert your video to other format, and import your video to other device, just like iPhone/iPod/PSP/Apple TV, etc. How to import/transf/convert rmvb video files to iMovie for editting?

Step 1: Load your favorite rmvb video. Free download Rmvb Converter for Mac, install and launch it. Then open your videos, select the desired files to convert, and load rmvb video files to program.

Step 2: Select output format that you want. At the right side of “Profile”, you can select the format from the down-list, e.g. “MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)”.

Tips: Trim flip video: You can only get the desired segments by setting the start time point and end time point. Crop flip video: Cut the part of the video, just like the blackground. Edit flip video: Do some effects, just like old picture, brightnees, etc.

Step 3: Convert Rmvb Video to iMovie. After all settings, just click the “Convert” button to start converting automatically. You can get what you want.

Step 4: Importing convertion video files to imovie Launch iMovie, go to “file > import movies”. Select the converted MP4 video then click “import”.

RealMedia Variable Bitrate (RMVB) is a variable bitrate extension of the RealMedia multimedia container format developed by RealNetworks. RealMedia uses compression similar to MPEG-4 Part 10 codecs[1], such as x264. RMVB is typically used for multimedia content stored locally. Files using this format have the file extension “.rmvb”.

Rmvb will be more and more popular, however, there is also a pain for many of us. Just like import rmvb to imovie, we can’t import rmvb into imovie directly, because imovie can’t support .rmvb format, it just support like mp4, dv, ect. So if we want to import rmvb to imovie, we should need a converter to convert rmvb to imovie compatible format files.

Rmvb Converter for Mac just is the software we need, it can help us to convert rmvb to imovie, with the powerful Rmvb to iMovie Converter, we can easily to import rmvb to imovie. It is easy to use, and very powerful, except this, it also can convert your video to other format, and import your video to other device, just like iPhone/iPod/PSP/Apple TV, etc.

How to import/transf/convert rmvb video files to iMovie for editting?

Step 1: Load your favorite rmvb video.
Free download Rmvb Converter for Mac, install and launch it. Then open your videos, select the desired files to convert, and load rmvb video files to program.

Step 2: Select output format that you want.
At the right side of “Profile”, you can select the format from the down-list, e.g. “MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)”.

Tips:
Trim flip video: You can only get the desired segments by setting the start time point and end time point.
Crop flip video: Cut the part of the video, just like the blackground.
Edit flip video: Do some effects, just like old picture, brightnees, etc.

Step 3: Convert Rmvb Video to iMovie.
After all settings, just click the “Convert” button to start converting automatically. You can get what you want.

Step 4: Importing convertion video files to imovie
Launch iMovie, go to “file > import movies”. Select the converted MP4 video then click “import”.

http://www.ilifesoft.com/how-to/import-rmvb-to-imovie.htm

iMovie is a proprietary video editing software application which is part of the iLife suite of software products that comes free with every Mac. It allows Mac users to edit their own home movies on Mac. All iMovie versions are as follows: iMovie 4, iMovie HD 5, iMovie HD 6, iMovie ’08 and iMovie ’09.

http://www.vconsoft.com/imovie-converter/

iMovie Converter for Mac is to solve the headache when you could not import videos onto iMovie for editing by converting other video files (WMV, AVI, MPG, MP4, FLV, SWF, RM, RMVB, HD videos) to iMovie compatible DV, MPEG-4, MOV formats on Mac. The whole converting process could be finished with just a few mouse clicks without losing any quality.

Download imovie converter for mac here for evaluation.

Mac iMovie converter is also a versatile converter to convert iMovie exported formats to other video to be compatible with multimedia devices and popular websites such as iPod, iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, PSP, BlackBerry, iRiver, Creative Zen, Nexus one, Kin, mobile phones, YouTube, MySpace, FaceBook, Hulu, etc on Mac OS X.

iMovie Converter on Mac is a simple editor itself which enables you to crop, trim, add effects, rotate videos, take snapshot and merge files. Four choices of aspect ratios are available with iMovie converter Mac, you may select among original, full screen, 4:3 and 16:9 on Mac (snow leopard included).

Key Features:

iMovie converter for Mac is for all iMovie versions

Convert other formats to iMovie and convert iMovie exported files to other video files

All iMovie version is available
Mac iMovie converter can be applied for all iMovie family like iMovie 4, iMovie HD 5, iMovie HD 6, iMovie ’08 and iMovie ’09.
Convert iMovie exported videos
After editing with Apple iMovie, you could convert iMovie exported videos to enjoy on portable devices, multimedia players and popular devices.
Manage all regular formats
Mac iMovie converter can accepts all video files, MOV, WMV, AVI, MKV, SWF, FLV, RM, RMVB, DV, HD video, MOD, MTS, M2TS, TP, TRP, TS and rip audio track off video in AAC, FLAC, MP3, MP2, WMA, AIFF, AMR formats.

Do some simple changes for the videos

iMovie converter Mac enables you to defines some advanced settings for a better vision

Advanced settings
Adjust video resolution, frame rate, bitrate, encoder and audio encode, channel, sample rate, bitrate to reach a better visual effects.
Take snapshot
Capture videos with built-in camera and save them as JPG, BMP, PNG formats on Mac.
Rotate videos
flip video upside down and from left to right for some fun.

Crop, trim and add effects

Make your own personalized videos by cropping, trimming and adding effects feature

Do some cropping tasks
Crop out black sides, watermarks, subtitles and unwanted objects to define a perfect watching size.
Works as a great trimmer
Split videos into many segments that you need to convert by setting start time and end time.
Add special effects
Make your unique videos by adding saturation, contrast, brightness and tuning emboss, gray, old film.

flip video to iMovie Converter for Mac
Flip camcorders have become one of the most significant electrical products for its high visual-audio quality, and many flip fans find it quite convenient to record the important event and happy moment of daily life for its portable-size. However, there are difficult time when you are trying to import flip video to iMovie to do some editing. What you need to do is to convert flip videos to a proper format that iMovie supports.

With the professional Flip video to iMovie Converter for Mac, you can convert flip videos to various common formats like mpeg4, mpeg2, dv, mov that compatible with the iMovie. Moreover, With the powerful program, you can watch flip videos on various players like Zune, PSP, Moble Phone, iRiver, iPod, Apple TV.

Mac Flip to iMovie Converter is a multi-functional program, you can crop black video sides and enjoy the videos in full screen, trim the video clips and merge them into one file, capture your favorite picture from the flip videos, and flexibly set parameter to create a high level video.

The following step by step will guide you how to convert flip video to iMovie.
Step1: Download, install and run Mac Flip to iMovie Converter

Step2: Click “Add file” to input the flip videos. You are allowed to batch input and convert videos. 

Step3: Select output profile and select a path to save the file.
You can choose dv, mpeg-2, mpeg-4, mov as output format for iMovie in the “Profile”drop-down list, if you want the best quality for output video, I suggest you choose Apple TV H264 1280*720. In the “Output”drop-down list, select a path to save the output file.

Step4. Set the parameter
Hit “Setting”, the following window will pop up, you can set the video and audio parameter according to your need.

Step5. After you finish all the setting, click “Convert” to start the conversion.

Part I: How to import flip video to iMovieHD/ iMovie 08 /iMovie 09 with mac flip to iMovie converter

Step 1.Free download,install and run flip to iMovie converter

Step 2.Set an output format

Choose ‘MPEG-4′ for iMovie 09, iMovie09 supports the most popular video formats like AVCHD and MPEG4, and even the new iFrame video format.
Choose ‘MPEG-2′ for iMovie08, iMovie08 works with many tapeless camcorders that record to flash memory, HDD,or DVD media.
Choose ‘DV’ for iMovie HD.

Step 3.Set a destination for the converted flip video
Click the “Open” button in the main interface of flip video to iMovide Converter,and the choose the destination as you want.

Step 4.Step5:Start the conversion
Click “convert” button to start converting flip video to iMovie with mac flip to iMovie converter.

Part two: Edit flip video on iMovie
Now your flip videos have been converted to iMovie supported video formats. Launch your iMovie and follow the steps below to edit your flip videos:

Step 1.Trim video length
You are able to get any part of the source Flip to iMovie converter for mac by specifying the exactstart and the end time by dragging the slider bars. Thus, when you are trying to convert flip video on mac, you could casually limit the video or audio film’s length according to your own will.

Step 2.Crop video
Select one video clip, click “Edit”->”Effect” and click on the Crop button to crop it.

Step 3.Adjust video
Click “Edit”->”Effect”,and set the brightness,saturation,contrast as you like.You can also set special video effects including old film,grayand emboss to adjust flip video.

Tips:
1. This mac flip to iMovie converter support batch conversion to save your time and trouble, you can load many flip files at the same time, besides it can merge your separated flip files into a succesive one by click ‘Merge into one flie’button.
2. Flip to iMovie converter supports instant preview both input and output video effect, it provides two priview windows for you to watch what you have modified, in addition, interesting pictures can be captured from playing video

flip video converter: http://www.flip-converter.net/

Video to flash converter: http://www.videotoflashconverter.net/

flip video‘s simple, one-touch recording feature and compact size make it the ideal choice for capturing videos on the go, although its built-in software FlipShare can combine clips or editing them, the editing fuction is so less for the flip users.

iMovie is a prorietary video edting software application which allows Mac users to edit their own home movies,it was originally released by Apple in 1999,because its powerful features and beautiful interface , it loved and followed by users, a number of Mac users want to import flip video into iMovie for further editing, but they may meet the problem can’t load files into iMovie

iMovie has different versions, each version has more or less difference, the video formats they can support has its limitation, it supports mov, dv, hdv,MPEG4, etc, but for the flip camcorder(include the Flip Ultra, the Flip Ultra HD, the flip video Mino, and the flip video Mino HD) just produce flip video in mp4 or avi format, avi flip video can’t recognized by iMovie, so converting flip avi to the formats compatible for iMovie, you can import your flip file to iMovie without any difficulties.

Full Video Converter let you import your flip video to iMovie without any difficulties
Full Video Converter is a program specially designed to make Flip Mino and Flip Ultra work well with iMovie, iTunes and QuickTime, it can convert flip video to various common formats like mpeg4, mpeg2, mov, dv that compatible with the iMovie, mov for QuickTime.

Pretty interface and fast converting speed for flip video to iMovie converter helps you easily convert flip to iMovie with best output quality, besides, other popular formats like avi, mpg, wmv, 3g2, 3gp, m4v, mkv, mp4, swf,flv, rm/rmvb can also be converted by this program.Moreover,converting flip to iMovie on mac, you can watch flip videos on various players like iPod, iPhone, PSP, AppleTV, Zune, iRiver, and Moble Phones.

Full Video Converter has built-in powerful editing functions
Apart from converteing flip video, Full Video Converter for mac can provide powerful editing function before importing to iMovie, such as clip the length of the video, crop flip video by deleting the unwanted part,define your preferred aspect ratios: Original, Full Screen,4:3, 16:9, add special effects to change video Saturation, Contrast and Brightness, add amazing artistic effects like Emboss, Old Flim and Gray.

Full Video Converter— Convert and Eidt Any Video to What you Like

iMovie is a video editing software application which allows Mac users to edit their own home movies. It was originally released by Apple in 1999 as a Mac OS 8 application bundled with the first FireWire-enabled Macintosh model. Since version 3, iMovie has been a Mac OS X only application bundled in the iLife suite of Macintosh applications.

The flip video is a simple camcorder for digital video created by Pure Digital Technologies, a company bought by Cisco Systems in March of 2009. Variants include the Flip Ultra, the Flip Ultra HD, the flip video Mino, and the flip video Mino HD.

If you recorded a few video clips with the Flip Mino or Flip Ultra, and when you tried to import the video files from flip video to iMovie, only to find out that you couldn’t. Apparently, you’re not alone, because you’ll find there are plenty of other people with the same problem.

Flip Video to iMovie Converter is a program specially designed to make Flip Mino and Flip Ultra work well with iMovie, iTunes and QuickTime. It can convert flip video to mp4, dv for iMovie, and convert flip video to QuickTime. mov for QiuickTime.

How to import flip video to imovie for edit with flip video to iMovie Converter?

Step 1: Add flip video Files
Free download flip video to iMovie Converter, install and launch flip video to iMovie. Then open your flip videos, select the desired files to convert, and load flip video files to program.

Step 2: Set output video
Select the target video format by click profile list, e.g. “MPEG-4 Movie (*mp4)”.

Step 3: Convert flip video to iMovie
Finally, press “Start” button to begin converting flip video files to .mov format for using in iMoive.

If you recorded a few video clips with the Flip Mino or Flip Ultra , and when you tried to import the video files from flip video camcorder to into iMovie ‘08, only to find out that you couldn’t. Apparently, you’re not alone, because you’ll find there are plenty of other people with the same problem.

Some flip video camcorder will record video in mp4, but some in mpeg-4 formatted AVI files, the problem is iMovie won’t recognize AVI, you will need to convert AVI to DV Stream before import into iMovie.

Fortunately, there is a simple yet effective way to work this out, check it out: Mac Flip video converter is a program specially designed to make Flip Mino and Flip Ultra work well with iMovie, iTunes and QuickTime. It can convert flip video to DV, m4v for iMovie, and convert flip video to QuickTime. mov for QiuickTime. Mac Flip video converter is Mac friendly program, which is compatible with PowerPC and Intel Processor. You can count on it.

How to use Mac flip video Converter ?

Step by step to import flip video to iMovie files on Mac OS X.Step by step to import flip video to iMovie files on Mac OS X.

Step 1 Download and install flip video converter for Mac
Flip video converter for Mac released its latest version 3.3.8 recently, and there are two folders included in the program, one is for Intel Processor, the other is for PowerPC, please choose wisely.

Step 2 Import flip video to flip video converter
You will need to convert flip video files to DV or M4v that to be importable by iMovie.
If you have many video clips and want to load them at one time, just go ahead, the batch mode will let you do without any problem.

Step 3 Select the output format and output path for the video need to convert
In your case, you can select .DV as the output format. On the bottom of the panel, select .dv in the drop down list menu next to Profile…

Select a location in the drop down menu next to Destination.
Click Open…button will let you directly locate where the output file is stored.

Step 4 Convert flip video to iMovie compatible format
Hit Convert…button, this will instruct the program to convert the list of flip video immediately
Please wait patiently till the progress bar says conversion done.

Step 5. Now open up iMovie ‘08, and go to File > Import Movies, browse for them, and import to your heart’s content. That’s it!