Fast import AVI videos to iMovie for free editing

"I have several videos that I need to insert into a project on imovie, but the format of the videos is avi, which imovie doesn't like. Is there any way to do it?"

iMovie only reads AVI that both the audio and the video were compressed by using a codec that iMovie can recognize. If iMovie can' t recognize your AVI video files, it's because of the codec used to create the AVI file is not supported by iMovie, even if you have Perian installed, which only allows you to play AVI in QuickTime. If you want to edit AVI files in iMovie, the easy option would be converting AVI files to iMovie compatible MOV or MP4 files.

AVI to iMovie Converter is definitely a good choice for you to not only fast and easy convert AVI videos to iMovie accepted MOV or MP4 files, but also convert other video files like WMV, MPG, MOV, MP4, FLV, 3GP, MKV, VOB, DV, AVCHD, MTS, MXF etc so that you can easy transfer AVI files to iMovie 08'/09'/11, Final Cut Pro, QuickTime, iPhone, iPad, iPod, Kindle Fire and other devices.

Step by step to import AVI to iMovie

Step 1: Load AVI files

You can either go to "File" -> "Load Media Files" or simply drag and drop AVI files to AVI to iMovie Converter.

Step 2: Choose output format

Select "iMovie" as the output format in the format list. The program has already optimized the video settings for iMovie. The output videos could looks great on iMovie.

Step 3: Convert AVI to iMovie

Click "Convert" to begin AVI to iMovie conversion.

Tips:

After converting, Launch iMovie, from the File menu, choose Import > movies, navigate to the folder that output AVI videos are saved. Select the files and click "Import"