iMovie Tips for Editing DVD files-How to import DVD format into iMovie 11/09/08

Q: " I used DV to capture some video, after that i tried to import those video into iMovie and come with error message.

which means iMovie 11/09/08 not support DVD format or something I was missed... please give me a hand!!! "

Okay, following the below pages to check out the best solution for Ripping DVD movies to edit in iMovie highly compatible video file formats with the best quality.

Apple's iMovie is welcomed by all Mac users for home movie making which allows people to edit video clips, add sound and voiceover tracks and share movies in various ways.If you've tried to import DVD to iMovie, you may find that the DVD files grey out. Why? That's because iMovie only supports MPEG-2, AVCHD, DV-Standard, HDV (High Definition Video), QuickTime Movie and MEPG-4 formats, but DVD is not supported. If you also are looking for ways to load DVD to iMovie for further editing, you'd better to convert DVD to iMovie compatible video formats first. And here Brorsoft DVD Ripper for Mac is highly recommended to you.

It is a powerful DVD ripper, converter, editor and player. It offers an optimized iMovie preset for easy access. With it, you can easily rip and convert DVD to Apple Intermediate Codec .MOV, which ensures maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with iMovie. The all-in-one toolkit can also rip DVD disc, convert DVD VIDEO_TS folder, ISO/IFO files to all popular video format like AVI, MKV, VOB, WMV, FLV, etc. for convenient editing and playing on Mac OS X (Mavericks and Mountain Lion included). Besides, this program also supports some video editing functions. With these functions, you can crop the frame size, add watermark, load subtitle, merge several videos into one file, etc. Just follow the guideline below, you can convert and import DVD movies to iMovie easily and successfully.

How to convert DVD to iMovie compatible AIC .mov

1. Load DVD files

Run the DVD to iMovie Converter. Insert your favorite DVD on the DVD-ROM and load your DVD files to the software through DVD disc icon. Alternatively, you can hit "IFO/ISO" to import DVD ISO/IFO files.



2. Select the output format

Click "format" bar, choose iMovie/FCE -- > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov) as the output format. The output video can be imported to iMovie 11/iMovie 09/iMovie 08 directly.



Tip: Furthermore, you are provided some useful edit functions cropping, trimming, adding watermark, attaching subtitles for pre-editing your video files so that you can simplify your iMovie editing.

3. Start the DVD to iMovie conversion

After all the settings are done, click the Convert button to start converting your DVD movies to AIC MOV for iMovie.

After the conversion, click "Open" to locate the result videos and then launch iMovie, choose File > Import > Movies..., to import the converted DVD files into iMovie and prepare for editing.

Related Articles:

How to Import DVD to iTunes
How to Ingest DVD clips to Final Cut Pro
Easiest way to encode (5.1) AAC to (5.1) AC3
How to import video from Blu-ray to Avid Media Composer
Fast Convert and Import VOB files into Sony PlayStation 3
Bring Sony EA50UH AVCHD footage to Final Cut Pro 7(FCP X)