Best workflow for Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV footage in Windows Mover Maker

Summary: Facing trouble while importing and editing Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV video files in Windows Movie Maker? Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix this issue. Let's find it out here!



"I have recorded many videos by Canon EOS Rebel T5. The videos showed as H.264 MOV format. I've been trying to figure out how to edit the Canon EOS Rebel T5 MOV in Windows Movie Maker, but get no effective result. Do I need to rewrap the H.264 MOV to some formats that WMM support better?"

Whether you get older or latest camera from Canon EOS series in hand, you must have experienced a terrible editing process with its H.264 encoded MOV files in Windows Movie Maker like above user. Searching online, you will find that many people have the same problem when working Canon MOV clips in Windows Movie Maker. The problem lies on the codec-H.264 which is highly compressed for playback rather than editing so that it can’t be recognized by WMM. Some guys recommend users to install codecs on computer to allow Movie Maker to support .MOV files. But the problem is what codecs should we use? Where do we download a friendly codec for Windows Movie Maker? In fact, the problem can be simple if you get a powerful third party program to transcode Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV to WMV for Windows Movie Maker.

Here we recommend Brorsoft Video Converter, which is a great MOV to Windows Movie Maker Converter to encode MOV to WMV for editing in WMM with the best quality. With it, you can also convert Canon MOV to MP4, MKV, AVI, etc. for media players and portable devices. Meanwhile, this video app enables you to change MOV to editable format for Pinnacle Studio, Adobe Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas, Cyberlink PowerDirector, Avid Studio, and more other NLEs. Download this software and follow the guide below to start the conversion.

How to import Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV to Windows Mover Maker

Step 1. Add files

Run the best MOV to Windows Movie Maker Converter, and click the "Add" button to load Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV videos. If you want to merge multiple clips just need to check the "Merge into one" box.



Step 2. Choose output format

This video converter offers optimized format preset for Windows Movie Maker. Just click "Format" menu firstly and then follow "HD Video" to set WMV HD(*.wmv) format.



Tip: If the default settings do not fit you requirement, you can click "Settings" icon to and enter "Profile Settings" panel to adjust video size, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate and audio channels.

Step 3. Start Conversion

Click "Convert" button to start converting Canon EOS Rebel T5 H.264 MOV to WMV for Windows Movie Maker.

Once the conversion is finished you can click "Open" button to get the output files effortlessly, and now you are ready to import and edit Canon MOV files with Windows Movie Maker.

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