How to convert and import mpeg to i movie on mac?

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How to Convert and Import MPEG to iMovie on Mac

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• Does iMovie support MPEG? How do I import MPEG
  to iMovie? I uploaded some videos from my Sony
  Cam to my Macbook Air, and i cant import them to
  iMovie, please hlep. A question from Apple
  Support Communities.
• For those who would like to import MPEG to
  iMovie, converting MPEG to iMovie compatible
  video format seems to be a good idea.
• Part 1 What and Why
• Part 2 How to Convert MPEG to iMovie on Mac with
  Leawo Video Converter for Mac for Importing MPEG
  into iMovie
• Part 3 Other Options for Converting MPEG to
  iMovie Compatible Video Formats

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Part 1 What and Why

• What is MPEG?
• MPEG is actually a group, fully named as Moving
  Picture Experts Group, which is formed by ISO and
  IEC to set standards for audio and video
  compression and transmission. There are several
  different MPEG standards. Among those standards,
  MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3 and MPEG-4 are very common
  ones. There are many different types, classes,
  and parts of the MPEG format. As a matter of
  fact, its development still continues until
  today. However, despite all such developments,
  MPEG-4 remains to be the most preferred video
  file format for movies that are stored on drives
  and played on discs.

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• Why some MPEG videos are not supported by iMovie?
• iMovie accepts DV (mp4, mov, m4v etc), DV
  Widescreen, HDV 1080i (25 and 30 fps), HDV 720p
  (25 and 30 fps), MPEG 4 Simple Profile (.mp4
  format), and iSight. In fact, iMovie generally
  can recognize MPEG files. However, if your MPEG
  files are muxed (multiplexed) MPEG-1 or MPEG-2
  videos, iMovie wont accept them because of the
  codec incompatibility. On this occasion, you need
  to convert MPEG format to iMovie compatible
  formats like MP4, MOV, M4V, etc.

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Part 2 How to Convert MPEG to iMovie on Mac with
Leawo Video Converter for Mac for Importing MPEG
into iMovie

• As is mentioned above, if you want to import MPEG
  into iMovie for editing, youd better convert
  MPEG files into the formats iMovie is compatible
  with, like MP4, MOV, M4V, etc. To carry out the
  MPEG to iMovie conversion, you could use Leawo
  Video Converter for Mac, a professional Mac
  iMovie video converter able to help you easily
  convert MPEG/MPG videos to iMovie MP4, MOV, DV,
  etc. formats. Download and install this Mac video
  converter, and follow the guide below to convert
  and import MPEG into iMovie on Mac.

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Guide on how to convert and import MPEG into
iMovie on Mac

• Step 1 Import source MPEG videos
• Kick off Leawo Video Converter for Mac, and under
  the Convert module, click the Add Video
  button or directlry drag source MPEG videos into
  for this Mac video converter. You could get all
  information on the left processing list, import
  multiple MPEG videos for batch MPEG to iMovie
  conversion, edit loaded MPEG videos, add 3D
  effect, etc.

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• Step 2 Set output format
• After importing source MPEG files, click the
  drop-down box right before the big green
  Convert button and then select Change option
  on the drop-down panel to enter the Profile
  window for output format setting. Open Format gt
  Common Video group to select iMovie compatible
  video formats such as MP4 or MOV as output
  format.

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• Optional If youre not satisfied with the video
  and audio parameters of preset format like video
  codec, bit rate, aspect ratio, quality, frame
  rate, audio codec, audio quality, audio bit rate,
  sample rate and channel, you could reset them.
  After setting output format, re-open the
  drop-down box and then select Edit option to
  enter the Profile Settings panel. On the Profile
  Setting panel, you could freely set the
  parameters.

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• Step 3 Set output directory
• When all the format settings are finished, save
  the settings and return to the main interface.
  Click the big green Convert button on the main
  interface to set output directory on the popup
  sidebar. You could open Save to box to browse
  desired folder as output directory.

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• Step 4 Convert MPEG to iMovie on Mac
• Finally, click the bottom Convert button of the
  sidebar to start to convert MPEG to iMovie on
  Mac.
• When the conversion is finished, you could import
  the converted videos to iMovie for editing on
  your Mac computer freely.

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Guide on how to import MPEG into iMovie on Mac

• On the main interface of iMovie, click File
  button on the sub-menu, choose Import button on
  the drop-down list, and select Movies to browse
  and choose MPEG video file (now converted into
  iMovie friendly video format) for importing into
  iMovie.

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Part 3 Other Options for Converting MPEG to
iMovie Compatible Video Formats

• 1 Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac
• Aimersoft Video Converter for Mac is recommended
  as a choice to help you change MPEG to iMovie.
  Simply add your videos, select iMovie as the
  output format and youll get videos that are
  highly compatible with iMovie (iMovie 11) in a
  few minutes. In addition, it can convert MPEG to
  other videos formats like MP4, MOV, MKV, FLV,
  WMV, AVI, VOB, 3GP, etc. and vice versa.

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• 2 Aiseesoft Video Converter for Mac
• Aiseesoft Video Converter for Mac is a universal
  and fast multithreaded media conversion tool that
  lets you easily convert video/audio to and from
  virtually any format, of course including MPEG to
  iMovie conversion.

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• 3 MacX Video Converter Pro
• MacX Video Converter Pro is able to convert any
  video and audio formats on Mac OS X, of course
  including MPEG to iMovie conversion.

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