How to import/edit Kodak video into iMovie on Mac?

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  • Author Marking Ben
  • Published October 18, 2010
  • Word count 584

Kodak video to iMovie converter for Mac is a great converting program to convert Kodak video (Kodak Zx1, Kodak zi6, Kodak zi8, Kodak PLAYSPORT, Kodak Zx3 and Kodak EasyShare) to DV, MP4, M4V for natively import Kodak video to iMovie e (iMovie HD6, iMovie ‘08, iMovie ‘09) on Mac OS (snow leopard included).

What problem Kodak camera fans usually encounter?

Issue 1: I have just purchased a Kodak PLAYSPORT HD camera, but for the life of me how do I import the movies into iMovie. Why is it not as easy as my old DV minicam whereby you just plug it in? I can’t seem to drag and drop. Any suggestion?

Issue 2: For some old reason, I can no longer upload videos from my Kodak EasyShare C813 to iMovie. iMoive will import them but won't display them saying the files are unknown formats. What can I do and how can I view and edit my videos if I can't even import them into the computer

What is the reason?

Kodak series cameras capture videos in MOV files. iMovie will only import codecs that it can edit. iMovie can import MP4, DV, Apple Intermediate Codec, H.264, Photo JPEG, Motion JPEG, Apple Animation, and perhaps others. MOV is a multimedia container file, not a codec. It can contain any of the above codecs, but it could contain other codecs that are not editable by iMovie, such as MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 so that sometimes iMovie cannot recognize Kodak videos directly.

How to solve these unsupportable problems to edit Kodak video with iMovie on Mac?

Professional Kodak video to iMovie converter on Mac can solve all the above frustrations. The user-friendly interface and fast converting speed of Kodak video to iMovie Mac converter will help you to forget all the conversion routines. This powerful converter can assist you to convert Kodak video to DV for easily editing Kodak videos with iMovie, Final Cut Pro (FCP) and Final Cut Express (FCE) without any quality loss.

Instead of randomly download numerous codec to hope one of them fits, import Kodak video to iMovie converter can provides you corresponding codec to match video files manually. Some advanced settings are available for you to get a better vision by adjusting video resolution, encoder, frame rate, bitrate and aspect ratios (full screen, 4:3 and 16:9).

Mac Kodak video to iMovie converter is a versatile editor which helps you to crop off black edges, trim a time length segment, merge all files into one and capture your favored images in JPG, BMP, PNG formats. It is 1oo% clean without any virus.

Step by step tutorial to teach you to convert Kodak video to DV/MP4/M4V for importing Kodak video into iMovie on Mac with Kodak video to iMovie converter for Mac.

1.Download

Download Kodak to iMovie converter for Mac and double click .dmg to install.

2.Load Kodak videos

Click "Add File" button to load Kodak videos into converter. You may add many files at one time because it supports batch mode.

3.Edit

Click "Trim""Crop""Effect" buttons to do some editing task. Hit "Settings" button to adjust video resolution, frame rate, bitrate, encoder and audio sample rate, bitrate, channel and encoder.

4.Select output format and destinations

In the dropdown list of profiles, select DV, MP4, M4V for iMovie. Click "Browse" button to select an output destination on Mac

5.Start conversion

Start to convert Kodak video to iMovie. The whole process will be finished with just a few mouse clicks.

6.Edit video files with iMovie

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