How to import flv into iMovie for editing

The videos you downloaded from video streaming and video sharing websites such as YouTube, Google, Break, MySpace, Blip and Metacafe are generally saved in .flv format. If you are fond of any of the downloaded videos and want to import it to your iMovie project, you will be faced with the issue that iMovie doesn't accept FLV file format.

Since the video formats supported by iMovie include MPEG-2 and AVCHD, DV-Standard and HDV (High Definition Video), QuickTime Movie, MEPG-4, this issue boils down to video conversion from FLV to any of the iMovie friendly formats.

So, in the following step-by-step guide, I'd like to show you how to convert FLV to iMovie format using Clone2Go Video Converter for Mac, so that you can import flv into iMovie for editing.

Step 1. Add FLV Files

Download the latest version of Clone2Go Video Converter for Mac, install and run it.
Click the "Add Files" button to browse and import the .flv video clips downloaded to your Mac.



Step 2. Select Output Format: "MPEG-4 Movie (*.mp4)"

After the flv video files are imported, go to the "Output" panel. Click the "Profile" drop-down list to choose one of the formats that iMovie supports. Here, just choose "Customized MP4 Movie (*.mp4)".



Step 3. Start to convert

After all the necessary settings, just click the "Convert Now" button to start converting FLV to iMovie format on your Mac machine.

Step 4. Export the output file to iMovie

Launch iMovie, go to "File > Import > Movies...". Select the converted MP4 video then click "Import".



Below are a few tips while using Clone2Go Video Converter for Mac to convert FLV to iMovie format.

Tips 1. Trim video file

Sometimes, you may want only part of the video file. This Video Converter for Mac can help you trim the video file in two methods:

Method 1: Specify the "Start Time" and "Stop Time" under the manager panel within the accuracy of second.
Method 2: Trim the video while previewing it. In the "Preview" window, you can play the movie. Here, you can click the "Trim Begin" and "Trim End" buttons to get the certain part of the video while playing it back.



Tips 2. Customize Profile

You may not be satisfied with the profile provided to you. In this case, you can click the "Customize..." button next to "Profile" box to customize a profile. In the following "Profile Settings" Window, you can adjust Video Size, Frame Rate, Encoder, Bitrate; Audio Sample Rate, Channels, Encoder, Bitrate, etc to meet your specific needs.

Extract YouTube Video as MP3

In this guide, I'd like to show you how to extract YouTube music video as mp3. The only tool you need is Clone2Go Free Audio Converter, which lets you download videos from YouTube without any restriction. Besides, its audio conversion and extraction feature can help you easily extract the downloaded YouTube video as mp3.

Step 1. Download Music Video from YouTube

Download the latest version of Clone2Go Free Audio Converter and install it ( download link ). Launch the program.

Visit YouTube.com and open the YouTube music video you are going to download. Copy the URL of the video.

Click the "YouTube" button on the interface of Clone2Go Free Audio Converter. In the pop up dialog of "Import Video from Internet", paste the URL of the YouTube music video you copied just now.



You can add as many YouTube music videos as you want.



Double click the YouTube music videos one by one to get the downloading process started. The downloading status is clearly shown on the list.
Note: After the status of all of them indicates "Completed", you can get the downloaded music videos (in MP4, FLV or 3GP format) by clicking the "Folder" button in the interface of the program.

Step 2. Extract Downloaded YouTube Music Video as MP3

To extract the downloaded YouTube music video as mp3, you just need a few additional mouse clicks. Tick the downloaded music videos in the main panel, extend the "Profile" menu, choose "MP3 - MPEG Layer-3 Audio (*.mp3)" as the output format, hit the "Start Encode" button, Done!

Burn YouTube Videos to DVD

In one of my previous posts, I demonstrated how to download videos from YouTube for free using Clone2Go Free YouTube Downloader. The downloaded YouTube videos will be saved in mp4, 3gp or flv format.

If you'd like to backup these video files or watch them with your DVD player, you may choose to burn them to a DVD disc. Photo DVD Burner Professional is a pretty good choice for burning video files to DVD. This program is primarily used for creating photo slideshows. Yet, it also allows you to import video clips into the program so that you can choose to create a DVD slideshow with both video files and photos or burn video files to DVD only.

In the following guide, I'd like to show you how to burn the downloaded YouTube videos (.flv, .mp4 or 3gp) to DVD discs using Photo DVD Burner Professional.

Step 1. Add downloaded YouTube video files

Download and install Photo DVD Burner Professional. Click "Organize" -> "Add Video Clips..." to import FLV files.



Note: Photo DVD Burner Professional only supports .avi video format. You need to convert the videos from flv, 3gp or mp4 to avi first. You may go and download Clone2Go Free Video Converter to help you. Please remember to set the "video codec" to "msmpeg4v2" when using this converter.

Step 2. Choose DVD menus

After the video files are imported, directly go to the Choose Menus tab in the interface of the program to choose a DVD menu template. You can also specify background music and background image, set font style, size, color, etc to customize the menu template.



Step 3. Burn YouTube videos to DVD

Click the Burn Disc tab to go to the burning window. Extend the Output Format drop-down menu and choose DVD Video Disc. Then click the "Burn Now" button to start burning FLV video files to DVD discs.



Note: If you are using a Mac, please go to: How to Burn YouTube Videos to DVD on Mac?