What is M4V file and how to edit M4V with iMovie/FCP

Do you know M4V file? Have you met M4V video? How to open it and view it? Which video editor or video player can recognize this video file. Let's learn the M4V file format.

The .m4v format is a format that is specifically designed by Apple as the primary format for video media in their iTunes store. It is very similar to a standard MPEG-4 file; in fact, aside from the licensing and digital rights management system there is actually no distinct difference between the two. Thus, the .m4v file format is also capable of holding many types of video content.

Apple uses M4V files to encode TV episodes, movies, and music videos in the iTunes Store. The copyright of M4V files may be protected by using Apple’s FairPlay DRM copyright protection.

The M4V file is a container that allows audio and video. In certain circumstances where Apple's DRM has not be applied to the file, it is possible to play the file from a different unauthenticated computer by amending the file extension from .m4v to .mp4. Additionally m4v provides the functionality to create chapter information which is not possible with MP4.

Somebody asked ".m4v video won't import to iMovie
handbrake ripped a personal video to .m4v format. iMovie doesn't recognize this file when I browse to import. Is there a work around?" "I'm trying to import an M4V file into FCP, but it wont. Is there anyway to turn it into a Quicktime file or some other format?
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So how to solve this problem? M4V can not imported into iMovie and Final Cut Pro, luckily, Doremisoft video converter can help you convert M4V file to a format that friendly with iMovie and Fial Cut Pro, by converting this M4V, you will play m4v on kindle fire hd, and import M4V to Galaxy S4 for playback, import m4v to imovie, m4v to fcp will be easily.

You can learn how to convert .m4v to fcp DV format.
Step 1: Add M4V videos. After run the video converter, you can click the "Add File" button to select the M4V videos from your hard drive to Mac video converter.

Step 2: Select DV as the output format. Click "Convert to" menu and move your mouse cursor to "Common Video" and select an DV video format as the target formats.

Step 3: Convert M4V to FCP, just click on the blue button to start converting M4V to FCP.

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