The solutions of importing MP4 video to iMovie/FCP/iPhoto

MP4 file is so popular that we can see MP4 file on most of smartphones and Internet. Most of video player and video editing software all support it. Why MP4 is so common?

The MPEG-4 video format uses separate compression for audio and video tracks. Video is compressed with MPEG-4 video encoding. Audio is compressed using AAC compression, the same type of audio compression used in .AAC files.
MP4 files are supported by many video programs and various hardware devices, including the Microsoft Zune portable media player.

There are all sorts of ways to enjoy the benefits of MP4. First, as an online consumer, you can enjoy all sorts of movie shorts, professional and amateur, thanks to the use of this format. You can also often save these shorts to your hard drive, and share them with others via email. Some sites that make use of this streaming application also make it possible for you to send a copy of the movie short through email and directly to friends.

You can see lot of MP4 file on your Mac, iMovie and Final Cut Pro also can import the MP4 file for editing. Does all the MP4 file is supported by iMoive? Let's look the question:
".MP4 Video Not Importing to iMovie?
I have a .mp4 video that will not import to iMovie. The problem is: the thumbnail will not show up. I tried changing the file name with MPEG Streamclip and I get the error "Can't prepare movie." Please help? This is very frustrating."

Why this quastion happened? Well, the cause is iMovie only recognizes MPEG-4 and H.264 codecs instead of others. But MP4 is a video container that contain various codecs that iMovie does not support all. If your MP4 can't be imported to iMovie, then you need to convert the MP4 file to iMovie friendly format first.

Doremisoft Video Converter is designed to convert all the video format to other format that can be played on Mac QuickTime, edit on iMovie, Final Cut Pro. After converted you will import mp4 to fcp or convert mp4 to imovie for further editing. Besides, play mp4 to iphone 5 also is available.

The video converter mac not only can convert mp4 to imovie, but also will help you convert mod to mov and convert DivX to MP4. What's more, you can edit your video with this software, like cut, trim, merge, clip, add effect, etc. So, just enjoy it.