Easy solution for editing AVI in iMovie

Do you encounter problems in loading .avi files into iMovie? Like can't the iMovie screen shows nothing or image only with any sound, when it completely loaded, even "grey out" in the import window. In fact, the iMovie'11 can only support MP4, M4V, MOV files and some types of AVI files. Supposed that your handy .avi can't be recognized by iMovie, it's because of the AVI codec used to .avi file isn't compatible with iMovie. You may know that AVI file can be associated with three coedcs like AVI, XviD and DivX.

In order to edit AVI videos in iMovie, you can try converting AVI to iMovie acceptable file format on Mac, then you can get the generated file to be imported into iMovie for further editing in iMovie.

Tip on iMovie supported video file formats:
DV, DV Widescreen, HDV 1080i (25 and 30 fps), HDV 720p (25 and 30 fps), MPEG 4 Simple Profile, iSight.

Doremisoft AVI to iMovie Converter is such the program that allows you to convert AVI files to MOV or DV for iMovie . As it has presets for iMovie, so the output video quality can be optimized. More than that, it can do other video like MP4, MKV, MOV, etc to a specific programs like iMovie, FCP, etc. Also, you can extract audio from the source video with it.

Resource from doremisoft.net/guides/convert-avi/import-avi-into-imovie.html