AVI to iMovie
Mac users often like editing video in iMovie, however, they find that the .avi filesare greyed out so that can't be imported into iMovie for editing. Why happens this so weird thing? You can't play the .avi files with QuickTime, not to speak of editting them in iMovie. I did search a lot, and draw a conclusion: you lack the necessary codecs/decoders to play the AVI encoded with the DivX codec.
Mac users often like editing video in iMovie, however, they find that the .avi filesare greyed out so that can't be imported into iMovie for editing. Why happens this so weird thing? You can't play the .avi files with QuickTime, not to speak of editting them in iMovie. I did search a lot, and draw a conclusion: you lack the necessary codecs/decoders to play the AVI encoded with the DivX codec.
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Mac users often like editing video in iMovie, however, they find that the .avi filesare greyed out so that can't be imported into iMovie for editing. Why happens this so weird thing? You can't play the .avi files with QuickTime, not to speak of editting them in iMovie. I did search a lot, and draw a conclusion: you lack the necessary codecs/decoders to play the AVI encoded with the DivX codec.
Almost all .avi files you will encounter have a video track in some flavor of DivX with an audio track encoded as VBR mp3, or lately, ac3. While QuickTime can play an .AVI with a CBR mp3 audio track, a VBR-encoded track will play with a great deal of stuttering or drop out completely after a few seconds.
Based on the above mentioned issue, some developing groups have made practical applications to solve the problem, here I share my experience.
How to import AVI files encoded with DivX codec into iMovie '09?
Solution one: Go to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/, download VLC media player, which is a popular multimedia player capable of playing almost all audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, etc. The drawback is that if you transcode a file, you may find the audio and video are out of sync or the video is choppy.
Solution two: Download DivX Doctor II from http://www.3ivx.com/download/index.html, install the 3ivx codec and .wma decoder. You can use DivX Doctor to convert the .AVI to .MOV, however, sometimes it creates .MOV file with bad synchronization. It is extremely intolerant when DivX Doctor makes errors.
Solution three: Video Converter for Mac offers the easiest and efficient application to convert .AVI to .MOV without synchronization problem. Moreover, you can transfer .AVI to .MP4, .DV, .M4V, MPEG-1, which are available for QuickTime, iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro. FREE TO TRY before purchase!
Related: How to import AVI movie to iMovie supported MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Quick Time Movie, AVCHD, DV and HDV(High Definition Video)?
Mac users often like editing video in iMovie, however, they find that the .avi filesare greyed out so that can't be imported into iMovie for editing. Why happens this so weird thing? You can't play the .avi files with QuickTime, not to speak of editting them in iMovie. I did search a lot, and draw a conclusion: you lack the necessary codecs/decoders to play the AVI encoded with the DivX codec.
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How to use itAlmost all .avi files you will encounter have a video track in some flavor of DivX with an audio track encoded as VBR mp3, or lately, ac3. While QuickTime can play an .AVI with a CBR mp3 audio track, a VBR-encoded track will play with a great deal of stuttering or drop out completely after a few seconds.
Based on the above mentioned issue, some developing groups have made practical applications to solve the problem, here I share my experience.
How to import AVI files encoded with DivX codec into iMovie '09?
Solution one: Go to http://www.videolan.org/vlc/, download VLC media player, which is a popular multimedia player capable of playing almost all audio and video formats as well as DVDs, Audio CDs, VCDs, etc. The drawback is that if you transcode a file, you may find the audio and video are out of sync or the video is choppy.
Solution two: Download DivX Doctor II from http://www.3ivx.com/download/index.html, install the 3ivx codec and .wma decoder. You can use DivX Doctor to convert the .AVI to .MOV, however, sometimes it creates .MOV file with bad synchronization. It is extremely intolerant when DivX Doctor makes errors.
Solution three: Video Converter for Mac offers the easiest and efficient application to convert .AVI to .MOV without synchronization problem. Moreover, you can transfer .AVI to .MP4, .DV, .M4V, MPEG-1, which are available for QuickTime, iMovie, Final Cut Express, and Final Cut Pro. FREE TO TRY before purchase!
Related: How to import AVI movie to iMovie supported MPEG-2, MPEG-4, Quick Time Movie, AVCHD, DV and HDV(High Definition Video)?