Trouble import and working with H.265 files in iMovie with no audio or other problems? Simply follow this tutorial to find the reason and the best solution to get the problems fixed.
Working With H.265 in iMovie Without Audio Problems
When you add video files like H.265 to iMovie, you may come across problems. This could happen because of Apple iMovie might not support all of these codecs. First of all, have a look at the related issues:
Q1: Canon XF705 file is black in iMovie?
I have a short film, shot by new Canon XF705. The video files with .mxf file format are black in iMovie. I imported XML file from Premiere Pro CC to iMovie. I tried to load only one mxf file into iMovie – and again its black… Any suggestions?
Q2: Lumix GH5s audio problem
I have been just importing Panasonic Lumix GH5s H.265 MP4 files into resolve and it tells me there is 0 audio channels. When I open them in abobe premiere the audio is there. This happens both in iMovie.
As a quite hot file extension, MP4, MXF, MOV, MKV, AVI, etc is widely used for saving media data and can be found in lots of places online or off line, which means, you may download videos from video sharing sites such as YouTube and Fox, or from Camcorders. According to Apple iMovie’s offcial site, iMovie does not support H.265/HEVC codec well, or any compressed audio file formats. To solve the H.265 and iMovie issues, the easy workaround is to transcode H.265 to a more editing-friendly format, such a iMovie’s Apple Intermediate Codec.
To convert H.265 files to work with iMvoie, Acrok Video Converter Ultiamte for Mac is highly recommended here. This program features high efficiency and seamless conversion. With it, you can convert any video file incluing MP4, MXF, MTS, MKV, AVI, VOB, FLV, and more to AIC encoded MOV files – ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with iMovie. If you’re a Windows users, you can turn to Acrok Video Converter Ultimate for Windows, which can help you transcode H.264 to AIC MOV for iMovie on Windows 10, 8, 7. Below is how to do it.
Free download H.265 to iMvoie Converter trial version:
How to convert H.265 to AIC MOV for editing in iMovie smoothly
Step 1. Add H.265 videos to the program
Start up this H.265 Video Converter as H.265 to iMovie Converter. When its main interface pops up, click “Add file” button to input your source media on the main interface.
Step 2. Choose AIC as the output codec
Click the “Format” bar to open the format list. Then go to “iMovie” and select “iMovie AIC (*.mov)” as the output format to get videos with optimized settings for iMovie. As you see, you may see other suitable ones for other NLEs such like Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro, Sony Vegas Pro, Media Composer, etc.
Tip: If necessary, you can click “Settings” button and go to Settings panel to modify video and audio settings like video encoder, resolution, video bit rate, frame rate, aspect ratio, audio encoder, sample rate, audio bit rate, and audio channels.
Step 3. Start the conversion
When ready, click “Convert” to start H.265 to iMovie native format conversion. As soon as the conversion is complete, you can click “Open” button to get the exported MOV files for use in iMovie with optimum performance. From the guide above, you may find it is so easier for us to import the H.265 files to iMovie for editing.
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