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Eliot Hudson Author

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How to import avi. format

I have some video clips in avi. format. When I try to import them into iMovie they are greyed out and will not import. Is there a way to import them?

iMac 21.5″, macOS 10.13

Posted on Mar 8, 2021 3:09 PM

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Rich839

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Posted on Mar 8, 2021 5:57 PM

Yes, you can import them but first you need to convert them.

Use the free download Handbrake to convert the clips to H.264, Mp4/AAC.

You can get Handbrake here:

https://handbrake.fr/

A simple way to do it is to open Handbrake and do a File/Open Source. Navigate to your video and choose it as the source from the resulting screen. Then do File/Start Encoding. Wait a couple of minutes for the conversion to complete. Then save and import the converted clip into iMovie.

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