{"id":25781,"date":"2017-04-28T07:59:20","date_gmt":"2017-04-28T07:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/?p=25781"},"modified":"2020-03-14T07:13:05","modified_gmt":"2020-03-14T07:13:05","slug":"how-to-convert-mpg-to-imovie-1313","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/how-to-convert-mpg-to-imovie-1313.html","title":{"rendered":"How to Convert MPG to iMovie?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>iMovie might be the most popular and the  easiest video editing tool developed by Apple. As a cross platform movie  editing and creating tool, iMovie can support all videos generated by Apple  products like videos recorded by iPhone and iPad and digital videos in most  popular formats. However, some people find that when you import an MPG video  into iMovie, there are chances that the import would fail because of the format  incompatibility. Indeed, iMovie does not have a great compatibility for MPG  video files. In order to successfully import an MPG video into iMovie, you need  to convert the MPG video to an iMovie compatible format like MP4 or MOV. If you  don&rsquo;t know how to convert MPG to iMovie, just take a look at today&rsquo;s recommendations.  With the recommended programs and tools, I&rsquo;m sure you can easily convert your  MPG videos and import the converted video into iMovie effortlessly. <\/p>\n<div class=\"anchor-list-dark\" >\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"#part1\">Part 1: How to Convert MPG to iMovie with Leawo Video Converter<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"#part2\">Part 2: How to Convert MPG to iMovie with MediaCoder<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"#part3\">Part 3: How to Convert MPG to iMovie with FFCoder<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"#part4\">Part 4: How to Convert MPG to iMovie with Online-Convert<\/a> <\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"#part5\">Part 5: How to Import MPG to iMovie<\/a> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part1\">Part 1: How to Convert MPG to iMovie with Leawo Video Converter<\/h2>\n<p>There are many video converters programs  that can be used to convert MPG to iMovie compatible formats. Among all the  converter programs, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/video-converter\/\">Leawo  Video Converter<\/a> is definitely one of the most recommendable one because of  its great video processing ability and ease of use.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/downloads\/video-downloader.html\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/icon\/Trial_win1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/downloads\/video-downloader-mac.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/icon\/Trial_mac1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leawo Video Converter is one of the most  popular video converter programs on the market. With the powerful media  processing ability, Leawo Video Converter is capable of converting not only MPG  videos, but also more than 180 kinds of video and audio file from one format to  another. What&rsquo;s more, thanks to the advanced video converting engine, Leawo  Video Converter can retain the very original quality in the entire converting  process, and provide a 6 times higher converting speed comparing to most of its  counterparts on the market. In addition, there is also a practical video editor  module built in, providing various video editing options like trimming,  cropping, adjusting parameters, adding watermark, converting 2D video to 3D and  removing video background noise.<\/p>\n<p>With the great software design, Leawo Video  Converter makes the MPG video converting task easier than ever. Even a total  beginner can finish the conversion in minutes after reading a simple guide. In  case you want to know more about how to convert MPG videos to iMovie compatible  formats, we have prepared a detailed guide for your reference. Take a look at  the guide and I believe you can get your MOG video converted in no time. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>Download,<strong> <\/strong>install and<strong> <\/strong>Launch  Leawo Video Converter. When you enter the program, firstly navigate to the  &ldquo;Video Converter&rdquo; function module by clicking the &ldquo;Video Converter&rdquo; entrance. After  that, click the &ldquo;Add Video&rdquo; button to import your source MPG file. You can also  import the file by directly dragging and dropping the file into the program  interface.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-import-01.png\" onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-import-01.png\" title=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-import-01\" alt=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-import-01\" width=\"650\" height=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Then you need to set an iMovie  compatible format as the output format. If you are not sure what format you  need, it&rsquo;s recommended that you keep the default output format, which is &ldquo;MP4  Video&rdquo;, If you want to change the format, simply click the &ldquo;MP4 Video&rdquo; area,  and then choose &ldquo;Change&rdquo; to go to the format selection window, where you can select  your desired output format. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-change-format-02.png\" onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-change-format-02.png\" title=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-change-format-02\" alt=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-change-format-02\" width=\"650\" height=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong> Before starting the conversion,  you can click the &ldquo;Edit&rdquo; button to edit your video first. When you are done  editing, just click &ldquo;OK&rdquo; to go back to the main window. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-edit-03.png\" onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-edit-03.png\" title=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-edit-03\" alt=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-edit-03\" width=\"650\" height=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Finally, click the green  &ldquo;Convert&rdquo; button on the main window, set an output directory and start  converting your MPG video to the format you have selected.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-start-04.png\" onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-start-04.png\" title=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-start-04\" alt=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Leawo-start-04\" width=\"650\" height=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\">Part 2: How to Convert MPG to iMovie with MediaCoder<\/h2>\n<p>MediaCoder  is a powerful media processing program with a lot of advanced video and audio  encoding options. Because of the rich functionality and the powerful media processing  ability, MediaCoder is loved by so many media professionals and video creating  practitioners. But at the same time, the rich functionality also brings the  difficulty of the program to a high level. If you need the advanced functions  of this program, then you probably need to take some time to study the user  interface. But for simple video converting tasks, MediaCoder can still get it  done quickly and easily. To make the program easier to use for you, here is a  simple guide showing you how to convert a MPG video in MediaCoder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Download MediaCoder from its official website and install it on  your computer.<br \/>\n  <strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Launch MediaCoder, then click the &ldquo;ADD&rdquo; button in the toolbar  to import your source MPG video file. <br \/>\n  <strong>Step 3:<\/strong> After the file is imported, you can go to the lower left  section in the program interface to change various output settings. For the  output video format, open the &ldquo;Video&rdquo; tab in the section and find an iMovie  compatible format for the converting task. <br \/>\n<strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Finally, set an output folder with the &ldquo;Output folder&rdquo; box at  the upper right corner, and then click the &ldquo;START&rdquo; button in the toolbar to  star converting you MPG video for iMovie.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-MediaCoder-05.png\" onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-MediaCoder-05.png\" title=\"MPG-to-iMovie-MediaCoder-05\" alt=\"MPG-to-iMovie-MediaCoder-05\" width=\"650\" height=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\">Part 3: How to Convert MPG to iMovie with FFCoder<\/h2>\n<p>As another popular program developed for  transcoding and converting media files, FFCoder can be used to convert your MPG  videos on the Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 operating  systems. Although the user interface of this program is hardly attractive, the  function of it is quite powerful. With FFCoder, you can encode video or audio  files to 46 formats, and you can also multitask to encode multiple files in  bulk. Besides that, FFCoder also provides tons of device presets for you to  easily convert your videos and make them perfectly fit your target device. As a  light-weighted video converter program FFCoder can convert your MPG videos for  iMovie in a very short period of time and also deliver a quite good converting  result. For your reference, here is a simple guide on how to convert a MPG  video with FFCoder.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong> Download and install FFCoder on your computer.<br \/>\n  <strong>Step 2:<\/strong> Launch FFCoder. To import your  MPG video, just drag the file and drop it on the program interface.<br \/>\n  <strong>Step 3:<\/strong> After the file is imported,  Click the dropdown button under the &ldquo;File Format&rdquo; text and choose your desired iMovie  output format for the output file. Once that is done, you can also change the  video and audio configurations respectively in the sections below. <br \/>\n<strong>Step 4:<\/strong> Finally, click the &ldquo;Start&rdquo;  button in the bottom row to start converting the MPG video.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-FFCoder-06.png\" onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-FFCoder-06.png\" title=\"MPG-to-iMovie-FFCoder-06\" alt=\"MPG-to-iMovie-FFCoder-06\" width=\"650\" height=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part4\">Part 4: How to Convert MPG to iMovie with Online-Convert<\/h2>\n<p>As a popular online converting tool,  Online-Convert integrates a lot of converting functions into one. In addition  to converting videos from one format to another, Online-Convert is also widely  used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/convert-slideshow-to-video-online.html\">convert  slideshow to video online<\/a>. Besides, it also has functions like, audio  converting, image converting, document converting, archive converting, eBook  converting, web-service converting and hash generating. What&rsquo;s impressive is,  with all of the functions integrated, Online-Convert still manages to keep the  services perfectly functional and stable. After importing your MPG video, you  can even to do some basic editing to the video including cropping, trimming,  setting aspect ratio and more. Although there is no preview window provided,  the editing function is still useful in some specific scenarios. If you want to  convert your MPG video online with Online-Convert, here is a simple guide for  you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1: <\/strong>Go to the official website of  Online-convert.<br \/>\n  <strong>Step 2: <\/strong>In the &ldquo;Video Converter&rdquo;  section, click the dropdown button to select an output format for your  conversion task, and then click &ldquo;Go&rdquo;.<br \/>\n  <strong>Step 3: <\/strong>Click the &ldquo;Choose Files&rdquo; button  or directly drag and drop your source MPG video file into the green box on the  webpage to upload the file.<br \/>\n<strong>Step 4: <\/strong>You can then set some parameters  in the area below, or directly click the &ldquo;Start conversion&rdquo; button to let the  conversion begin immediately. <\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Online-Convert-07.png\" onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-Online-Convert-07.png\" title=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Online-Convert-07\" alt=\"MPG-to-iMovie-Online-Convert-07\" width=\"650\" height=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/div>\n<h2 class=\"wp-part pl20 mt10\" id=\"part5\">Part 5: How to Import MPG to iMovie<\/h2>\n<p>As you can see, there are a lot of programs  you can use to convert MPG videos to iMovie. After reading the introductions  above, you should be able to convert the MPG videos quite effortlessly. Now  that you know how to convert MPG to iMovie compatible format, the next thing  you need to do is importing the converted video file into iMovie. Because  iMovie is a relatively easy to use video editing program, importing your videos  into iMovie is much easier than converting the videos. In case you still don&rsquo;t  know how to import the converted video file into iMovie, here is a detailed guide  for your reference.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/downloads\/video-downloader.html\" ><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/icon\/Trial_win1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/downloads\/video-downloader-mac.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"\/images\/icon\/Trial_mac1.png\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Step 1: Launch iMovie and click the \u201cMedia\u201d tab in the toolbar to call out the \u201cMedia\u201d panel.<br \/>\n  Step 2: When the \u201cMedia\u201d panel is called out, you should be able to see a big \u201cImport\u201d button. Click the button and you can then browse your files. From the sidebar, select the device you want to import media from; and from the dropdown box above, select the target project you want to import your clip to.\u2028<br \/>\n  Step 3: Select all the files you want to import, and click the \u201cImport Selected\u201d button at the lower right corner to import the converted MPG videos to iMovie.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"tc\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-import-to-iMovie-08.png\" onClick=\"return hs.expand(this)\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/tutorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/MPG-to-iMovie-import-to-iMovie-08.png\" title=\"MPG-to-iMovie-import-to-iMovie-08\" alt=\"MPG-to-iMovie-import-to-iMovie-08\" width=\"650\" height=\"\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\"><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>iMovie might be the most popular and the easiest video editing tool developed by Apple. As a cross platform movie editing and creating tool, iMovie can support all videos generated by Apple products like videos recorded by iPhone and iPad &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/how-to-convert-mpg-to-imovie-1313.html\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[215,335,201,270],"tags":[14],"class_list":["post-25781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-convert","category-convert-video","category-video","category-video-to-video","tag-video-converter"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"views":3814,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25781\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.leawo.org\/entips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}