Issues importing and editing DxO One H.264 MOV video files in Apple iMovie


If you experience any issues importing and editing DxO One H.264 MOV video files in Apple iMovie, you may wish to read this post. It explains a workaround to transocode DxO One H.264 MOV shooting to Apple’s InterMediate Codec for use in iMovie with optimum performance.
issues importing and editing DxO One H.264 MOV video files in Apple iMovie
The DxO One turns your iPhone into a high-end camera. It is possible to record full HD (1080p) video at 30fps or 720p video at 120fps, which allows for slow motion playback. Though there’s no image stabilization for stills, it does have electronic image stabilization for video. The tiny DxO One shoots video recording using H.264 codec in MOV container format, and the files are really compressed – it seems to have a fixed bitrate of roughly 15 megabits per second, which is about a third of what you’ll get in a standalone camera.

If for whatever reason you came upon issues working with DxO One H.264 MOV video in Apple iMovie, we would recommend transcoding them to a format that is best suitable for use in iMovie first, such as AIC .mov, iMovie’s favorite editing codec, which iMovie will recognize and handle well. Here’s a quick guide telling you how to convert DxO One H.264 MOV video to iMovie preferred AIC .mov format.

[Guide] How to encode DxO One H.264 MOV video to AIC for iMovie?

Software requirement
HD Video Converter for Mac
transocode DxO One H.264 MOV shooting to Apple’s InterMediate Codec for use in iMovie
Step 1: Open up HD Video Converter for Mac as a DxO One Video Converter for Mac. When its main interface comes up, click ‘Add File’ to load your source media.
issues working with DxO One H.264 MOV video in Apple iMovie

Step 2: Select output format for your editing program
To convert DxO One H.264 MOV video for iMovie, from ‘Profile’ list, choose ‘Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC)(*.mov)’ as output format under ‘iMovie and Final Cut Express’ column.
convert DxO One H.264 MOV video to iMovie preferred AIC .mov
Important: If you’ve loaded a number of video clips to do batch conversion, please do remember ticking off ‘Apply to All’ option before you start.

Step 3: Custom video and audio settings (optional)
If necessary, you can click ‘Settings’ button and go to ‘Profiles 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. 3D settings are also available.

Step 4: Begin DxO One H.264 MOV to AIC MOV Conversion on Mac
When ready, click ‘Convert’ to start format conversion. Once the conversion process is complete, you can click ‘Open Folder’ button to get the generated AIC MOV files for editing in iMovie with optimum performance.

Tips:If you don’t want to wait for the entire conversion process, you can tick off ‘Showdown computer when conversion completed’ and go away to do other things.

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