If you are experiencing issues importing H.265/HEVC video files to iMovie, you may wish to read this post. It demonstrates a way of converting H.265/HEVC media to AIC .MOV for use in iMovie with optimum performance.
How can I work with H.265 4K video in iMovie?
“Hi, there, when is Apple going to implement full support for H.265/HEVC into iMovie? I’m shooting with a new Samsung NX1 4K camera which records video files using H.265 compression with MP4 wrapper. I’m trying to edit the H.265 4K files in iMovie, but can’t get iMovie to ‘read’ them? Is there a workaround to get iMovie to recognize H.265 4K video? Hoping for a solution. Thanks in advance.”
H.265, also known as High Efficiency Video Codec (HEVC), is the successor to the H.264/MPEG-4 AVC compression standard and offers twice the compression while still maintaining the same high quality. It’s a pity Apple hasn’t added full support for H.265/HEVC into iMovie. If you insist on editing H.265/HEVC files in iMovie, you will need to transcode them to an intermediate format that is fully compatible with Apple iMovie before start, such as Apple’s InterMediate Codec (AIC). This requires third party software like H.265/HEVC Converter for Mac. The content below will guide you through the process of converting H.265/HEVC files to AIC .MOV for iMovie editing with optimum performance using this Mac converter app.
H.265/HEVC Converter for Mac
[Guide] How to transcode H.265/HEVC files to AIC .mov for editing in iMovie?
The steps:
Step 1: Open up H.265/HEVC Converter for Mac. When its main interface comes up, click ‘Import’ to load your source media.
Step 2: Select output format for your editing program
To convert H.265/HEVC video for iMovie, from ‘Profile’ list, choose ‘Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC)(*.mov)’ as output format under ‘iMovie and Final Cut Express’ column.
Step 3: If necessary, click ‘Settings’ button to custom video and audio settings like resolution, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, audio channel, etc.
Step 4: Begin H.265/HEVC clips to AIC MOV Conversion on Mac
When ready, click ‘Start’ to begin 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.
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