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Canon camcorder avi files to iMovie

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I have an sd card from a Canon camcorder that has avi video that i am trying to import into iMovie. I believe that avi files are compatible with iMovie but when i try to import it does not see the files on the card.

I have also tried to convert the avi files to mov files using converting software but i then get no sound but the video is good.
 
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I use Flip4Mac for converting AVI files.
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I always thought that Flip4Mac was purely for playing WMV/A files on a Mac.

Avi files are just containers for video and audio files which may have been produced by various codecs, not all of which are recognised by your Mac. I have some avi files that iMovie recognises and some which it doesn't.

MPEGStreamclip will be best for converting your avi files. Export to Quicktime, using the Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) setting, as this is format that iMovie uses.
 
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I use Flip4Mac for converting AVI files.
Click to expand...
I always thought that Flip4Mac was purely for playing WMV/A files on a Mac.

Avi files are just containers for video and audio files which may have been produced by various codecs, not all of which are recognised by your Mac. I have some avi files that iMovie recognises and some which it doesn't.

MPEGStreamclip will be best for converting your avi files. Export to Quicktime, using the Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) setting, as this is format that iMovie uses.
 

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