Import and Export WMV files with iMovie
If like me you work cross platform between Macs and PCs then you’ll know how frustrating it can be that iMovie doesn’t work with WMV files (understandably since WMV is a Microsoft proprietry format). Its possibe to play wmv files in Quicktime Player using the free Flip4Mac player. Flip4Mac also have another product called WMV Studio which allows iMovie users to import and export WMV files.
‘Import and export Windows Media files using built-in templates. Export Windows Media files directly from your editing system or media encoding application, including Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express HD, QuickTime Pro, iMovie, Sorenson Media Squeeze 4.1, Discreet Cleaner 6, Compressor 2 and more.’
I recently downloaded the product for $49 and I’m quite impressed with its performance and general usability. The product installs very easily , although you won’t be aware of its presence on your mac until you export in iMovie, where there is another export option, to export as WMV.
I’m currently working on a project for the local authority splicing up a DVD they’ve produced into decsrete clips, students then reassamble the clips, adding their own clips video footage, music and narration to create a ‘new and improved’ version of the original DVD. The resource has to work on both Mac and PC, hence the requirement for WMV. Rather thatn having to either do the whole thing again on a PC, or convert each clip I can now produce WMV for use in MovieMaker without compromising the original clips too much.
I’de strongly recommend this product to anyone who works in both iMovie and MovieMaker.
