How to import Canon Vixia HF100 to iMovie?

I am trying to convert a video from my Canon Vixia HF100 to my macbook. I have no idea what to do and need simple steps! I have been trying for hours and would really appriciate help! I think converting it to imovie would be best.

Do you also suffer from such kinds of problems? And struggling to find out a solution to tackle it? Nowadays, a plenty of HD camcorder models have been on the market like Canon Vixia HF S21, HF S20, HF S200, HF M300, Panasonic HDC-TM700, Sony Handycam HDR-CX550V. Most of them utilize MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec for recording videos with the file extension as .mts. However, the M2TS camcorder video can’t be playable on Mac for difference between the camcorder video codec and Mac-friendly programs like QuickTime, iMovie, Final Cut Express, etc.

In fact, PavtubeHD camcorder video Converter for Mac can solve these problems as ease, by converting HD video such as .m2ts video to .mp4 or .mov in minutes.

The Mac HD video Converter for camcorder is an excellent assistant for Canon Vixia series, Sony Handycam or Panasonic HD camcorder owners to play their shootings in iTunes, QuickTime or edit M2TS in iMovie, FCP, FCE, etc. In addition, it is also a versatile program, which allows you enjoy the catpured clips on portable devices like iPad, iPhone, iTouch, Creative Zen, mobile phone and so on.

Step 1: Import AVCHD MTS files, select iMovie workable format

You can directly drag and drop MTS and M2TS file to this program or you can click “Add” button to import files. After that choose an iMovie supported format to convert. You can choose MP4 or MOV, and here I select MOV for instance.

Suppose you’d like to combine all the added files to be a single file, so that you can import them to iMovie for editing once only. In that case, please tick the checkbox of “Merge into one file” to realize it. Also, if you do not want the save path set by default to store the output files, you can click “Browse” button to look for and specify a destination folder.

Step 2: Adjust video and audio parameter

This program allows users to set advanced settings, that is to say, you can insert your preferred options to items in the interface below, including bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, channels, etc. The output file size will be enlarged if you adjust the figures to be larger, also the file quality will be improved at the same time. On the contrary, if you adjust the values to be smaller, the output file size will be decreased, but accompanying with inferior output quality.

Step 3: Convert

After the above two steps are done, you can click “Convert” button to start conversion. And the generated files for iMovie can be got via press “Open” button.
Hope the PavtubeVideo Converter for Maccan help you.

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