Can iMovie help edit Zoom conference recordings?

[SalisburySam]

I've never found iMovie to be of any help to me, and it continues to not be. For the last couple of years I've had a Zoom license for lots of meetings each of which gets recorded to an *.mp4 file. I can open and read the file in Zoom of course, but also in QuickTime, VLC, etc., except iMovie. iMovie refuses to open the file for editing. So other than QuickTime's Trim function, I can't edit these Zoom meeting files.

What am I missing about iMovie to make it edit these files?

On iMac, Monterey v12.5.1 and iMovie v10.3.4 (all current).

 

[Cyby-CyberDog]

This might help:

How to edit an imovie MP4 video again? - Apple Community

discussions.apple.com

 

[iBungie]

I appreciate this is not what you are asking but I use Final Cut Pro and can edit Zoom recordings when Quicktime is not enough.

Good luck finding a solution.

 

[Dave Braine]

iMovie won't open any movie file, but you should be able to import the mp4 file or drag and drop it onto an iMovie Project timeline.