Can't import .mpg to iMovie

[joey4127]

I am going a school video project on my mac and trying o use video from a sony handycam. The files I have are .MPG and i'm im understanding this, I need .MPEG-4 right?

Any free converters out there?

Thanks

 

[huntercr]

I am going a school video project on my mac and trying o use video from a sony handycam. The files I have are .MPG and i'm im understanding this, I need .MPEG-4 right?

Any free converters out there?

Thanks

You want to use MPEGStreamClip and convert to DV video to edit it not Mpeg4.
once you're done editing it, you'll want to burn it to DVD using iDVD and/or if you to view it online, you'll probably want to use H.264 ( or mpeg4 if you want )

Hope this helps!

 

[joey4127]

You must install the MPEG-2 Playback Component before trying to export MPEG2 files! You can buy it online from Apple:
http://www.apple.com/quicktime/mpeg2

Do I need to buy this for MPEG Streamclip?

 

[joey4127]

I still didn't figure this out

How can I get my .mpg movies to import into iMovie?

 

[-DH]

Do I need to buy this for MPEG Streamclip?

Yes. Once you install Apple's MPEG-2 Component, then you can use MPEG Streamclip to convert the files so you can import and edit them in iMovie.

-DH

 

[joey4127]

I'm using VLC to convert them to MPEG-4 at 1048kb/s...Will the quality of the clips be good enough you think?