Import YouTube Videos to iMovie (iMovie 11 included)

April 27, 2013 3:19 PM / Posted by Ivan Cook to iMovie Tips
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As you know. YouTube is a very popular video sharing site. You may have many interesting videos that make everyone laugh or some other kinds videos saved on your computer. If you want to make these videos more stylish, you might have tried to open them in iMovie, but only to find that they just gray out. The reason is that YouTube videos are often in FLV format, and they can't be recognized by iMovie. This tutorial mainly tells you how to download and import YouTube videos to iMovie (iMovie 11 included)in two easy ways.

FLV to iMovie convert YouTube to iMovie

The first Easy Way: Convert YouTube FLV videos to iMovie.

If you've already downloaded YouTube FLV files to your Mac. You just need to play those videos with VLC player. In order to import YouTube videos to iMovie, you need to convert it to a format that can be recognized by iMovie. And you can try this YouTube to iMovie Video Converter for Mac, which lets you convert YouTube clips to iMovie supported formats professionally and easily.

Step 1: Add YouTube clips to the app by dragging and dropping. Or go to "File" menu, choose "Add Video Files" to find the YouTube videos and add them into it.

add FLV files to the FLV to iMovie app

Step 2: Choose "iMovie" as the output format. You can get the clips by using the "Split" function when you want to import a specific YouTube clip to iMovie.

YouTube vide to iMovie

Step 3: Then start conversion by pressing the "Convert" button. And this FLV to iMovie Converter will do the rest thing for you.

Step 4: Run iMovie, go to "File menu", select Import > movies, find the output YouTube files are saved. Choose the files and press "Import".

The Second Way: Download and import YouTube videos to iMovie on Mac

With this powerful iTube Studio for Mac, YouTube videos can be automatically detected and convert it to iMovie supported format directly.

Step 1: Run your browser and visit the website of YouTube. When you play a video, you will see a Download button appearing at the top left corner of the video. Press the button and then a YouTube download wizard will download videos for you.

Launch iTube Studio for Mac

Step 2: Press Downloaded button and to see the downloaded videos on the right. Hit the Convert button and a format choosing window will show up.

import YouTube to iMovie

Step 3: Choose iMovie as the output format

After the window shows up, select iMovie from Apple Software category. Pree OK to start converting YouTube videos to iMovie supported format.

Step 4: Open iMovie, go to "File" menu, select Import > movies, find where output videos are saved. choose the videos and press "Import".

Then your work is done! Just downlod iTube Studio for Mac and have a try! Then you're able to import those videos to iMovie to create your own masterpiece!

Berna 2013-03-17 06:07
Wow, both the methods are just easy and well explained. We can easily import flv videos to imovie to play it on itunes. I think the first method is simple and easier than the second one.. although thanks a lot for the tutorial.
Finton 2013-03-16 18:49
Cool tutorial, well explained too, i was looking for it since a long time... now i should download the software to give a try. Hope it works as i expected. thanks
Sailam 2013-03-15 16:05
Just drag and drop and you are done to convert any videos to imovie... isn\'t it pretty cool. Well for now iam using imove convertor which is just awesome and useful for all mac users.
Tate 2013-03-13 23:55
Importing youtube video into imovie seems like it is pretty simple to do. I do not know a lot about this stuff but hey, the tutorial seems like almost anyone could do it.
Emi 2013-03-13 01:06
I love being able to share videos that I find funny or entertaining but have often had trouble with it. But this describes how to download videos from youtube to imovie very easily.
yahoo-H4GH2SL44ZLS6HVB5XJFGJ5K 2013-02-10 18:25
Downloaded the software for windows version and now trying to download it for my mac book... first thing is its very cool worked in worked in mac.
google-3f8a04d0abdea14b7b73345 2013-02-10 14:06
Yeah YouTube videos, normally FLV videos, are not supported by iMovie. We have to convert the video to imovie on mac. Never tried any software, will try the above one soon. thanks
yahoo-5Y4GSPVWVM6MNUNUFRNIC3HO 2013-02-09 18:12
Yeah it works smoothly on my windows machine and can convert all type of files to imovie.. don't about about mac as i didn't tried yet. but the this program is highly recommended.
google-f9d83729f4bb9135986efc5 2013-02-08 09:01
excellent article, Well i usually use some free tools to download all stuff my youtube, but where as in mac i can't use them so i downloaded this software. iTube Studio for Mac can automatically detect YouTube videos and convert it to iMovie format directly, so you don't need to worry about the video formats and settings, such as video resolution, bit rate. cheers!
google-f9f2b3f07592e246bf71d95 2013-02-07 09:16
No word the program is cool need to just drag and drop our files and the conversion will be completed in secs. To import YouTube clips to iMovie, you need to convert it to iMovie compatible format firstly so this program is necessary for converting..
barinil 2012-10-27 22:18
The conversion process from FLV to iMovie was so quick that I didn’t even have time to smoke half a cigarette.
boombo 2012-10-27 22:17
Man, this program makes miracles with YouTube to iMovie conversions!
CV-nar 2012-10-27 22:17
Many times, each of us has wondered which conversion software is the best. For me that’s in the past. I found the perfect conversion software to help me convert an YouTube video file to an iMovie file.
Big Shark 2012-07-31 06:20
Really hot... let me give it a try :)
Raymond 2012-07-07 18:05
iSkySoft provides all kinds of video converter with which we can do anything we want. I just love iSkySoft.
Employee 2012-07-02 02:48
The other 2 ways to download YouTube video with iTube are dragging and dropping URL to the program or pasting the URL to the program after copies from the video page. If problem still exists, please wait for the new version, which will be release today. Thanks.
Gabriel 2012-06-30 10:28
I didn't see the download button in safari. Is their any other method to download videos from youtube. I uninstalled and reinstalled the safari but still can't see the download button.
Anita 2012-06-30 10:13
Believe me guys, I used that software and it works and its pretty simple, simply add files to library, choose files to get converted and hit convert button. That's is. I don't understand whats complicated in that.
Sarwari_naim 2012-05-28 23:49
one easy and fast way is to convert the Flv file to Imovie file. 1. open the file with quick player 2. go to file and click on save as 3. change the format of the file to the new file you want done thats all
deaerop 2012-02-27 01:17
If you have downloaded your YouTube video, you can use the solution 1, only 3 simple steps are needed: add > choose output format> Convert, done ; if not, you can try the solution 2, three simple steps are required: install> download > convert, done.
Www 2012-02-25 21:28
very confusing....any simpler way?

Import YouTube Videos to iMovie (iMovie 11 included)

The first Easy Way: Convert YouTube FLV videos to iMovie.

The Second Way: Download and import YouTube videos to iMovie on Mac

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