How to Put YouTube Videos to iMovie for Editing Q: "I own many interesting YouTube videos and have tried to import them into iMovie for editing but unfortunately they are all grayed out. Anyone who knows any way to import YouTube videos to iMovie? Could you be so kind to let me know? I just want to edit those YouTube videos with iMovie for sharing with my friends. I have iMovie. Thanks in advance." --From Yahoo.Answer
Ever met this problem before? Importing YouTube video into iMovie but without success? Actually, that's because most YouTube videos are normally in FLV format, which are not supported by Apple's iMovie. But that doesn't mean there is no way to import YouTube videos to iMovie to edit. Here the
following article will introduce you two easy ways to import and download YouTube videos to iMovie for editing. How-to: Convert YouTube Video to iMovie with Any Video Converter Step 1. Add YouTube videos to the application. You can import YouTube videos to Any Video Converter Ultimate by clicking "Add Video/DVD" button or simply dragging & dropping them into the program.
Step 2. Set output format as iMovie video. Browsing the Profile drop-down list, you can see Apple Software Specific Formats. Click it and choose Apple iMovie MPEG-4 Video as output format.
Step 3. Start converting YouTube video to iMovie. You can begin to convert YouTube videos to iMovie by hitting "Convert Now" button on the right bottom of the program. Step 4. Import YouTube video into iMovie.
Launch iMovie, from the File menu, choose Import > movies, navigate to the folder where the output YouTube videos are saved. Select the files and click "Import". Source page: https://www.any-video-converter.com/mac-tutorial/import-youtube-to-imovie.p hp