Convert Limewire videos to iMovie

How to convert Limewire videos to iMovie on Mac OS X?

Limewire, as its official website says is the world's most popular peer-to-peer file sharing program written in Java that can be used for Windows, Mac OX, Linux and other operating systems .It uses the BitTorrent protocol and the Gunutella network to facilitate unparalleled searching and provide unbelievable downloading speed for users. And always, it takes the security of its users seriously and offers the world's most technologically advanced peer-to-peer software.

With it, you can search and download from huge amount of files and select what you want. For example, you can search video by its size, type, quality and length, or audio by its artist, title and genre with the prior consent of the owners. And for Mac users, it is usually necessary for editing these downloaded files in order to get exactly what they want, iMovie is probably the most commonly used video editing application on Mac

Editing Limewire videos in iMovie: maybe no direct process

The formats of downloaded Limewire videos may vary a lot depending on your project requirements. And importing these videos to iMovie may sometimes a non-direct process due to the versions of iMovie, as to my own experience, different versions of iMovie may handle different types of files.

How to import Limewire videos to iMovie

Q: I have downloaded a bunch of files from Limewire, they are in different formats and I want to drag them to iMovie for editing, every time I drag the files to iMovie, nothing happens. What can I do?

A: This could probably video compatibility problem, you should first check your videos to see if they are in the right formats iMovie (MPEG-4 (MP4, M4V), MPEG-2, DV, HDV, MOV etc) accepts.

Video converter for Mac: smoothly converting Limewire videos to iMovie

Video converter for Mac is a power application for Mac users that can convert Limewire videos to almost all file formats like AVI, WMV, MPG, MP4, VOB, MOV, DV, MKV, 3GP, SWF, RM etc so that you can put your Limewire videos to different versions of iMovie or put on portable devices like iPod, iPhone, iRiver, BlackBerry, PSP, Creative Zen, Zune, GPhone etc or upload to the Internet via YouTube. Besides, it can also extract audio tracks from Limewire videos and save as MP3, AAC, AIFF, WAV, WMA audio files.

Mac video converter is also a versatile editing tool that facilitates your editing. With it, you can trim the videos to a certain length you want, adjust the aspect ratio like Full Screen, 16:9, 4:3, apply special effect such as Gray, Emboss, Old film to the videos or tweak the output parameters for video and audio separately. Besides, video splitting, video merging and batch process mode are also at your service. Furthermore, the whole conversion process can be seen in the preview window at the right of the panel. Feel free to try!

How to convert Limewire video to iMovie

The whole process can be seen in the simple, crystal clear picture:

After converting, you can import the converted files to iMovie for further editing.