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"Vixia HV30 HDV camera help! Mac and iMovie? I cant get my vixia HD30 HDV canon camera to import any video to my iMovie. ive set the video type to HD-1080i-30 but still nothing. any ideas on how to fix this?"
"I cannot get my mac to recognize my new Canon Vixia hf200 video camera. How do I get it to import my videos? I have a mac tiger, 10.4. My imovie is '07. The Canon is HD and connects through USB."

As Canon VIXIA HF series camcorders becoming more and more popular among people, you may have problem of uploading Canon VIXIA HF video to iMovie, or Mac. Because some of Canon VIXIA camcorders cannot be compatible with iMovie, iMovie' 08, iMovie' 09, such as Canon VIXIA HF200, VIXIA HV30, VIXIA HFS100, etc. Or even though Canon VIXIA camcorders can be compatible with iMovie or Mac, but sometimes video off Canon VIXIA series is not recognized by iMovie due to different aspect ratio or video codec.

If you cannot import Canon VIXIA video like Canon VIXIA HV30, VIXIA HF200, VIXIA HF S100, etc to iMovie for editing, you need a powerful Canon VIXIA to iMovie Converter to convert Canon VIXIA AVCHD video to MOV, MP4, DV for iMovie firstly, then you can import them to iMovie to share or edit.

Doremisoft Canon VIXIA to iMovie Converter is designed for Mac users to convert camcorder video like AVCHD MTS/M2TS to MOV, MP4, DV for iMovie and Mac. It also support converting video such as MOD, TOD, MKV, etc to Mac, iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP, Blackberry, iDVD , FCP, FCE, etc.

But how to transfer Canon VIXIA video to iMovie? Here, quick guide for you to follow to convert Canon AVCHD MTS, M2TS files to iMovie step by step:

Step1: Install and Launch Doremisoft AVCHD Converter for Mac

Step2: Import Canon VIXIA Video
Click "Add File" to input your Canon VIXIA AVCHD MTS files to Mac AVCHD Video Converter. You can upload several videos one time.

Step3: Set Output Video Format for iMovie
Click "Profile" to open the Profile drop-up list to select MOV, MP4 or DV as output video format for iMovie.

Step4: Convert Canon VIXIA Video to iMovie
Click "Start" button to convert Canon VIXIA AVCHD files to iMovie. After conversion finished, you can edit your converted Canon VIXIA videos with iMovie as you like.

Related: How to Get AVCHD MTS/M2TS, MOD Files off HD Camcorder to Mac, iMovie, FCP?
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If you want to edit your HD videos and you are running a Mac OS, iMovie will be an excellent application for video editing. With today’s HD world, many of you might be taking a lot of HD videos. iMovie
does support some HD formats such as DV, HDV, HD MP4. However, not all videos in these formats can be imported to iMovie. Therefore, if your HD files are in different formats, such as AVCHD
(MTS/M2TS), TOD, TS, TPR etc, and if your DV/HDV/HD MP4 videos cannot be imported to iMovie, you will need to convert HD to iMovie first.
Mac HD video Converter is the perfect choice to convert HD video to iMovie, whether you want to convert HD AVI to iMovie, AVCHD to iMoive, or other HD formats to iMovie.

To convert HD to iMovie using Mac HD Video Converter, there are only three easy steps:
Step 1: Add HD files to the application
Launch Mac HD Video Converter, and click the "Add File" button to browse your hard drive and import the HD videos you want to edit in iMovie to Mac HD Video Converter.
Step 2: Select an iMovie format
Click the "Profile" drop-up list, and you will see all the output formats, move your mouse pointer to "iMovie Video" , and you will see all the preset iMovie profiles, and you can click on the profile you
prefer to select it.
Tip: You can check the "Apply to all" option if you want all imported videos to be converted into one format.

Step 3: Start converting HD to iMovie
Click the "Start" button to start converting HD video to iMovie. The folder where the converted videos are saved will be opened automatically after the conversion.
Mac HD Video Converter can also edit HD videos. Click here to see how to easily edit HD video on Mac with this application.
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