An MKV file is an open source container format, it can provide support for a vast number of audio, video and subtitle compression formats. An MKV file contains compressed video and audio streams along with an encoder. If you happen to download a file that has an .MKV extension and you just have no idea how to import MKV to iMovie, this advice should help you out:

There’s a simple method that especially people use Mac OS X tend to use. It’s called Video Converter for Mac. Basically the Video Converter for Mac has a powerful code pack that includes a collection of the most common codecs in the world and the installation file of the Video Converter for Mac installs all of these codecs to the user's operating system.

iMovie is very selective about what video formats can be imported, MKV and many others are in the list that can’t be imported to iMovie directly, however, Video Converter for Mac clears the barrier to import MKV to iMovie. It’s time to make iMovie more accessible and convenient to use.

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Video converter for Mac can easily convert MKV to iMovie workable formats like DV, Mpeg-4, Mpegg-2 or MOV, which makes it possible and easier to import MKV to iMovie on Mac. Besides convert video, the program also supports only rip audio from video and converts to mp3, flac, aac, wma, etc. just like iMovie, video converter for Mac also features easy to use video editing capability, which prepares you for the next stage editing work in iMovie.

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Step by step on how to import MKV to iMovie on Mac?

Step 1: Add video files into Video Converter for Mac
Supposed you have already downloaded and installed a video converter for Mac 3.3.8 version onto your computer. Launch Video Converter for Mac, click 'Add Files' to browse your computer hard drive and select the videos you want to convert.



Step 2: Select the desired output video formats like DV, MPEG-4 or MPEG-2, MOV
These files are all workable with iMovie and can be directly edit in there as well. To choose the output format, click the drop down menu next to the Output field, just click on the format in the long list will be ok.



Step 3 Output directories for the MKV needs to convert
On the bottom of the panel, click the pull down list next to Destination; instruct the program a location to store the converted video.



Step 4: Start converting MKV to iMovie DV/MP4/MOV.
Hit Convert…button, the program will begin to convert your MKV files to iMovie immediately.



Step 5 Now ready to import MKV to iMovie
To do so:
1 Open iMovie
2 choose File>Import
3 choose the converted videos you want to import
4 click Open