If you have obtained an .rm file, then you have a Real Media file. RM files are similar to other container formats developed primarily for streaming video over the Internet such as MPEG4 in that both the video and audio streams can be heavily compressed to ensure smooth playback over most Internet connections. However, RM files only contain streams encoded using RealNetwork's proprietary codecs.

Whether you have only a couple or tons of file formats in .rm file extension, you may have already learnt that it is a pain to import .rm files into iMovie or to batch convert them to a format to put into iMovie on Mac.

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RM files are a multimedia container format which can carry audio and video streams encoded using RealNetwork's proprietary RealAudio and RealVideo codecs. To some extend, it is a tough issue to decode .rm file to more compatible format. At the same time iMovie is not open to all formats, but a limited few ones like DV, HDV, MPEG-4, and MPEG-2 can be imported directly.

We need to take care of two things properly before we are able to import .rm into iMovie, that’s to say to find a codec that specifically targeted to decode .rm, another thing is to convert rm for iMovie workable like DV, MPEG-4 or MPEG-2. Video Converter for Mac is designed to equip itself with a powerful code pack that is able to decode almost all formats troubled us including .rm. the program is also a great converter to work smoothly on Mac that can convert video from one format to many others.

Well, seems that we find the ideal converter to decode rm and import rm to iMovie, RM to iMovie Converter just provides us with all the tools needed to perform the task right and beautifully. In summary, video converter for Mac is players that with vast compatibility to read various video/audio formats, a powerful codec pack that being able to transcode .rm and a variety of others and a converter that can easily convert video to other formats at will.

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Step by Step on how to import rm to iMovie on Mac

Step 1 Download and install Video converter for Mac
Video converter for Mac provides you two sample versions, one is for running on Intel processor, and the other is for running on PowerPC. Please choose wisely on which one to use. The overall design of video converter is focused on simple, user-friendly and powerful capacity. You are going to like it.



Step 2 Load RM video files need to decode and convert
Batch mode feature allows you to load as many as RM file at one time, if you have tons of the RM files, just go ahead to load them all at one time.



Step 3 Trim the RM video clips
Video converter has a set of video editing tools so that you can trim, crop, apply effect, alter resolution, etc. If you just want to convert a few minutes worth of video in the original video clip, please hit Trim button, this allows you to set the starting time and ending time for a video for conversion.



Step 4 Convert RM to DV or Mpeg-4 for iMovie workable.
Please check all the setting and options you made. If you are happy with what you have set, then hit Convert to carry out the conversion process. The entire list of RM files will be converted to DV or MPEG-4, MPEG-2 pretty soon.



Step 5 Import RM to iMovie
Finally, you are here to import RM to iMovie. Choose File>Import, choose the converted videos you want to import from your project library, finally click Open to import. Done.