Los Angeles, California -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/20/2010 -- Have you ever thought to edit and make MPEG videos by yourself? Have you ever thought to publish your MPEG files to iTunes Library, YouTube or MySpace? If so, just import your MPEG to iMovie which is famous for its video editing function and sharing capability. Maybe, you will be puzzled again that iMovie is not compatible with MPEG (MPG). Do not worry about it; just convert MPEG to iMovie supported format.

This article will show you how to convert MPEG to iMovie compatible format to achieve importing MPEG into iMovie. This guide also applies to importing MPG to iMovie by converting MPG to iMovie supported format.

Make preparation
Free download Bigasoft iMovie Converter for Mac, install and run it, then the following interface will turn up.

Step 1 Add MPEG (MPG) files to Bigasoft iMovie Converter for Mac
Click the "Add files" button to import your MPEG (MPG) files. This MPEG to iMovie converter supports batch conversion, so you can also import multiple files at a time.

Step 2 Choose output format compatible with iMovie
Click the drop-down button on the right side of the 'Profile' button to select iMovie compatible format like iMovie Video MPEG-4 Movie (.mp4). If you want the best quality for the output MP4 video, you can choose iMovie HD Video MPEG-4 Movie (.mp4). from the drop-down button.

Step 3 Customize (Optional)
This is an optional step.
Click "Trim" button, you can achieve converting only your wanted clips by setting the start time and the end time.
Click "Crop" button, you can cut off the black edges of the original movie video.
Click "Preference" button, you can finish setting output effects, image type, CPU usage and action after conversion done, etc as you like.
Click "Settings" button, you can set parameters of your output files such as frame rate, resolution, channels, sample rate, video/audio codec, video/audio bitrates, etc.
You can also join several chapters into one by checking "Merge into one file" box.

Step 4 Import MPEG to iMovie
Run iMovie, then click "File -> Import movies" menu to upload the converted MPEG into iMovie.
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Tips
What is MPEG?
MPEG, short for Moving Picture Experts Group, is a working group of experts that was formed by ISO and IEC to set standards for audio and video compression and transmission. The term also refers to the family of digital video compression standards and file formats developed by the group. It achieves better quality with smaller file size. And the major MPEG standards include MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-3, MPEG-4, MPEG-7 and MPEG-12.

What is MPG?
MPG is one of the most popular file extensions for MPEG-1 computer files. And MPEG-1 is a standard for lossy compression of video and audio. With MPEG-1 becoming the most widely compatible lossy audio/video format in the world, MPG is widely used in a large number of products and technologies. However, MPG is not compatible with iMovie by far. If you want to edit and publish your MPG video to iTunes Library, YouTube or MySpace with iMovie, you will need to convert them to iMovie compatible formats.

What is iMovie?
iMovie is a proprietary video editing software application which allows users to edit their own home movies. As soon as you own an iMovie, you can edit and make your videos at will. And then publish them to your own iTunes Library, YouTube or MySpace. However, iMovie is only available with few video formats including DV, DV Widescreen, HDV, MPEG-4, iSight. If you want to edit your other video formats, you need to convert them to iMovie compatible formats.