General Discussion - Convert Nikon D800/D4/D3S h.264 mov to AIC codec for iMovie tutubebe99 - Tue Jun 05, 2012 10:36 pm Post subject: Convert Nikon D800/D4/D3S h.264 mov to AIC codec for iMovie
Convert Nikon D800/D4/D3S h.264 mov to AIC codec for iMovie editing smoothly
Many of you may have one DSLR camera like Nikon D800, D4, D3s. All of them are wonderful to be taken to take photos and record HD videos when you travel or commute. As you see, the Nikon D800/D4/D3S supports h.264 mov recording up to 1080p. Sometimes, you may want to edit those h.264 mov footages in iMovie on Mac before sharing with others. But you may encounter some problems when you want to import Nikon D800/D4/D3S videos to iMovie for editing, like import it slowly, and couldn't edit videos smoothly.
So how to import and load video clips from Nikon D800/D4/D3S to iMovie for smoothly editing on Mac? As far as I know, the reason behind that is Full HD "MOV" movie files created by Nikon DSLRs use the H.264 codec for the video. Generally, mov is friendly for iMovie, however, H.264 is a delivery codec rather than editing codec. The best method to solve those problems is to transcode Nikon h.264 mov footages to iMovie native format, for instance, Apple Intermediate Codec(AIC) codec. The following passage guides you how to convert Nikon D800/D4/D3S h.264 mov footages to AIC encoded MOV file for iMovie.
If you looking for a solution for this problem likewise, check out Pavtube's HD Video Converter for Mac(currently on sale), a top Nikon MOV converter for iMovie. It supports not only encoding all Nikon h.264 mov files to AIC so that you can easily import them to iMovie for smoothly editing, but also supports transcoding all Nikon H.264 mov footages to Apple ProRes for Final Cut Pro 6/7 or FCP X editing. This will help you import the file correctly and saving the rendering time.
