How to Load Youtube MP4 to Windows Movie Maker

If you're troubled in importing YouTube video files into Windows Movie Maker for further editing, follow the quick-start guide to learn how to make YouTube video editable in Windows Movie Maker without quality loss. 

My Windows Movie Maker won't let me edit my YouTube videos in .mp4. Any solution? After reading several different posts here I put together a working workflow. If you're just stuck in importing YouTube video to Windows Movie Maker, read on to get something useful you want.

YouTube downloaded videos can be in different formats like FLV, MP4. However, Windows Movie Maker can only support WMV, ASF, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, DV-AVI. So, we I need to convert YouTube mp4 to Windows Movie Maker edit-friendly format and keep the audio and the aspect ratio in tact.

Some guys state rename YouTube videos to WMV or AVI for Windows Movie Maker would help me out. I tried the solution. The renamed file could not be imported…

I had to struggle to find another good workaround. In this try, more than one people suggest to convert YouTube video to a Movie Maker compatible format e.g. WMV with a third-party software which will ensures a perfect YouTube video importing, playing and editing workflow with Windows Movie Maker.

Here is the step-by-step guide on transcocding YouTube MP4 to WMV for Windows Movie Maker with Brorsoft Video Converter. This video app can help you change YouTube MP4 as well as FLV, MOV, MPG into a different format (e.g. .wmv, .avi) with least quality loss. You should then be able to import the new file into WMM with smooth editing without any trouble. Below is how to.

Convert YouTube videos for editing with Windows Movie Maker

Step 1: Run Brorsoft video converter and you can import YouTube video clips to the program through "Add Video" button or "Add from folder"button. If you like, check the "Merge into one"box to join several video clips together.



Step 2: Hit the Format box and select HD Video –>WMV HD(*.wmv) on the dropdown menu as output format. Besides, you can also choose Divx HD(*.avi) as output if you have not installed the .wmv codec.



Tip: Click the "Settings"button and customize proper video/ audio parameters if necessary.

Step 3: Finally, click "Convert"icon and your YouTube videos files will converted into .WMV files ready to be imported into Windows Movie Maker.

You're done! Now you can easily import YouTube .mp4 clips into Windows Movie Maker for editing smoothly.

Windows Movie Maker Supported Video files

Video file types (format)	File name extensions
Windows Media Video (WMV) files	.wmv
Windows Media files	.asf and .wm
AVCHD files	.m2ts, .mts, and .m2t
Apple QuickTime files	.mov and .qt
DV‑AVI files	.avi
Microsoft Recorded TV Show files	.dvr-ms and .wtv
MPEG‑4 movie files	.mp4, .mov,.m4v, .3gp, .3g2, and .k3g
MPEG‑2 movie files	.mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, .mpv2, .mod, .vob, and .m2t
MPEG‑1 movie files	.m1v
Motion JPEG files	.avi and .mov

Notes

Video files that use digital rights management (DRM) can't be used in Movie Maker.

Support for using MPEG‑2 and Microsoft Recorded TV Show video files in your movie is available only if your computer is running one of the following editions of Windows: Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows Vista Home Premium, or Windows Vista Ultimate.

AVCHD video files that contain Dolby Digital audio can be used in Movie Maker if your computer is running one of the following editions of Windows: Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Enterprise, or Windows 7 Ultimate.

MPEG‑4 video files that contain AAC audio can be used if you're using Movie Maker on a computer running Windows 7.

3GPP and 3GPP2 video files that are often recorded on a mobile phone can be used in Movie Maker if the file contains MPEG‑4 video, AAC audio, and if Movie Maker is installed on a computer running Windows 7.

3GPP video files might contain AMR audio and 3GPP2 files might contain AMR or QCELP audio instead. In these cases, the video will often play, but the audio won't. Files that contain H.263 video might not play in Movie Maker without installing additional codecs.

Some MPEG‑4 video files can be used when you're using Movie Maker on a computer running Windows Vista if the necessary audio and video codecs are installed.