Summary: This article mainly offers you the easiest way to import, edit, fix videos downloaded from YouTube in Windows Movie Maker.
YouTube, as an on-line video sharing website, has the biggest user group in the world. You can view videos through internet browser with some plug-ins, and also can download them to save and enhanced edit. Following tutorials will teach you how to import & edit YouTube videos in Windows Movie Maker.
YouTube videos are flash videos that are available on web browser. Usually the videos are downloaded as FLV format. Windows Movie Maker cannot recognize FLV files. So you have to covert the YouTube videos into AVI, or WMV files before you edit movies. You need a converting program to change YouTube videos into Windows Movie Maker ones.
Free converters supplied on line can be taken into your consideration. Search from Google to find one. Or you can get Brorsoft Video Converter to achieve your goal, which has been proven to be an excellent YouTube video converter.
With it, you can convert YouTube FLV format to WMV, AVI easily and quickly so that you can edit YouTube videos in Windows Movie Maker without hassle. In addition to YouTube video, this converter also allows you to convert all your video and audio files in various regular formats AVI, MKV, WMV, MPG, VOB, TiVo, MOV, MTS, etc. This YouTube file converter is also equipped with rich editing features, so you can customize your videos just as you want.
How to import YouTube videos to Windows Movie Maker for editing
STEP 1. Add YouTube Video
After running the program, load YouTube videos to it by clicking Add button or simply drag & drops. You can add many files and convert them at one time.
STEP 2. Choose Output Format
Click Format bar and choose "HD Video" > "WMV HD(*.wmv)" as the output video format. AVI is also the choice.
Tip: Click the "Settings" button and customize proper video/ audio parameters if necessary.
STEP 3. Start Conversion
The last step is to press the "Convert" button to start YouTube video to Windows Movie Maker conversion.
STEP 4. Edit YouTube Videos with Windows Movie Maker
Drag video files converted from YouTube to "Show Storyboard" window. If you cannot find the window, hit "Show Timeline" panel to change editing window.
Drop video clips on the board. Now you can cut, split, trim, add and create video clips to edit a YouTube video in Windows Movie Maker at will.
Additional Tips:
a. How to download videos you like from YouTube?
Launch your IE, Firefox, or other internet browser. Enter YouTube in URL search box. View the YouTube website to select videos you love. Afterwards, copy the page's URL showed in search box, and then choose an online YouTube downloader and paste. There're plenty of such free tools on the Internet. They will capture the video in the certain page and download it for you.
b. With this highly rated YouTube Video to WMM Converter, you can also convert YouTube to Sony Vegas, Adobe Premiere Pro, Pinnacle Studio and more on Windows(8).
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