Mac EOS H.264 movie converter-1100D HD video to iMovie/QuickTime

panasonic700 Sat May 21, 2011 10:45 am

Fix H.264 problem on Mac-Play Canon EOS Rebel T3 Movie on QuickTime

As one of the Digital SDL (DSLR) cameras from Canon, the EOS Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D provides outstanding still image and HD videos for the beginners. Compared to Rebel T3i / EOS 600D, and even Rebel T2i / EOS 550D, the price for Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D is much lower. But you would find it a huge value for the money to get clear, crisp true color.

If your Mac computer does not support playing or editing the raw H.264 .mov clips from Canon EOS Rebel T3 / EOS 1100D, you may try to download the x264 QuickTime codec for mac, to see if it would then work perfectly on Mac. Otherwise, you will need to make the H.264 MOV to Mac compatible for iMovie. Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac is the recommended EOS H.264 movie converter on Mac OS X like 10.5 Leopard with PowerPC/Intel and 10.6 Snow Leopard.

Below is the fast guide for you with the simple operation to play Canon EOS Rebel T3 movies on QuickTime, edit EOS videos on iMovie and even FCP.

Step 1. Download EOS movies to Aunsoft Video Converter for Mac.
Connect Canon EOS camera to iMac, click the Add button on the Mac EOS video converter to browse the .mov clips. You may also drag and drop the .mov files from Finder to the application UI.

Step 2. Choose MOV format for Mac.
There are different profiles for you to choose according to your usage.
- To play EOS 1100D movies on QuickTime Player, you can choose Common Video > MOV - QuickTime(*.mov) with MPEG-4 as video codec for output.
- To import EOS Rebel T3 HD videos to iMovie, just choose iMovie and Final Cut Express > Apple InterMediate Codec(AIC) (*.mov).
- If you have installed Final Cut, you may also choose Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov) for highest quality video editing.

To get 1080p MOV, just click the Settings button and choose 1920x1080 as video resolution.

Step 3. Convert H.264 MOV to Mac compatible format.
Click the convert button below the preview window, the H.264 MOV to MPEG-4 MOV, AIC MOV or Apple ProRes MOV will start right away.

Hope you find the best way to fix H.264 problem on Mac, and enjoy the HD videos from Canon EOS 1100D.

Tips:
If you have AVCHD camcorders like Panasonic TM700/HS700/SD700, TM900 and Sony CX700, you can use Aunsoft Final Mate for Mac to manage AVCHD files on Mac Leopard and Snow Leopard with Intel processor.