How to Import and Edit YouTube Video in Windows Movie Maker

Have downloaded some videos from YouTube and want to edit them in Windows Movie Maker? Well, as we know, videos downloaded from YouTube are usually in FLV format while WIndows Movie Maker prefers ASF, AVI, WMV, etc. So YouTube videos can't be imported directly into Windows Movie Maker. To edit YouTube videos in Windows Movie Maker, you need to convert YouTube to Windows Movie Maker compatible formats.

To convert YouTube FLV to Windows Movie Maker WMV/AVI/ASF, you need the help of a video converting tool. Here Aimersoft Video Converter Pro is highly recommended to help your achieve your task. With it, you can convert downloaded YouTube videos to WMV, AVI or ASF easily and quickly so that you can edit them in Windows Movie Maker. Now download the program and follow the step-by-step tutorial to import YouTube video files to Windows Movie Maker.

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How to convert YouTube video to Windows Movie Maker

1Add YouTube videos

Click the "+" button to import YouTube videos. The app supports batch conversion, so you can add more than one file at a time. Besides YouTube FLV, you can also convert WMV, AVI, MKV, MOV, MP4, ASF, M2TS, 3GP, etc. and even rip DVD movies.,

2Choose output format

Then choose a video format supported by Windows Movie Maker. Since Windows Movie Maker well supports WMV and AVI, so here you can click "Profile" and choose WMV or AVI as the output video format.

3Start converting

Finally, click the "Convert" button on the lower right to begin converting YouTube FLV to Windows Movie Maker WMV/AVI. When the conversion is done, you can click "Open Output" to locate the converted video files directly. After that, open Windows Movie Maker and go straight to "Movie tasks" >"Import video" to add the YouTube videos.

Download YouTube to Windows Movie Maker Converter trial version: