The best ways to edit M4V video and audio on Windows or Mac

M4V video or audio file is a kind of common but non-standard use of the MPEG-4 file extensions, especially for Apple's products users.

Want to do some DIY for your own M4V files, but don't know how to edit M4V easily? Here are two ways for you to edit M4V video or audio on Windows/ Mac, you can have a try.

These two ways are based on the official tools from Windows and Mac OS, because they don't need to pay more or ever are free. Don't worry, those editor tools for M4V are very easy to use.

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How to edit M4V file on Windows OS

For M4V file editing on Windows, we can make use of the official default media editor in Windows OS - Windows Movie Maker.

Windows Movie Maker is one part of the media tools of Windows OS. It allows users make or edit videos by themselves with easy steps. All operations in this small program are clear. Users can trim or crop for the video, and add some effects for the simple video.

Firstly, we need to add the M4V file to Windows Movie Maker. We can follow the prompt in the UI to add file by clicking, or directly drag the files to the program.

And then you can edit your M4V file based on your needs via the options in the tool bar. You can add animations and visual effects for your video, and video tool can help you trim or clip the video based on timeline.

Finally, after you have completed all editing, you can export the M4V video or audio as different formats that can be play on Android phone, Windows phone, popular video sites(Youtube, Vimeo, Facebook, Flickr, etc) or other video or music players.

Click to know more tutorial of Windows Movie Maker.

How to edit M4V on Mac OS x

On the other hands, on Mac OS, we can use iMovie to edit M4V video and audio. The steps are as simple as Windows Movie Maker.

iMovie is a software designed by Apple for user to make or edit personal video. Let's go to learn how to edit M4V file with iMovie.

• Step 1: You need import M4V video or audio to iMovie, click the "File" option on the left top of the software, then click "import>movie". Here, you can give a name for your project.
  
  After importing, you can see the imported video in the event bar.
  
  
• Step 2: ok, you will begin making or editing, you need drag the imported files to editing bar. You can use various options and functions to add visual effects and animations for your M4V videos. Of course, the trim, split, and move clips, etc options can be easily done in iMovie. Just use them based on what you need.
  
  
• Step 3: After editing, you need to export your work. Then, click "Share" in the menu bar on the top, you can see options to share your work to Youtube, iTunes, Vimeo, iDVD, etc. Of course, you can export the video as a file in different formats.
  
  

Click to know more tutorial of iMovie.

Notes: To import M4V files on Windows OS, you may need to install some codec pack for your computer, and if you can't import M4V files to iMovie, you can use M4V Converter Genius for Windows/ Mac to convert M4V to other formats, such as MOV.

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