How to add iTunes Music or Apple Music to iMovie?

iMovie is a super easy and useful tool for editing movies . It also provides a library of sound effects to choose from. But you can use audio from your own iTunes libraries. However, when you add some songs from iTunes, you may encounter restrictions that prevent you from adding the song to your iMovie project . If you are in this situation, check out the following tutorial to add music from iTunes M4P and Apple Music to iMovie.

iMovie is a powerful and free video editing tool for Mac OS X users . It comes with incredible features, for example, join and trim clips , apply effects , view all your videos and audios easily , share them with the popular web video sites instantly . What's more, iMovie can take advantage of the latest features of Apple, including support for 3D touch, 1080p HD videos at 60 fps and ultra-high definition 4K recordings, etc.

You must want to know the best formats for iMovie. The official line is DV, MPEG-4, MPEG-2, MOV and M4V. The file types are compatible with iMovie. For more details, simply check the following:

• Formats of audio files compatible with iMovie: MP3, WAV, M4A, AIFF, AAC
• Formats of video files compatible with iMovie: MP4, MOV, MPEG-2, AVCHD, DV, HDV, MPEG-4, H.264

How to add songs from iTunes Music to iMovie?

If you want to add songs such as M4P music and Apple Music from iTunes to iMovie, but find that all songs are restricted songs, all you need is Apple Music Converter . Apple Music Converter allows you to remove the protection of any iTunes music without loss of quality. One of the distinctive features of Apple Music Converter is that it can convert music at a really fast speed, up to 20 times faster than any other similar software. The user interface of the software is very simple. Novices will have no problem with the use of the software.

Next, we will show you how to convert M4P music and Apple Music to import them into the iMovie project as background music.

Note: Apple Music Converter also supports the conversion of audiobooks M4A, M4B and Audible AA, iTunes AAX and M4P music to MP3, AAC, FLAC or WAV formats.

Step 1 Launch Apple Music Converter

Install and launch iTunes Music Converter. Once the program started normally, the itunes will be lauched automatically at the same time.

Step 2 Add Apple Music in Apple Music Converter

Click the relevant Playlists category and select one or more iTunes music you want to transfer to iMovie.

Please Note: Selecting the check box at the top of the list to choose the whole list. Or using the Search function in the upper right corner to find any music you want.

Step 3 Select MP3 as Output Format

To transfer iTunes music to iMovie, set MP3 as output format and select the destination folder you want to save your output files in. The profile settings will be adjusted automatically according to the chosen output format. You can also set your own output parameters.

Step 4 Start the Conversion

When all settings are done, click "Convert" to begin converting iTunes music and videos to MP3. When the conversion finishes, you can click Find Target to locate the converted DRM-free songs. So that you can transfer iTunes music and apple music files to iMovie easily.

Step 5 Transfer Converted iTunes Music to iMovie

Now, click on the History icon to find the converted iTunes music files in the destination folder on your Mac. Then, you can easily add the music to the iMovie project like other common audio files.

You can play converted audios on other devices that support the converted audio format. Apple Music Converter maintains audio quality as the original audio quality. The converted songs are as good as the original iTunes music. It even keeps all the ID3 tags if they are present in the original iTunes music.

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With Apple Music Converter, you can easily convert songs downloaded from Apple Music and add them to iMovie as background music. If you have problems because you can not add music from Apple Music on imovie, download it and use it immediately!