Windows Movie Maker can't edit 4K from Phantom 4 Pro? Solved-Cam Topics

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Windows Movie Maker can't edit 4K from Phantom 4 Pro? Solved

Phantom 4 Pro is really going to put professional quality, cinematic shots into the hands of consumers. It can record at 4k video at 60 frames per seconds. This means it can record slow motion in 4k which gives your video a much smoother look. After the video capture, you may going to have some professional post work-flow of the Phantom 4 Pro video files with Windows Movie Maker. However, H.264 encoded MP4 or MOV file format from DJI Phantom 4 Pro is beyond the compatibility of Windows Movie Maker. What's more, handling 4K files in Movie Maker is usually hardware intensive. Thus, you can't get a flawless 4K workflow in most cases.

Is it possible to edit 4K videos from Phantom 4 Pro with Windows Movie Maker?

If your computer meets below listed requirements, you will have no problem to work 4K video with Windows Movie Maker:

* Integrated Graphics solutions that support 4K external displays (8GB RAM recommended with integrated graphics solutions):

* 4th generation Intel Core processor family (Intel Haswell based CPUs) – (Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 / Intel Iris Graphics 5100, Intel HD Graphics 5000 / 4600 / 4400 / 4200)

* AMD A10-7800 APU

If your system does not support the 4K videos, there is no point even if you have the latest software version. Majority of videos are finished in 1080p and thus it is always advisable to downscale or render your 4K video into a 1080p file so that they can be easily edited in Windows Movie Maker. However, that does not mean that you can throw any 4K video to Windows Movie Maker, the 4K video should be listed in Windows Movie Maker supported formats list as below:

Video formats: WMV, ASF, WM, M2TS, MTS, M2T, MOV, QT, DVR-MS, WTV
Audio formats: ASF, WM, WMA, AIF, AIFF, WAV, M4A, MP3

Since DJI Phantom 4 Pro 4K videos are with the format of MP4, Windows Movie Maker will fail to handle those 4K file formats. Actually, it's not as difficult as you imagine. To edit Phantom 4 Pro 4K H.264 MOV/MP4 video in Windows Movie Maker, the easy workaround is to convert DJI Phantom 4 Pro 4K to Windows Movie Maker compatible formats like WMV or AVI.

What you need is just a common 4K video converter like Dimo Video Converter Ultimate. It supports creating high quality WMV video for your Windows Movie Maker. It can convert DJI Phantom 4 Pro 4k videos to WMV so you can import your video to Windows Movie Maker for editing. It is now providing the most reliable and professional 4K solutions to all format issues including 4K Blu-ray, 4K XAVC/XAVC S, 4K H.265, 4K MP4, 4K MOV, 4K MTS, 4K MXF, 4K AVI, 4K MKV and more. Now download the program and start converting your DJI Phantom 4 Pro 4K videos.

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Convert DJI Phantom 4 Pro 4K video for editing in Windows Movie Maker

Step 1. Load Source Video

Launch the 4K to 1080p Converter; click "Add File" and load your 4K HD files from DJI Phantom 4 Pro. If necessary, you can double click the video for previewing.

Step 2. Decide Output Format

Hit the "Select Format" box and select "Format > Editor > Movie Maker or choose HD WMV from "Format —> HD Video" on the dropdown menu as output format. Besides, you can also choose Divx HD(*.avi) as output if you have not installed the .wmv codec.

And by clicking Edit, you can trim, crop videos, adjust video effects, add watermarks, etc.

Trim: Allowing users to decide where to start and where to end when converting the selected clip, so that unwanted segments will be cut out after conversion.

Adjust: Getting rid of the black edges and unwanted area of the image.

Watermark: Here, you can create a text watermark to personalize your video.

Effect: Customize the output effect. Here, you can apply emboss, sharpness, invert or mosaic effects and apply a number of deinterlacing options.

Step 3. Set Video Resolution at 1080p

Click "Settings" button; you can adjust video and audio settings, including codec, aspect ratio, bit rate, frame rate, sample rate, and audio channel. To down-convert ultra HD 4K MP4 to 1080p WMV, do remember adjusting video size to 1920*1080. That is the exact 108p.

Step 4. Start Phantom 4 Pro 4K MP4 to 1080p WMV Conversion

Hit "Start" button to let the Phantom 4 Pro 4K MP4 to WMV for Windows (Live) Movie Maker 1080p WMV conversion begin. When the conversion finished, check the generated 1080p video, you will certainly be satisfied with its final video quality. It would be easier for you to edit DJI Phantom 4 Pro in Movie Maker, and then playback or shareeverywhere you like.

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