As some of you may have noticed the video format that The Sims 3 uses when it records files, is not natively supported by OS X Leopard. This thread is here to help your convert the file into something Mac and iMovie friendly.
Step One: Download VLC Player located at this address: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Step Two: Copy the VLC Player Application into the Applications folder in your Macintosh HD
Step Three: Open up VLC player and drag the desired video file onto the VLC application itself. (Easiest if VLC is on your dock.)
Step Four: Click the “File” drop down menu up near the top left corner of the screen and select “Streaming/Exporting Wizard”
Step Five: Click “Transcode/Save to file then press “Next”
Step Six: Here you select “Existing playlist item” and press “Next”. Make sure that your video file is listed in the playlist.
Step Seven: If you want both audio and video to be converted tick both of the boxes for the corresponding media you wish to convert. For the “video codec” you will want to choose “H.264 Video” and set the “Bitrate” to 2048 or higher. For audio you want to select “MPEG 4 Audio” for the codec and can be set as low as 128kbps. Then you can click, “Next”.
Step Eight: You want to select “MPEG 4 / MP4” as the Encapsulation format. Then press “Next”
Step Nine: Press the “Choose” button next to the text field under “Select the file to save to”. This is where you can name your file and save wherever you would like on your hard drive. Then click “Next”
Step Ten: On the summary page, press “Next” and the re-encoding will commence!
The file will be converted and placed wherever you pointed VLC to export the file. From there you should be able to import the MP4 file into iMovie for editing.
Step One: Download VLC Player located at this address: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-macosx.html
Step Two: Copy the VLC Player Application into the Applications folder in your Macintosh HD
Step Three: Open up VLC player and drag the desired video file onto the VLC application itself. (Easiest if VLC is on your dock.)
Step Four: Click the “File” drop down menu up near the top left corner of the screen and select “Streaming/Exporting Wizard”
Step Five: Click “Transcode/Save to file then press “Next”
Step Six: Here you select “Existing playlist item” and press “Next”. Make sure that your video file is listed in the playlist.
Step Seven: If you want both audio and video to be converted tick both of the boxes for the corresponding media you wish to convert. For the “video codec” you will want to choose “H.264 Video” and set the “Bitrate” to 2048 or higher. For audio you want to select “MPEG 4 Audio” for the codec and can be set as low as 128kbps. Then you can click, “Next”.
Step Eight: You want to select “MPEG 4 / MP4” as the Encapsulation format. Then press “Next”
Step Nine: Press the “Choose” button next to the text field under “Select the file to save to”. This is where you can name your file and save wherever you would like on your hard drive. Then click “Next”
Step Ten: On the summary page, press “Next” and the re-encoding will commence!
The file will be converted and placed wherever you pointed VLC to export the file. From there you should be able to import the MP4 file into iMovie for editing.