Using Windows Movie Maker to Free Edit M4V Videos on PC Running Windows 10/8.1/8/7/XP/Vista

Want to edit M4V videos on your Windows PC for free such as adding background music or subtitles, changing files' visual effects, or something else? Here a well-known editing program, Windows Movie Maker, is available. Let's see how to edit M4V videos in Windows Movie Maker for free on Windows 8/7/XP/Vista.

Note: Windows Movie Maker is not available for editing iTunes purchased or rental M4V videos that are protected by DRM protection. Under this condition, you can use M4V Converter Genius to convert DRM-protected to Windows Movie Maker supported video formats. It is specially designed for removing DRM from iTunes M4V videos and transfer M4V to other video formats readable on various mobile devices and video websites.

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1. Versions of Windows Movie Maker

Windows Movie Maker, formerly known as Windows Live Movie Maker, is freeware video editing software developed by Microsoft. It is a part of Windows Essentials Software suite. You can use it to create and edit videos as well as to share them on OneDrive, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr. It has three versions: Windows Movie Maker 2012 for Windows 10/8.1/8/7, Windows Movie Maker 6.0 and Windows Movie Maker 2.6 for Windows Vista.

2. How to Edit M4V Video Files with Windows Movie Maker 2012 on Windows 10/8.1/8/7

Considering the popularity of each version of Window Movie Maker, here we primarily concentrate on free editing .m4v files with Windows Movie Maker 2012 on PC running Windows 10/8.1/8/7.

• Import M4V video files into Windows Movie Maker 2012
  
  Before editing, you should import targeted M4V video files into Windows Movie Maker 2012. Videos can be imported by either of the two Add videos and photos button (one at the Home tab and the other at the storyboard) >locate the needed item(s) > select files that you want to edit > click Open > the file(s) will be imported in the timeline.
  
  
• Trim .m4v files
  
  When .m4v video files are imported, you can choose Edit option in the tool bar, and then choose "Set start point" and "Set end point" to adjust the length of the video file and then save the trimming.
  
  
  
  
• Add title/caption/credits to M4V video files with Windows Movie Maker
  
  Title, caption and credits are located at the Home tab.
  
  Title: the text that appears before the video.
  
  Caption: the description of video clips.
  
  Credits: here you can put names of director, starring, and location.
  
  You can customize the text, such as changing color, size, text duration, effects, transparency, etc.
  
  
  
  
• Add background music for M4V video clips in Windows Movie Maker
  
  Windows Movie Maker allows you to add online music from AudioMicro, Free Music Archive and Vimeo or add music files stored in the PC. Tap on "Add music" and choose the one preferable option.
  
  
• Split .m4v videos
  
  The Split tool in Windows Movie Maker allows you to split a video into several segments. The video that you have imported will be displayed in the timeline. You need to click on Edit option, alter the timeline to the point where you want to cut the video and then tap on Split.
  
  
• Add visual effects to .m4v video clips
  
  Under Visual Effects, there are many options that you can apply to your video, such as black and white, pictorial poster, border detection, etc.
  
  

When the editing has finished, don't forget to save it.

Additional Tips: Video File Types (Formats) Supported by Windows Movie Maker

Video Files Types	File Name Extensions
Windows Media Video (WMV) files	.wmv
Windows Media files	.asf/.wm
AVCHD files	.m2ts/.mts/.m2t
Apple QuickTime files	.mov/.qt
DV-AVI files	.avi
Microsoft Recorded TV Show files	.dvr-ms/.wtv
MPEG-4 movie files	.mp4/.mov/.m4v(unprotected)/.3gp/.3g2/.k3g
MPEG-2 movie files	.mpeg/.mpg/.mpe/.mp2/.mpv2/.mod/.vob/.m2t
MPEG-1 movie files	.m1v
Motion JPEG files	.avi/.mov

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