Have some Prores files exported from your NLE editing software such as Premiere Pro CC, After Effects CC, Premiere Elements, Avid Media Composer or shot with your Canon/Panasonic/Red/Sony/Alexa camera and wish to load the Prores files into Windows Movie Maker for adding titles, effects and transitions. The bad news is that although Prores has perfect compatibility with Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro CC and Avid Media Composer, however, you may get no chance to load it into Windows Movie Maker, the free video editing software from Microsoft, since Prores is not included in Windows Movie Maker supported file formats.
Windows Movie Maker supported file formats
To successfully adding Prores files to WMM, you should first be clear of what are Windows Movie Maker supported file types. Following are the video and audio files can be used in Windows Movie Maker.
Video files
| Video file types (format) | File name extensions |
| Windows Media Video (WMV) files | .wmv |
| Windows Media files | .asf and .wm |
| AVCHD files | .m2ts, .mts, and .m2t |
| Apple QuickTime files | .mov and .qt |
| DV‑AVI files | .avi |
| Microsoft Recorded TV Show files | .dvr-ms and .wtv |
| MPEG‑4 movie files | .mp4, .mov,.m4v, .3gp, .3g2, and .k3g |
| MPEG‑2 movie files | .mpeg, .mpg, .mpe, .m1v, .mp2, .mpv2, .mod, .vob, and .m2t |
| MPEG‑1 movie files | .m1v |
| Motion JPEG files | .avi and .mov |
Audio files
| Audio file types (format) | File name extensions |
| Windows Media Audio (WMA) files | .asf, .wm, and .wma |
| Pulse‑code Modulation (PCM) files | .aif, .aiff, and .wav |
| Advanced Audio Coding (AAC) files | .m4a |
| MP3 files | .mp3 |
Convert Prores to Windows Movie Maker editable file formats
To convert Prores for Windows Movie Maker editing, you can download our best Prores Converter for Windows - Pavtube Video Converter, which has full support for both 4K/HD Prores format produced from either video editing software or professional cameras.
With the program, you can batch import multiple Prores format into the program for conversion at one time to save your precious time. As for which format to choose for Windows Movie Maker editing, we highly recommend you to choose "WMV" format, which is the native format supported by WMM without installing any extra codec.
Edit Prores with built-in editing options
Besides transcoding Prores format for you, you can also use the program to do some simple editing task. You can trim or cut video to get only your unwanted parts or segments, merge separate video clips into one file, split large files into small parts by file size, length or count, crop the black bars around the video frame, add video/image/transparent text watermark to video, apply special rendering effects to video, etc.
Step by Step to Convert and Import Prores to Windows Movie Maker Editing
Step 1: Load Prores files.
Run the program on your computer and click "File" > "Add Video/Audio" or "Add from folder" to add Prores files into the program.
Step 2: Choose output file format.
Clicking the Format bar, from its drop-down list, select Windows Movie Maker native compatible WMV file format to output. The program allows you to produce 3 different types of Apple Prores format.
If you wish to have a fast conversion speed, it would be ideal for you to choose "WMV2(WMV8)(*.wmv)" format.
If you wish to produce a high quality file format, just choose "WMV3(WMV9)(*.wmv)".
If you wish to produce a high definition file format, select "WMV HD(*.wmv)" under "HD Video" main category.
Step 3: Edit video.
Check an item to active the "Video Editor" function, then click the pencil like icon on the top tool bar to open the "Video Editor" window, you can trim video length, crop video black bars, add watermark, apply special rendering effect, remove/replace audio in video, etc.
Step 4: Begin the conversion process.
Click right-bottom "Convert" button to convert Prores to Windows Movie Maker supported file WMV file formats.
Once the conversion is finished, you can click "Open Output Folder" button to get the output files effortlessly, and now feel free to import converted files to Windows Movie Maker for editing via its "Import video" option.
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