Luckily, you can get the MOV recognized by iMovie (iMovie 11) easily. If the MOV contains a video codec that iMovie can't recognize, for instance, DivX, iMovie won't accept it. When seeing this, you may say: since MOV is said to be supported by iMovie, why iMovie doesn't accept my MOV files? Well, that's because MOV is a container instead of a codec. However, its supported video formats are limited to MP4, MOV and M4V with special codecs. Are you frustrated when you can't import MOV to iMovie (iMovie 11)? Yeah, we know that iMovie is a fabulous free home movie making program.