Transcribe a long iMovie video events and lectures, start to finish.
To transcribe a long iMovie video, share it as a file at a lower resolution such as 720p or 540p so it stays under 5 GB, then upload it here. A 3-hour graduation or lecture comes back in about 6 minutes, the first 20 minutes of it are free, and the $6 pack of 500 minutes covers the 180 minutes.
From iMovie to text
iMovie makes the long video. A share setting decides whether it uploads in one go.
Share as a file
On a Mac, iMovie's share option for a file asks for resolution and quality, then saves where you choose; the result is usually an MP4, but check the export settings in your version. The same menu offers Audio Only on recent versions, which is the smallest file of all.
Resolution decides the size
Size per hour is bitrate times 3,600 seconds. At 8 Mbps, a common rate for 1080p, that is 3.6 GB an hour, so a 3-hour ceremony is about 10.8 GB. At 2 Mbps, nearer what a 540p share uses, the same three hours are about 2.7 GB, and the voices sound exactly the same.
A lecture series, priced
Twenty recorded lectures of 75 minutes each total 1,500 minutes. That is over the $6 pack, so the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes is the right one, with 500 minutes left for the review sessions.
Captions for the family video
SRT and VTT files let you add captions to the finished event video, and the brief lists the speeches in order with chapters, so the vows or the valedictorian's speech are a click away. Recordings are transcribed on our own servers and never used for training.
Long iMovie videos elsewhere
A three-hour event looks fine in iMovie and turns into a 10 GB file on the way out.
✗ Where an iMovie share goes wrong
The default share is built for a big screen, not for a transcript.
- 1080p or 4K shares that pass 5 GB
- Cutting the ceremony into short parts
- Upload tools that time out at an hour
- Captions typed from memory
- No record of which speech came when
- Paying for a plan to transcribe one event
✓ A lighter share
Smaller video, the same speech, one upload.
- 720p or 540p keeps three hours small
- A 3-hour ceremony read in about 6 minutes
- Every speech in the chapter list
- SRT and VTT for the finished video
- No cost for the opening 20 minutes
- One $6 pack for the ceremony
Sample
A graduation ceremony edited in iMovie, as it reads back.
These lines are illustrative, written for this page, not taken from a real ceremony. The timestamps run across a 3-hour event.
Export
One transcript. Five clean formats.
Every pack exports all five — no format is held back for a higher tier.
Plain text
De-ummed paragraphs. Ready to paste.
SRT captions
Timed to the speech. Every video editor reads this.
WebVTT
HTML5 player + YouTube uploads.
Show notes
Formatted with chapters and pull-quotes.
Machine-readable
Timestamped text for your own tools.
Pricing
Honest pricing, no surprises.
A pack from $6 (500 minutes) opens the full transcript. After that, no subscription and no auto-renew — every tier is a one-time minute pack, and credits never expire. Buy once, use the minutes whenever you need them.
Casual pack
$6/500 min
8 hours of audio — $0.72 an hour. One-time — credits never expire.
- 500 minutes of audio
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
- Executive summary & key quote
Best value
$12/2,000 min
33 hours of audio — $0.36 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 2,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- All export formats
- Unlimited AI chat per transcript
Bulk pack
$24/5,000 min
83 hours of audio — $0.29 an hour. Credits never expire.
- 5,000 minutes of audio
- Priority queue
- API access for batch pipelines
- All export formats
FAQ
Long iMovie videos: what people ask.
How long does a 3-hour iMovie video take?
About 6 minutes, because the work runs at about 2 minutes per audio hour. Even 9.31 hours finished in 1,033 seconds on the public proof page.
What does a long event or a lecture series cost?
For a first-time visitor, the first 20 minutes of the video are free. A 3-hour event is 180 minutes on the $6 pack of 500 minutes. A series of twenty 75-minute lectures is 1,500 minutes, on the $12 pack of 2,000 minutes.
My share is over 5 GB. Should I cut it into parts?
Share it again at a lower resolution, or as Audio Only, instead of cutting it. One file holds up to 10 hours or 5 GB, and uploads up to 2 GB work before a pack; over 2 GB starts once a pack is on the account.
Can I send it straight from iMovie on an iPhone?
Save the video to the phone first, then open whipscribe.com in the browser and upload it from Photos or Files. There is no iMovie integration; WhipScribe works on the saved file afterwards.
What if the speeches are in another language?
The language is detected on its own, across 99 languages. A ceremony that switches between two languages is detected on the main one and the switches are handled.
Which files can I download?
TXT and DOCX to read and edit, SRT and VTT for captions, and JSON for anything automated. Recordings stay on our own servers and are never used for training.
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