AVI to MOV conversion

[thecow]

Does anyone know of a program that works with 10.2 and can convert an AVI to MOV?

 

[manitoubalck]

Re: AVI to MOV conversion

Originally posted by thecow
Does anyone know of a program that works with 10.2 and can convert an AVI to MOV?

My question is why would you want to? AVI (MPEG-4/DIV-X) is a much better compression and now some consumer DVD players can play them.

 

[thecow]

I can't burn the file to DVD. Toast will not convert it. Toast will burn MOV files though.

 

[thecow]

and i'm using toast 6

 

[MisterMe]

Re: AVI to MOV conversion

Originally posted by thecow
Does anyone know of a program that works with 10.2 and can convert an AVI to MOV?

QuickTime Pro.

 

[krimson]

divx doctor, fffmpeg i think will do it as well.

 

[thecow]

None of the programs listed could convert the file. DivX Doctor said that the AVI had an ac3 audio file and it could not convert it. When I played it on quicktime pro there was no audio. Does anyone know what this means?

 

[Nermal]

Use mAC3dec to convert the AC3 to a "usable" format, and use QuickTime Pro to convert the video.

 

[thecow]

Originally posted by Nermal
Use mAC3dec to convert the AC3 to a "usable" format, and use QuickTime Pro to convert the video.

Thanks for the link. It worked perfectly. I am burning the DVD as I write.

 

[LethalWolfe]

Re: Re: AVI to MOV conversion

Originally posted by manitoubalck
My question is why would you want to? AVI (MPEG-4/DIV-X) is a much better compression and now some consumer DVD players can play them.

Pet peeve here. AVI, like MOV, is a wraper, not a format or a codec. Those file extentions do not relate to the quality of the video or what codec was used.


Lethal

 

[applefan]

iMovie

Import the .avi file to iMovie, then export from iMovie to Quicktime. It is then a .mov file.