avi to quicktime conversion

[iseeblue]

hello All,

Does anyone know of a good avi to quicktime convertion tool...?

cheers!

[Hoolio]

Javakitty recommended some good ones to me to convert avi or mov to swf. So you could as him for any suggestions. Sorry I'm not much help.

[whiterabbit]

John McGowan published this article with lots of relevant information that might help you. You might try the apple site as well.

Jore

Intel's SmartVID, a DOS and Windows application, can convert
.AVI to .MOV files. SmartVID is codec independent. This means that SmartVid preserves the video compression scheme from the source .AVI file.

http://www.intel.com/pc-supp/multime...o/smartvid.htm


TRMOOV.EXE
Windows 3.1 Program
Converts AVI to QuickTime for Windows movie.
The QTW movie will play on a Macintosh with QuickTime 1.5 or later.

Note: My experiments converting some .MOV files to .AVI seem to playback ok, unlike the .AVI to .MOV conversion. Source: Found on CD-ROM with the "How to Digitize Video" book
(see below).

On Net: ftp://ftp.rahul.net/pub/jfm/avi/trmoov.exe

Please Note: TRMOOV and SmartVid preserve the compressor used in the source file. For example, if the AVI file was compressed with Cinepak, the MOV file will be compressed with Cinepak. Since Cinepak is supported by both Video for Windows and QuickTime this is not a problem. However, if the compressor exists only in Video for Windows or only QuickTime, then there will be a problem.


Mainconcept's Main Actor can load many video and animation formats. It can also save many video and animation formats. The Windows version of Main Actor can load AVI and save the file as QuickTime.

http://www.mainconcept.de


Adobe Premiere 5.0 for Windows 95/NT can import and export both AVI and QuickTime.

Adobe

PowerMacintosh
On the PowerMacintosh, Microsoft distributes the Video for
Windows 1.1 Apple Macintosh Utilities. These include an
AVI to QuickTime conversion utility.

The Video for Windows 1.1 Apple Macintosh Utilities include:
* Read Me file.
* QuickTime-to-AVI conversion program.
- this utility is called "VfW Converter"

* Utility for moving AVI files to the Macintosh.
- this utility is called "AVI to QT Utility"

* Windows Compressors system extension, which contains
compressor/decompressors (CODECs) for Microsoft RLE,
Microsoft Video 1, and Microsoft Full Frame formats.
- this component is called "Windows Compressors"

To retrieve the Video for Windows 1.1 Apple Macintosh Utilities:

ftp://ftp.microsoft.com/developr/drg...art/VfW11-Mac/


On the PowerMacintosh, the program AVI->QuickTime can convert AVI to QuickTime. At least, it can convert the video successfully for subsequent playback with Apple's MoviePlayer. I have seen problems with the audio. This application is available at various Web and ftp sites in the file avi-to-qt-converter.hqx This may be the same AVI to QuickTime converter included with the Video for Windows 1.1
Apple Macintosh Utilities; I have not confirmed this.

One site with AVI->QuickTime is:
ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/info-mac/g...-converter.hqx

[richardvalentin]

You may refer to the following will describe a step by step guide on how to convert AVI to QuickTime more supported format with the help of the ideal AVI to QuickTime Converter on Mac or Windows at http://www.idealshare.net/itunes-qui...-solution.html

This guide applies to:

Convert various AVI files to QuickTime format like convert AVI DivX to QuickTime, convert AVI Xvid to QuickTime, and convert AVI DV to QuickTime and etc;
Convert other video or audio formats like WMV, MKV, VOB, FLV, MXF, AVCHD, 3GP, FLAC, OGG, WMA and etc to QuickTime supported format;
Convert AVI to play AVI in iTunes/iPod/iPad/ iPhone/Apple TV or to edit AVI movies in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, Final Cut Express;
Convert AVI to MOV, MP4, Apple ProRes, 3GP, WMV, MKV, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, ASF, VOB, FLV, DV, RM, TS, WebM, OGV and etc;
Convert AVI to Apple Lossless ALAC, M4A, MP3, AIFF, WAV, AAC, AC3, AU, FLAC, RA, OGG, DTS and etc.

[rjaosm]

Two Methods:

If you are Mac user, try Perian.

If not or your Mac OS X is Mac OS X Mavericks(10.9), Mountain Lion(10.8) or Lion(10.7), follow the detailed guide on how to convert AVI to QuickTime.