How can I convert QuickTime MOV file to AVI for Mac?
The QuickTime MOV format is the video output format for many digital still cameras. MOV is also becoming very popular as the distribution format for video bloggers; because many video bloggers are also Mac users. But sometimes it is necessary to convert Mov files to a compatible format. In most cases, converting Mov to AVI is the quickest intermediate step for converting MOV to something portable to applications and portable devices.
These days I have a few .mov files that I would like to convert to .avi files. I searched for many program but most of them seem only for windows. I tried many program then I got a software that can convert MOV to AVI on Mac.
This Mac Video Converter can not only convert MOV to AVI on Mac OS, but also MOV to MPEG, (L)MPEG to AVI, AVI to MP4. It supports most popular video files such as AVI, XviD, MPEG, MPG, DAT, MOV, ASF, FLV, MP3, AC3, AAC, M4A, etc.
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How to Convert MOV to AVI on Mac with a MOV Converter Mac?
To convert MOV to AVI or MOV to MPEG on Mac OS X, you only need to follow the steps below:
- Download this Mac MOV Converter. Then install and run it on your Macintosh.
- Input QuickTime MOV video files that you would like to convert to AVI.
You can add MOV Video files by clicking "Add File" button, select the video files that you want to convert from your hard disc and click OK.
- Choose output file format. Click the “drop-down" list from Profile choice to select the .avi format you would like to convert.
- Convert MOV to AVI Macintosh.
After all you finish the above steps, click “Convert” button to begin the conversion.
Note 1: If you want to convert all the added files into one format with the same encoding parameters, you can just click the “Apply to All” button.
Note 2: You can check the “Merger into one file” option to convert all the added video files into a single file.
Tip: Trim Movie
If you just want to convert a clip from a video file, you can select this file and click the Trim icon to capture a clip from it. In the Trim window, you can trim video length either by dragging the Start Time and End Time sliders or by setting the time parameters in each corresponding field.
Ok, we have finished converting MOV videos to AVI formats. Now you can enjoy your converted AVI video files. This Mac MOV Converter can also convert MPEG, AVI, MOV, MPG, FLV video files. Just free download the trial and try it now.
What is MOV?
MOV is a file extension used by the QuickTime-wrapped files. The format was created by Apple Computer to work with multimedia files. Though MOV files are quite often found in the web, to play them on Windows computer one has to install an extra component or convert to other format. MOV is a container format and can contain video, animation, graphics, 3D and virtual reality(VR) content or text (for subtitles, for example).
The advantage of MOV files is the ability to contain abstract data references for the media data. That means that they can be easily edited - no need to rewrite all media data after editing.
What is AVI?
Defined by Microsoft, AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. It is a special case of the RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format). AVI is the most common format for audio/video data on the PC.
AVI is Microsoft's response to Apple's QuickTime technology. Early AVI files were limited on choice of video and audio codecs, quality, and resolution. However, with the introduction of DirectShow, AVI became a very flexible and powerful architecture. Some newer codecs including DivX and XviD enable AVI files to have similar or even better quality than DVD. Free download is avilable.