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How to convert AVI to QuickTime MOV on Mac (OS X 10.6 included)
If you just want to play AVI footage, either from digital camera like Cannon, or any other AVI videos from other sources, shared from a friend who has a PC or downloaded from the internet, you can install QuickTime component Perian, which helps you play almost any AVI files encoded with different codecs. However, if you want to upload these AVI videos to iTunes for organizing or for putting on your iPod/iPhone, you need to convert them to iPod compatible format like QT MOV first.
Note: If the AVI file is encoded with a codec that QT, iMovie, FCP can’t recognize, like Divx, Xvid, you won’t be able to import them to iMovie without a proper codec installed. If you have QuickTime Pro installed, you can convert your AVI file to QT MOV directly, just choose MOV as the output format that you “Save as”.
If you don’t have QuickTime Pro installed or QT pro can’t convert the AVI successfully, you can use this professional yet easy to use AVI to MOV Video Converter for Mac. Double click the .dmg image to install it and follow the step by step tutorial to convert your AVI videos to QuickTime MOV on Mac.
1.Load AVI videos to the program Launch the Mac AVI to MOV Converter, drag and drop the AVI videos to the program or click “Add file” button to load AVI files.
2.Select “QuickTime MOV” as output format Select MOV format from the output format dropdown list. If you want to put the output MOV file on your iPod, iPhone or other popular portable device, you can select an output format according to your device name! The default optimized setting makes the output QuickTime MOV video looks good on your player, say iPod’s, screen.
Note: If you have several AVI videos on your Mac and you want to combine them and export a continuous MOV video, just check “Merge into one file” at the bottom of the program. Or, you can use the “Trim” function if have a large AVI video and you want to split them into several small size MOV files. See below.
Note: This AVI to MOV Converter for Mac allows you to get any segment of the AVI video and convert it to MOV format.
3.Start AVI to MOV conversion on Mac OS X. Hit “Convert” let this smart AVI to MOV Video Converter for Mac to do the rest for you! This video converter is specifically designed for Mac OS users, including Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger, Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on iMac, Mac Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, etc. When the conversion is done, you can play output MOV videos in QuickTime, edit them in iMovie, Final Cut Pro, or put them on your iPod for playback anytime you want.
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