.avi to .m4v converter?

anyone know of a good one? preferably freeware

Hey there,
Try Handbrake. Its free and works with all sorts of file formats.
http://handbrake.fr/
B-rock

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Gman1080 wrote:
... or am I really going to be forced to pay 50$ just to burn a DVD?
what makes you thinking that?
avi is just a media-container, a 'wrapper', no format, no codec.
depending on what codec(s) are in use, iDVD or other DVD-creator-apps can transcode 'out of the box'.
teaching the Quicktime-engine new codecs is done by the free tool www.perian.org
if your files need conversion, the free tool Mpeg Streamclip is highly recommended.
paying licences is only needed, when wmv is in use - Microsoft likes to get paid, if you use its proprietary codecs outside Windows (flip4mac is a MS-owned company).
most $$ converters on the market are based upon the free ffmpeg-library, so you pay for a nice GUI, some one-click-convenience. but the free tools, mentioned above, do same ...

Recommended Workflow for Converting from .avi to .m4v

I would like to take an edited .avi file and prepare it for playing on both iPods and in QuickTime/iTunes. I downloaded the trial version of PE7 to see if I could use it for this. From what I understand and have tried out, I can create an h.264 (MPEG-4, part 10) .mp4 file using PE7. What is the best way to convert this to the .m4v format? My OS is Windows Vista Ultimate. I tried using iTunes to convert it, but the resulting file did not play smoothly. I also tried downloading MPEG Streamclip and found I could not play the .mp4 file smoothly.
Am I sacrificing quality by starting with a tool that cannot export to .m4v, namely PE7?

Thank you so much. I appreciate your time very much. That link is quite interesting and will help me understand what I'm dealing with better.
I'm doing this for a podcast, so I need to have one file that will work for everyone who has iTunes or an iPod to include in the rss feed as an enclosure. I don't want to maintain two feeds.
So I think I'm going to try QuickTime Pro and hope that solves my woes.
I'm wondering now if I should still buy PE7 for editing. I like the product and have spent some time with it now. Of course, I wish I could do everything just in PE7 but don't think that's possible at this point.
So I still have a question about the workflow if anyone can help. Just to clarify, if I import .avi files into PE7 and do some editing, then can I just export to .avi and then open the new .avi file in QuickTime? Is that the workflow I would use? I'm assuming that QuickTime Pro can de-interlace the video, change the pixel aspect ratio, and allow me to make other adjustments to reduce the file size. I would export from QuickTime as .mp4 and hope that .mp4 files that QuickTime renders will work in the latest version of the QuickTime player. Otherwise, I'll have to export to .m4v, which I don't think can be used by other players???
Anyway, I think I'm on the road to a solution. Hopefully, QuickTime Pro won't have similar issues.
Thanks again for your time and advice.

Converting .avi to .m4v iPod problems

Everytime I convert a .avi file to .m4v ready for iPod format using Quicktime Pro, if the clip is longer than 30 mins, the video starts lagging and ends up slower than the audio.
Has anyone also encountered this problem?

Everytime I convert a .avi file to .m4v ready for iPod format using Quicktime Pro, if the clip is longer than 30 mins, the video starts lagging and ends up slower than the audio.
Most people use one of two options here:
1) Segment the files before conversion and reassemble following.
2) Use an alternative application like MPEG Streamclip (free) for your conversions.

Some Audio Not In Sync When Movie converted from .avi to .m4v

I've downloaded videos in avi format and then converted them to m4v by using Export in QT Pro and selecting AppleTV with default settings.
The avi version plays ok right to the end but the m4v loses audio sync by about 1-2 seconds but only in the last 5 (approx) minutes of a 40 minute video.
Any way round this or should I look to convert with a different application?
Joe

The issue seems to be related to sample rate. Because there's no 'options' screen for the Apple TV quicktime preset, there is no way to correct it on the front end that I can see yet, but in the cases I have had I was able to correct it this way:
open the out-of-sync mp4 in Quicktime. Select 'show movie properties' from the window menu. Select the audio track and hit extract. Select Export: Audio as AIFF when the new untitled audio clip opens. Click 'Options' and change the sample rate to 32khz. after the audio clip exports, open the new exported audio clip in the quicktime player. Select all, copy, then back in your movie, select the whole movie, then pick 'Add to Selection and Scale'. You can then save the movie as .mov. I haven't tried exporting to Apple TV again, since this would typically take several hours, even though the video format should be unchanged.
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What quality to choose for exporting .avi to .m4v

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For DVD conversion and subtitled .avi files I am using Handbrake.
For the .avi conversion, with separate subtitle file, I am using QuickTime Pro and have Perian (the swiss-army knife for QuickTime) installed.
Handbrake works easy on DVD conversion and lets you choose from presets, like iPhone. This results in a .m4v file, about 700Mb that I can put on my iPhone.
The quality is very good, even so when I connect the iPhone to a TV set.
For the .avi export option in QuickTime however, the settings are less straightforward. I tried to convert to an mpeg-4 format, but then the resulting file was only 270Mb big with poor quality.
Does anyone has suggestions for optimum settings in the export?

The solution is actually easy.
Just choose in the export for "Film to iPhone" and you will get an as big .m4v file as the .avi with good quality and hardcoded subtitles.

.avi to .m4v

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there is also ipad converter from Videora had good exp with them for appletv and ipods
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Are there any converter or codec/plugin for Edius Captured Avi to be converted into Quicktime?

I have some avi files caputred on Edius. But I work on FCP 7. They do not play on fcp or premier cs6. I tried looking up discussions online, didn't get much help there. Is there a way to convert these AVIs to an .mov files so I can edit on fcp? I don't have access to a windows PC or the original mini dv tapes. I believe the footage was shot in HDV/ PAL. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Here is a link that may help you
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How to import two AVI video files & convert to one FLV ?

Status:
- Newbie using PC & Flash CS3 ver9l
- I can import a single AVI video file and convert it to an FLV video.
Problem:
- I have two AVI video files... one 4GB (20 minute) long and one 2GB (10 minute) long... and want to combine them to have a single 30 minute long FLV video file.
Question:
- Can I do this in Flash? When I "convert" a single AVI video to a FLV using the File, Import method... I can't really see the video on the Flash time line. I'm a newbie so I'm probably doing something wrong.
- I tried doing a File, Import for file-1.avi and then doing it for file-2.avi... but the two were on top of each other... and not end to end.
Maybe some kind sould will walk me through this.
Thanks for any help.

Your not going to be able to combine two videos as one in flash, if your using Win try Win Movie Maker, I believe you can drag both into a WMVM timeline and can then save as one file, then you can use AVC video converter or the like to encode them into an .flv or.f4v file.

AVi to Flash converter

Can anyone recommend a cheap, preferably free, conversion app
to convert my
.avi files to flash video or swf ( not quite sure what the
differences are ,
could do with enlightening).
I wish now I had taken the Macromedia u/g to studio offer
that they put out
before Adobe got their hands on DW, now the u/g to studio is
way beyond what
I can justify, plus I'm hoping that Photoshop get some
integration with DW
and FW replaces ImageReady in the next version.
TIA
Hywel Harris

I'm so sorry - I've just been looking and although I didn't
see a price
(they certainly make it difficult to find) I'll take your
word for it.
Sorry Hywel - any chance of upgrading to DW8?
Jo
"Hywel Harris" <[email protected]> wrote
in message
news:[email protected]...
> You apparently need the FlashVideo Kit installed to get
the Flash Video
> menu item which then allows you to follow the tutorial
in the second link.
> The Flash Video Kit was a $99 upgrade for MX2004, but I
guess is included
> in 8. So it looks like I'm stumped.
>
> Best Regards
>
> Hywel Harris
>
> "josie1one" <joleros[nospam]@yahoo.com> wrote in
message
> news:[email protected]...
>>I just remembered you said you only get a Flash menu
item - let us know if
>>the steps in the second link aren't available.
>>
>> --
>> Jo
>>
>>
>> "josie1one" <joleros[nospam]@yahoo.com> wrote
in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>>>I found something the other day... hang on...
here it is...
>>>
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/flash/articles/flv_tutorial_pt2.html
>>> and possibly better
>>>
http://www.communitymx.com/content/article.cfm?page=4&cid=79081
>>>
>>> --
>>> Jo
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> "Hywel Harris"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>> Hi Josie, If I Insert/Media I only get a
Flash menu item, not Flash
>>>> Video and I get not options for skins. When
previewing in browser it
>>>> gives a completely blank page.
>>>>
>>>> I guess this is a DW 8 only insert then. I
wonder if there is an
>>>> extension to allow me to insert flv's in
MX2004?
>>>> Thanks for your help
>>>> Best Regards
>>>>
>>>> Hywel Harris
>>>>
>>>> "josie1one"
<joleros[nospam]@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:[email protected]...
>>>>> I'm using DW 8 - don't know about MX
2004 (I didn't use it when I had
>>>>> MX) but I:
>>>>> Inert > Media >Flash Video >
Browse to the file (must be .flv or you
>>>>> get that error) and let it detect the
size.
>>>>> Choose the skin you want and any other
option. Please let us know how
>>>>> you get on.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jo
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> "Hywel Harris"
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>
news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>I think I need to know the difference
between FLV and SWF before I go
>>>>>>any further. I downloaded the Riva
FLV encoder that Josie suggested
>>>>>>and the end reuslt is fine viewed in
its own player. How do I now get
>>>>>>this to play in a browser or should I
have been looking to create a
>>>>>>swf file? If I try insert the .flv
into a blank page in DW MX2004 then
>>>>>>preview nowt happens.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hywel Harris
>>>>>>
>>>>>> "Alan Smithee Jr."
<[email protected]> wrote in message
>>>>>>
news:[email protected]...
>>>>>>> Probably the least expense means
of doing so would be to upgrade to
>>>>>>> Quicktime Pro for only $30 US
>>>>>>> Convert AVI and other video
format to FLV and a lot more features.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
http://urlx.org/store.apple.com/fce36
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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sozemediagroup wrote:
.. convert my avi's and mp4's into flv so that they don't eat up as much of my sites bandwidth a month.
in addition to David's excellent advice... :
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Thanks so much for the great advice, I downloaded mpeg streamclip and I have been playing around with converting my video.
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Apple motion jpeg A
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