Missing AVI Codec in QuickTime

Hello:
I am trying to convert some old home videos from AVI to MOV so that they can play on AppleTV. The videos play fine in VLC Media Player on OSX, but I can't get them to open in QuickTime for export to MOV. I get the well known "A Required Codec is not Available" error.
VLC Media Player's media properties dialog shows the files to be of this format:
Video Codec: MS MPEG-4 Video v2 (MP42)
Decoded format: Planar 4:2:0 YUV
Audio Codec: PCM S16 (araw)
I've looked at the QuickTime supported media types page (http://support.apple.com/kb/ht3775), where it seems that the video codec may be supported, if that's the same thing as MPEG-4 (Part 2). However, the PCM S16 codec doesn't seem to be on that list.
Does anyone know how I can add support for these codecs to QuickTime?
Really my end goal is to convert the AVI to MOV. Maybe there's a better way to do this. I tried experimenting with VLC's streaming export features, but I couldn't get that to work.
Thanks sincerely for any help!
NBB

Today, there are many methods to convert AVI to MOV. Here list two of the most common ways to help you.
Method one:
If you don't mind wasting your time and your source file is smaller than 100MB, you can choose Online AVI to MOV Converter. You need to pai at least $7 per month to convert MP4 video larger than 100MB, that's too much.
Method two:
If you care about the output quality and don't want to waste your time, a professional and easy-to-use AVI to MOV Converter is required.

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