Best Video Converter for Mac

I have downloaded quite a few avi or divx from & would like to convert to view in my new AppleTV. Any recommendation?
I am currently using iSquint which is free but it is slow - 700mb avi movie for high quality H.264 for TV takes around 2-3 hours! And the quality is still not as good as the original avi?
Is it something to do with my setting or is there a better converter out there?

Handbrake is good for converting DVDs, VisualHub is good for converting files from other formats to something playable on the AppleTV, and if you're looking for something to accelerate encoding times I'd take a look at the Elgato Turbo.264 hardware encoder. I purchased one of these a few months back and have been very happy with the conversion speeds and quality.

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