Convert .mov to .avi

How can I convert my .mov file to .avi for pc users?

I got some MOV videos from my friend and want to play it with PS3. But I was told that the MOV files were not supported by the device. Hence I use Video Converter software to convert MOV videos to AVI which is well supported by PS3.

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Have problem to convert MOV to AVI in QuickTime Pro 6.1

Have problem to convert MOV to AVI in QuickTime Pro 6.1 - I tried export (convert) MOV(18MB) to AVI format, and got just 253KB AVI file in output. I even can no play it. What is wrong? What Export options(quality) should be selected? I used default (medium), should I use 'high' or 'best'?

I am assuming you already are able to open the movie
in QT Player. Use Export in the File menu, choose
Movie to Avi in the drop-down Export Menu and then
click on Options to choose one of the pre-loaded avi
codecs for the compression. You may also want to
search for and install one of the newer codecs, such
as 3ivx or divx since the preinstalled codecs are all
rather old.
eMac 700
mhz Mac OS 9.2.x
Thanks for the help. It worked, but the quality of the video is poor. Is there anything I can do about this?

Please help- problems converting .mov to .avi

I'm using QuickTime Pro to convert my .mov to .avi and when I view the .avi movie, the first couple seconds is in fast-forward mode, then a couple seconds of slow motion, then it's normal for the rest of the movie.
To see my steps, I used this link to help me convert: http://www.divx-digest.com/articles/articlemov2avi_quicktimepropage1.html
I'd appreciate any help on this.
euser

quicktime Pro will do it, get it from the apple store (its just a key, cost $30), also ffmpegX (shareware) will do it
sometimes you can find an application that will do it by using the quicktime libraries for free, just search a site like versiontracker

Converting .mov to .avi, .wmv etc

Does anyone know of any mac software that can convert .mov files to .avi, .wmv etc..

yes agree with previous., go purchase FFMac from telestream either the standard SDPRO or the HDPRO version for your needs.
Once in as a QT components, you can SELECT the mode for transode of the type of object you want transcoded in the COMPRESSOR.app INSPECTOR/ENCODER listbox as:
ENCODE/FILE FORMAT/QUICKTIME COMPONENTS/Encoder Type list box...
select .wmv etc...
works ok but the FFpro encoding for WMx etc is not as good as .H264 ...(imho) and I was not too satisfied with the results for HDV 1080i recently..
hope that helps.
G5 QUAD 8GB ram w/3.5TB + 2 x 15in MBPCore Mac OS X (10.4.9)
G5 QUAD 8GB ram w/3.5TB + 2 x 15in MBPCore Mac OS X (10.4.9)

CONVERT MOV TO AVI FILES STATICY!!

I tried converting .mov files to .avi files so I could use them in Windows Media Maker. Is there something I should be doing properly in the Settings Option?
No matter what I do, it is always very staticy, and not comming out properly. I want an exact replica of the movie, just change it to .mov to .avi so I can use it in Windows Media Maker.
Please help!!

Export to AVI.
Click the "Options" button to open a new dialog window.
Click the "Settings" button to change the video codec.
Use DV codec for best file quality.

How to convert mov to avi or wmv

Hello,
I just caught a short 30 second clip of my son crawling for the first time with my Canon camera. I want to send the video to my Mom via email however the file is too big. Her computer does not play mp4, which is the only conversion option I found, and walking her through installing a compatible player is useless. So I would like to find out how to convert the mov file to avi or wmv, small enough to email. I just purchased Premiere Elements 10 and never used it. I could not figure out how to do it, so if anybody knows, that would be great.
Thanks.

>just purchased Premiere Elements 10 and never used it
Online User Guide http://helpx.adobe.com/premiere-elements/archive.html
Importing Video http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1065281
-and project settings http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1112086
Saving & Sharing http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1137128
-Sharing to DVD or BluRay http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1137645
-Sharing for Movies http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1051093
-Sharing for Computer http://forums.adobe.com/thread/1058237
Steve's Basic Training Tutorials... steps are the same for several versions
-http://forums.adobe.com/thread/537685
-v10 http://www.amazon.com/Muvipix-com-Guide-Premiere-Elements-Version/dp/1466286377/
FAQ http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements/premiere_elements_faq
TIPS http://forums.adobe.com/community/premiere_elements/premiere_elements_tips

Can't convert MOV to AVI - turns black

hi all,
i've converted thousands of files to AVI from MOV's....suddenly, when i convert them, they turn black
i ususally convert from Uncompressed MOV to Uncompressed (using NONE codec) AVI and no problems.
but now, the file just turns black
help/????
i also have Perian, and have enabled/disabled, but no luck

Use MPEG Streamclip. It is free. 3GP format is usually for phones so you may want to try that, admittedly pretty tiny blocky video. MPEG Streamclip does export to AVI though you need to know what codec the Treo supports. The is because AVI is not a codec it is a container like MOV and can have any combo of video and audio in it. You can have an AVI with a clip with WMV video and MP3 audio or H264 video and AAC audio and the possibilities are endless.

Can't Convert Mov to AVI in QTPro

Does anyone know if Apple has some kind of code in their movies that would not allow you to convert a .mov file of the new iPhone features movie found on the Apple homepage to another format? My Treo software doesn't play .mov files (yeah yeah... I know... get an iPhone, can't get out of my Verizon contract:) Thanks.

Use MPEG Streamclip. It is free. 3GP format is usually for phones so you may want to try that, admittedly pretty tiny blocky video. MPEG Streamclip does export to AVI though you need to know what codec the Treo supports. The is because AVI is not a codec it is a container like MOV and can have any combo of video and audio in it. You can have an AVI with a clip with WMV video and MP3 audio or H264 video and AAC audio and the possibilities are endless.

Error converting .mov to .avi using MPEG Streamclip

Hi folks,
I'm trying to convert an .mov to an .avi for a client using MPEG Streamclip. I have exported a high res master copy of the video from Final Cut (it's a .mov format is Pro Res 422 1920x1080 50i).
So when I bring this file into MPEG Streamclip, I select File > Export to Avi.... and then the following settings:
DivX Codec
Quality 75%
The compression starts and I instantly get the error "Compression Error"
When this started I installed the lastest version of DivX however since I am new to exporting as .avi I am completely lost. I was able to get MPEG Streamclip to export using Apple Cinepak however the quality is awful so I am looking for another solution. I have also tried converting from my highest resolution MPEG-4 export, however I get the same result.
I am thinking that maybe my DivX codec isn't installed, or there is some problem with it? However I thought a new installation of DivX would fix this.
Any help is greatly appreciated! Thanks.

I would suggest exporting three small test files using H264 codec at three different rezolutions.
Play them back and if satisfied send them to your client to evaluate so they can decide what will work for them.
1280x720 H264 files are what we give to our clients these days as "high quality' video.
Smaller files might be recommended for faster download and smoother playback on their system.

Converting .mov to .avi

Hi folks,
I'm looking for an option to output a batch of .mov files to .avi files for playback on a windows based media server.
I don't have any third party Quicktime Components installed.
When I try to set up my entry in compressor to save as a preset. There is no .avi under options.
The only way I can export .avi's on my machine is to open up each one in QT Player and export the movie using the "Quicktime to AVI" pulldown.
Any hints to be able to use Compressor to batch my .mov files to .avi files?

Create your own presset in Compressor.
Take a look at your settings. Change the codec to Cinepak and the extension to avi.
That's what Apple uses in the QT export.
Do test encode and determine first if the files can be viewed

From .mov to .avi or .mkv

Hello together,
i want to use Quicktime for AVC/H.264 encoding.
The mov container don't support AC3 sound.
How can i convert mov to avi- or matroska- (mkv)
container format, without new encoding; also only
a container-change ?
Thank you and
best regards
oelauge
Mac Mini Mac OS X (10.4.3)

MiguelMaiq wrote:
"but if you want broad media playback compatibility out of the box you won't get it from AppleTV" - so what does? do you have any suggestions for it? thanks
There's no perfect 'plays it all' media player really except for a PC/Mac/linux machine used as a media centre, and even then some things may not work on a particular platform.
AppleTV's best feature is really a very nice user interface (even if IMO ATV2 is worse than ATV1). Mnay other media players have rudimentary folder browser type interfaces.
If you have no desire to convert your existing content to h264, then some contenders might be:
Boxee box
WD Live
AC Ryan
Dune HD
XBOX or other devices running XBMC
I'm sure there are many other options out there but none are perfect.
AC

Working with converted .mov files in Premiere Elements 2

I recently got a digital camera that records .mov clips with H.264 technology. I use it for back up when Im having problems with my regular camcorder. Of course I can work with these .mov files in QuickTime Pro with no problem. But in order to work with them in Premiere Elements 2, it appears I have to export it into the .avi format first. After exporting in QuickTime Pro, when I bring the new .avi file up into Premiere Elements, the color quality is retained, but much of the resolution is lost. Its very pixelated. I understand that .avi and .mov work differently in the way information is stored avi in chunks and mov in streams, but Im wondering if there is a way I can work around this. The reason why I got QuickTime Pro initially was to be able to convert my finished .avi videos made in Premiere Elements 2 into MPEG-4 files using the H.264 codec for better quality. And Im doing that all the time now with no problem. So I am wondering if when I reconvert the .mov clip thats been converted into .avi back into mpeg-4, will the resolution be restored? That is part of my question. The other part is regarding the initial conversion process. Are there settings in QuickTime Pro for converting .mov to .avi with as little loss in resolution as possible? The manual doesnt address this issue specifically. Any ideas or suggestions? OS is Windows XP Media Center edition, computer Sony Vaio dual processor. Thanks, Judy

Hi again Steve. I'm so embarrassed. After my initial reply to your message I went to the Adobe site to see if they even made Premiere for Mac and learned they don't. I also read a review in Wired that says Premiere 6 is just as good if not better than iMovie which they say has actually been downgraded. I'm using Premiere 2, so I thought I might consider upgrading. Then I watched "Steve's Story" and realized it was you. (Your daughter is a cutie! Adobe must love you.) So my question is this: Would my problem be solved by simply upgrading to Premiere 4? If I do that, would it be compatible with regard to catalog integration with Photoshop Elements 4 or would I have to upgrade to Elements 6? If I upgraded the whole package would my current Photoshop Elements 4 catalog transfer with all tags intact? This is vital for me to know because I rely on them heavily. I realize that I would be skipping a version in the upgrade. Is that possible? Does that matter? Please read my reply to Bill because it explains why I want to use those particular .mov files. Another question for you. I use your excellent book a lot. If I upgrade will it become useless? Finally, since you're the expert, let me tell you what I'm really aiming for and get your advice. I need to start composing my own musical soundtracks to my videos. I want to do it as I'm viewing the timeline. Therefore, I know I need to invest in a midi-capable keyboard or controller and software. The problem is that there are few controllers compatible with Windows XP Media Center Edition. I am told I would need to disable the XP Media Center registry keys for anything to work which wouldn't matter because I don't use Media Center features anyway (like TV hookup, media player, etc.). But messing with the registry sounds a little complex and dangerous to me. There's got to be an easier way. Do you have any advice or recommendations? Can you point me to any helpful resources? Now you see why I want a Mac? Everyone says all this kind of stuff would be so much easier with a Mac. Problem is I have a limited budget and would like to make the most with what I have. I hope I haven't overtaxed you with my questions. Thanks for your patience! Judy

How can I convert .mov files for use with other apps?

When loading movies taken on a friend's digital camera to my PC, the video files were saved as Quicktime .mov files. I am now unable to pull those files into any other software program (I want to put them onto a CD or DVD and play on external players.) How can I convert .mov files to a .wmv or .avi or mpeg?
Thanks - J
RS720G Windows XP

Kodak Digital Camera QuickTime MOV Problems
After battling a number of serious problems with the videos taken by my new Kodak Digital Camera, I decided to write up this page so that anyone searching the web would find out the true answers without as much grief!
I’ve also made some other comments about my experience with the camera, in case anyone was considering buying a Kodak camera in the near future.
I bought the camera just before Christmas 2004 in the US. At the time of writing, it is a pretty good model for domestic use—about 5.2 megapixels, costing about US$400 (or AU$600 back here in Australia). From a company as reputable as Kodak, I expected no problems.
The first disappointing thing was that the spring inside the spring-loaded battery clip, inside the camera, came loose within days. It proved impossible to reattach it without completely dismantling the camera, which (despite my engineering qualifications) I was not willing to do. This would usually have been a warranty item, but Kodak’s warranty does not extend to other countries. I’ve since had to jam cardboard in to keep the battery clip engaged, and have taped the battery bay shut to avoid it opening accidentally when taking the camera out of the case. This works fine with the docking station (an extra AU$100!), but it means I can no longer charge the battery without the docking station (since you need to take it out to charge it). I was not impressed!
The camera takes good photos, and I have no complaint with that. The controls and camera menus are well-designed. The large display is excellent.
The EasyShare software is not as easy to use as it looks, has a habit of crashing, has a web update program that is always running in the background of Windows, and transferring images is nowhere as easy or quick as it should be. I’ve now uninstalled it completely, and simply copy the photos directly from the device. (If the camera memory is nearly full, and you just want to transfer the last few photos, then it’s impossible to use the EasyShare software to browse the camera’s photos without it actually downloading the whole lot through the USB cable—and it takes forever! Copying from the device directly doesn’t hit this bug.)
The capability to take video using the camera was a great attraction when I selected it, and, if it worked properly, it would make it quite a handy little camcorder in its own right. With a 512 MB memory card in it, over an hour of video can be recorded at Video-CD quality (320 x 240 24fps video, 8 kHz audio). It’s not full digital video, but it would still be a pretty good feature for a US$400 camera. If it worked.
The first disappointing thing about taking videos is that the optical zoom cannot be adjusted while the camera is recording. It can only be adjusted between video sequences. I don’t know why this restriction was made in the design.
The real problems, however, start when you try to do anything with the video clips captured by the camera. Kodak has chosen to capture the videos in QuickTime format. This is fine—QuickTime is, technically, excellent—except that there is no simple way to convert QuickTime MOV files to AVI or MPEG or VCD. The Kodak software comes with a QuickTime player, so you can see the video clips on the computer you installed the software on—and they look good. Problem is that you can’t just dump those MOV files onto your Video-CD creator (it will usually want AVI or MPEG files).
It takes some time to realise that Kodak have not even bothered to include any software with the camera that can convert these MOV files to a more useful format. This is a serious PR blunder, and anyone bitten by this is unlikely to go near the Kodak brand ever again.
After some web searching, owners of these cameras generally find that the best (only?) freeware solution to convert MOV to AVI is Bink and Smacker’s RADtools program.
RADtools is amazingly powerful for the price (i.e. free), but it hits two fundamental problems with Kodak Digital Camera MOV video files, that are the fault of the Kodak camera, not RADtools. (I know this because every other MOV converter hits the same problems—except one, as you will see below.)
The first problem is that the sound cannot be converted properly. When you convert any Kodak MOV files, there is an “aliasing” of the sound at the upper frequencies. This is a technical description—you get a whispery, tinny, C3PO type of echo to everything. It really destroys the quality of the video clips (especially bad when I am trying to capture priceless memories of my 4- and 7-year-old sons—I don’t want their voices destroyed for all time).
Every conversion program I tried ended up with the same audio problem. I concluded that it is something strange in the way the Kodak cameras store the MOV files.
Strangely enough, I noticed that the QuickTime player didn’t distort the audio like this. The audio sounds just fine through QuickTime. More on this shortly.
The second, more serious problem is that RADtools could not properly convert some of the video clips at all. (This problem only affected less than 10% of the clips I originally filmed, but most of those clips were very short—less than 20 seconds. It seems that the probability of this problem gets worse, the longer the clip.) RADtools would misreport the number of frames in the clip, and would stretch out a small number of frames of video (in slow motion) to match the length of the audio.
Again, I confirmed that this is a property of some of the MOV files stored by the camera. Other conversion tools also had problems with the same MOV clips.
After more angst, I found a number of websites in which frustrated owners of these Kodak cameras have reported the exact same problems.
It was only then that I discovered that QuickTime itself can convert MOV files to AVI. Believe it or not, it’s built into the QuickTime Player that Kodak supplies, or that you can download free from apple.com. The problem is that you can’t use it unless you pay Apple to upgrade to QuickTime Pro.
After realising that this would probably be the only way to get decent audio for these clips, I paid the AU$59 to Apple Australia to get the licence key that enables the extra “Pro” menu options in QuickTime.
Sure enough, you can “Export” any MOV file to a number of formats, including AVI. And guess what? The audio comes out fine!
So, the first piece of advice I can give is: pay Apple the US$29 (or whatever amount it is in your country) to upgrade QuickTime to QuickTime Pro.
From here, however, there are still a few snags to untangle.
The first is that the default settings for Exporting to AVI don’t give a great result. It defaults to the Cinepak codec, medium quality. This looks terrible compared to the original QuickTime movie. Even on maximum quality, that codec just doesn’t give good results.
I finally found that the best option is to use the Intel Indeo Video 4.4 codec, set on maximum quality. This creates AVI files that are 10 to 20 times larger than the original MOV files, but the quality is there. If (like me) you only want the AVI files so you can dump them into your Video-CD program, then you want to keep the quality as high as possible in this first step. The extra hard disk space is not really a concern. When your VCD program converts the AVI files to MPEG, it will compress them to the usual VCD size.
Now for the biggest snag: those problem MOV files are still a problem, even for QuickTime Pro. Unbelievably, these Kodak cameras are spitting out MOV files which have some sort of technical flaw in their data specifications. QuickTime is able to play them back fine—and that seems to be all that the Kodak engineers really checked. However, if QuickTime Pro tries to export them, then when the progress bar gets to the end, it never finishes. It just keeps going. If you check the output folder with Explorer, and keep hitting F5 to update the file listing, you can see the file getting bigger, and bigger, and bigger. It never stops.
That this happens even for QuickTime itself (the native format for these files) confirms that the problem is with the software built into these Kodak cameras. It would be nice it they issued a patch or a fix. I couldn’t find one.
Fortunately, there is a “workaround” for this problem. I found it when trolling the net trying to find solutions to all these problems. The workaround is to use QuickTime Pro’s cut and paste facility. Open the problem MOV file, then press Ctrl-A (the standard key combination for “select all”—in this case it selects the entire film clip, as you can see by the grey selection of frames at the bottom of the player). Then hit Ctrl-C (i.e. copy, which in this case copies all the frames, but not the incorrect data structure in the original MOV file). Now hit Ctrl-N (i.e. new, in this case a new MOV file or player). In this new player, press Ctrl-V (i.e. paste). Now you have a new version of the MOV file with the bad data structure exorcised. You can save this under a new name, but make sure you specify “Make movie self-contained”—otherwise, it will simply be a link to the original (bad) MOV file, which you are probably going to delete once you save the exorcised version. (You also cannot overwrite the original file, because it needs to access that to make the “self-contained” movie. You need to give it a slightly different name, save it “self-contained”, then delete the original and rename the new copy back to what you wanted it to be. A pain, I agree, but at least the **** thing works—finally!)
The exorcised MOV file can now be used to Export to AVI format. (I also keep all the MOV files on a separate CD, in case I want to reconvert them to a different format in the future. I figure it’s better keeping the exorcised ones than the haunted ones.)
So I hope that all this answers a few of your questions. No, you weren’t being incredibly stupid.

Urgent. Issue with converted .mov files to avi not working in Premiere.

I am trying to import video files that I have converted from .mov to .avi through OjoSoft Total Video Converter and anytime I try to put a file into the work area, the video goes to Video 1, and Audio goes to Audio 4. When I try to play it I get no audio, and the video jumps from frame 1 to frame 2.
Does anyone know a good converter or know the best way to convert and what filetypes to do so? They work converting them as MP4 video files, but I like avi's better.
I have tried converting the .mov to mpeg4 and H.264 (Both with audio as MP3). They will play in Windows Media Player after convert but not in premiere...
I am running Premiere CS4 on Windows7 with no direct codec packs installed. I opened a video/audio file that I worked on before with no issues...video/audio run flawlessly in Premiere.
Please help!

What are the codecs in the original MOV files and what are the codecs after conversion? Use GSpot to identify them.

Converting .mov files to .avi in Mountain Lion 10.8.2

For the past few years we have been preparing video files for our scoreboard in our arena by converting .mov files in Quicktime 7. All worked PERFECTLY!!!
Now after a summer of changes to Apple's OS, we have discovered that we can no longer convert .mov files (with proper size) to .avi for our scoreboard.
We have downloaded every converting software out there, but NONE, I repeat NONE allow a custom video size (128x64) for our Daktronics scoreboard.
Very, Very, Very sad that Apple has done this to us and that Daktronics is so archiac in requiring only .avi files.
Help please

For many years we would create our video in a .mov format in the proper size (128x64) and with QT7 we would then convert to .avi with the same size and all would work fine.
Neither MOV nor AVI are "formats," — they are file generic file containers which can hold different kinds of data (e.g., audio, video, text, chapter, timing, etc,) which, in turn, mzy be compressed or encoded using different algorithms or formats. For instance an TV compatible MOV file might contain H.264 video along with an AAC stereo audio, AC3 DD5.1 surround audio, and text "chapter" track while an AVCHD file imported to iMovie would usually be an MOV file containing AIC video and PCM audio for editing. Both are MOV files but they contain entirely different forms of compressed/formatted data. The same holds true for the AVI file container.
I am not that familar with compression. I have attached some info from the QT7 Inspector.
The inspector indicates this MOV file contains three "video" tracks containing "Animation" compressed data. Based on the very low frame rate, my guess would be that these tracks may only contain Animation compressed images stored on separate tracks sequentially to display as a slide show or the tracks contain animated text sequences which play back sequentially. To fully understand what is going on here I would need to either see the file itself or you would have to explain how you created this MOV file. However, while this "sourcing" information would be of personal interest, it (MOV file encoded as Animation/Animation/Animation) should not present a conversion problem as far as the "data source" is concerned.
The next and more important question would be, "To what compression format do you normally transcode the Animation data?" For that I would need to see the "Inspector" window for one of your "working" AVI files (or you could simply email me both the source and finished files) so I can try to simulate your work flow. Basically, AVI is a legacy file format (for which support was formerly dropped more than a decade ago) which commonly uses "legacy" compression formats which may or may not be supported by your current codec component configuration or QT legacy codec settings.
E.g., "Cinepak" is a common default codec used to create AVI video content on a Mac which may be turned off by default on your system and need to be "re-activated" for use under Mountain Lion. (This is why I need to know your "normal" target format and settings here.) As an example, here is a link to an image seguence I created, converted to Animation compression, and then exported as an AVI "Cinepak" file on my system under Mountain Lion to try and simulate your previous work flow. See if it is something like what you are trying to end up with:
http://downloads.walker4.me/downloads/Temporary_files/Barsoom1.avi
You can use the above link to view, download, and/or load the file directly to your QT 7 player if your current system configuration allows this or the VLC media player if it does not. (I.e., this file may or may not be compatible with your current QT playback capabilities and/or this "Daktronics" device—about which I know nothing—but should be compatible with the VLC media player in any case if you have it installed.)

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