Programs for converting avi to mp4/h.264

As the title says. I'm looking for a really good program for this, i want really good video quality, and it doesn't matter if the program is for free or if u need to buy it. I'm a windows user.

As I understand it, AVI is a somewhat lower quality to begin with. That said, you can use Quicktime Pro to convert to your specified format. Quicktime Player for Windows is free; the QT Pro upgrade will be required to output to mp4/h.264.
You can get Quicktime via http://www.apple.com/quicktime/
HTH

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o ya and i have windows xp

this software is not supported by apple so with any support or questions you have go to their support forums for help not here. All the links are below and this is a good solution for windows users.
http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/iPod/
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http://www.pspvideo9.com/forums/index.php?c=8
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It is no simpler converting vobs to mp4 than mpg (mpeg2).
There is *always* a loss of quality converting video from one lossy-compressed format to another, e.g. mpeg2 to mp4.
So, if you want to not lose any quality, then converting vobs to mpeg2 (mpg) is the thing to do (since there will be no video/audio re-compression), assuming Lr5 will accept them (sorry, but I do not know). example commands:
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Win: ffmbc -i myvideo.vob -sameq myvideo.mpg
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Win: ffmbc -i myvideo.vob -sameq myvideo.mp4
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Note: -i means -input-file; -sameq means -same-quality, as much as possible.
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Hi,
look here http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/22923/perian
But if your signature is correct, it is of no use for you on a Windows PC, as it is Mac-only.
As for Windows (and/or Mac OSX as well) have a look at MPEG Streamclip http://www.squared5.com/svideo/mpeg-streamclip-win.html
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I tried what you suggested Ricktoronto on a small test file and it worked!
You've made my day, been trying for a couple of days to get this to work.
Is it ok to delete those DivX files from my mac now? I have the DivX player still installed, that won't crash if I delete those files, will it?
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