Recommended Video Conversion program (AVI to MPEG-4) and Settings?

I'm looking for a good AVI to MPEG-4 video converter and wondering what settings I should be using when converting? I notice that some programs have a dummified "best quality" setting but not all of them.
Also, is MPEG-4 the best quality format to use? I saw a format called h264 which seemed like it might be higher quality?

Welcome to the  Discussion Forums.
Unfortunately AVI is a container type and not a video codec, so we can't really guarantee that any particular software will work for you. You might want to give mpegstreamclip a try, or better still tell us which codecs are used in your files. See This to learn how to find this information.
Mpeg 4 is the only format that you can use, although h264, otherwise known as AVC or mpeg 4 part 10, is also a form of mpeg 4. You will be much better off using h264.

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