Trans avi file to mac

how to transfer an avi file to a mac

Hi Crystal.
If you've put divx on your mac, you MAY have the right codecs installed. However, just to be on the safe side, I'd install perian ( http://www.perian.org ) which covers most xvid / divx / ac3 codecs
So, once you have the codecs installed, play the movie in quicktime. If you can get this far, great.
Buy quicktime pro, which I still believe is a bargain for what you get. This will then enable you to EXPORT the movie as a quicktime movie, which you can use in imovie, etc for burning to dvd. You can also use quicktime for converting into mp4 / quicktime for ipods
This is the route I use.... exporting via quicktime isn't quick but it works.
Regards,
Paul
PS: Just tested this method using a windows media file. Worked fine (apart from the flip4mac codec announcing itself on the finished movie!)

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