Anyone know how to convert .avi files to .mov files for Mac?

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lakersin2025

11-04-2006 14:24:13

Can't play .aviurl==http://=http:///url files on my mac. Any tips?

urbanrecon

11-04-2006 14:31:38

The easiest way would probably be to download the mac version of VLC player at http//www.videolan.org/ (freeware). If that doesn't work go here for other ways http//www.thexlab.com/faqs/avidivx.html.

Hope this helps, lemme know if it works.

darkscout

11-04-2006 15:13:07

[quote66afb24769="urbanrecon"]The easiest way would probably be to download the mac version of VLC player at http//www.videolan.org/ (freeware). If that doesn't work go here for other ways http//www.thexlab.com/faqs/avidivx.html.

Hope this helps, lemme know if it works.[/quote66afb24769]

AVI and MOV are as generic as 'car' and 'truck'. They're just wrappers. There are dozens of codecs that are wrapped around inside of these files.

Although the generic answer I'm gussing that your avi's are DIVX or XVID. There are ffmpeg and Divx plugins that will allow you to view these files in Quicktime.

VLC (above) and MPlayer[=http//www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/27163]MPlayer also work. I personally like the command line version of mplayer in terminal.app

mplayer -ontop movie.avi will force it to stay above other windows. Then I drag it onto my other screen, hit f and it's full screen.