Converting .avi?

[Cowlinn]

This is driving me crazy now. I treated myself to a new pocket camcorder (hitachi dz-hv575e) and it records in .avi

I want to be able to edit the footage so it needs to be in another format

preferably .mov .mp4 etc

Basically anything final cut will read

PLEASE can someone tell me how to convert .avi :( :(


Thanks

[Booche]

This is driving me crazy now. I treated myself to a new pocket camcorder (hitachi dz-hv575e) and it records in .avi

I want to be able to edit the footage so it needs to be in another format

preferably .mov .mp4 etc

Basically anything final cut will read

PLEASE can someone tell me how to convert .avi :( :(


Thanks


Google does wonders ;)

http://www.convertavitomp4.com/

I use convertxtodvd but i only use that to convert my Avi files into dvd format to send to clients if required etc

[Cowlinn]

Thats a .exe, Dave :(

I use mac. Mac's can't open .exe

It's times like this I wished I used a :Censored: windows

[visualdjmax]

I use wondershare to convert. Works really well.

[Alchemy]

This is driving me crazy now. I treated myself to a new pocket camcorder (hitachi dz-hv575e) and it records in .avi

I want to be able to edit the footage so it needs to be in another format

preferably .mov .mp4 etc

Basically anything final cut will read

PLEASE can someone tell me how to convert .avi :( :(


Thanks

Mmmm, OK.


You are a sort of APPLE guy, no?

Why after all the advice you were given did you buy a camcorder than outputs AVI?

You will have problems with quality loss but try http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_mac/

WHY?

[Cowlinn]

Mmmm, OK.


You are a sort of APPLE guy, no?

Why after all the advice you were given did you buy a camcorder than outputs AVI?

You will have problems with quality loss but try http://www.any-video-converter.com/products/for_mac/

WHY?

Because i'm an idiot and didn't check what it recorded in, sorry :o

I'll try that, thank you. :beer1:

[Cowlinn]

In fact, it's standard practise for cameras like mine to record in .avi

.avi isn't and editing codec, so it's not my fault :D

basically, I need to convert it. :mad:

[Booche]

Thats a .exe, Dave :(

I use mac. Mac's can't open .exe

It's times like this I wished I used a :Censored: windows

Now you never said you wanted it in Mac version :P you :muppet: lol

Follow Max's advice as he is the god of video's :)

[Twinspin]

AVS Video Converter is good for this.

[visualdjmax]

Now you never said you wanted it in Mac version :P you :muppet: lol

Follow Max's advice as he is the god of video's :)

I doubt it! LOL!!!:beer1:

There is a feature in Wondershare where you can batch capture all of your footage and then convert it as x1 file as a MOV or WMV or basically anything you want, so all is not lost!

[Cowlinn]

I'm really shocked FCP can't open .avi? The strange thing is, my friend Joe uses the same laptop as me, and his FCP opens .avi

I don't understand that? :confused:

[Alchemy]

I don't have a Mac but I found this, might help :)

http://www.applemacvideo.com/howtoedit/avi-editor-for-mac.html

[Jiggles]

It all depends on what codes are installed on your laptop. An AVI file is just a container with the data in it. So there are a load of ways of compressing to an AVI.

[Steve the DJ]

If you are using a Mac, perhaps Handbrake (http://handbrake.fr/index.php) will convert it?

On Windoze I use the Xillisoft Video Converter (http://www.xilisoft.com/) which is excellent.

[Cowlinn]

I looked at handbrake was very complicated!!

Will have another look.

[Steve the DJ]

I looked at handbrake was very complicated!!

Will have another look.

It is complex but if you search the forums there are normally recommended settings for most types of conversion.

[Alchemy]

I looked at handbrake was very complicated!!

Will have another look.

Did you look at this Matt?

http://www.applemacvideo.com/howtoed...r-for-mac.html

[Cowlinn]

Did you look at this Matt?

http://www.applemacvideo.com/howtoed...r-for-mac.html

:o sorry I missed that post!

I'll look at that now, see if that works :)

Thanks a lot