WUHAN, China -- How to Convert AVI to MP4 on Mac/Windows
Some information about AVI and MP4 formats
AVI: full name is Audio Video Interleave which is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft as part of its Video for Windows technology. It has become the most commonly used PC video format, universally playable in Windows Media Players. You can install a codec to open an AVI files without any additional AVI video player software needed.
MP4: full name is MPEG-4, developed by Moving Picture Experts Group, vice file named .MP4 which is a multimedia container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4. It is used to store digital video, audio streams, and others include subtitles and even images. MP4 was created by Apple as a container for QuickTime while AVI was developed by Microsoft for their media player and MPEG-4 file format was created on the basis of the QuickTime format specification.
Why convert AVI to MP4?
Maybe you have a ton of AVI files on your hard drive, either from a digicam, or downloaded from the internet. Maybe you want to edit AVI in iMovie, or play these files on your iPad, iPod or iPhone, etc., Apple, unfortunately only plays a couple types of seldom-used AVI file: "Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ULAW, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format". It's so troublesome.At this time,You need to convert AVI to more widely used video format,MP4 is a good choice.
How to convert AVI to MP4 on Mac?
Step 1: Load videos
Launch Imelfin video converter(http://www.imelfin.com/mac-video-converter.html) for win, click the Add Files button to load video or audio files from your computer or other devices like USB device, camcorder, MP4 player, etc. You can also directly drag the files you want to convert to the main interface. Note that batch conversion is supported so you can add as many files as you like at one time.
Step 2: Select "MP4" as output format
You should go to the format list, choose MP4 as the output format. You also can click "Settings" to customize the output settings in details.
Step 3: Convert your files
When you're ready, click the Convert button to convert video. While converting videos, you can preview the video and set the actions like shut down computer and open output folder when conversion is completed.
How to convert AVI to MP4 on Windows?
Step 1: Load videos
Launch Imelfin video converter for Win (http://www.imelfin.com/video-converter.html), click the Add Files button to load video or audio files from your computer or other devices like USB device, camcorder, MP4 player, etc. You can also directly drag the files you want to convert to the main interface. Note that batch conversion is supported so you can add as many files as you like at one time.
Step 2: Select "MP4" as output format
Select MP4 as the output format. You also can click "Settings" to customize the output settings in details.
Step 3: Convert your files
When you're ready, click the Convert button to convert video. While converting videos, you can preview the video and set the actions like shut down computer and open output folder when conversion is completed.
