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.avi to .MP4

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Whats is the best way to convert from avi to mp4 on OSX.

I tried iSquint but it does work. I have QTPro but I can seem to figure it out.

I want to use them on my PS3 is all.
 
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Handbrake may do this, but I'm not sure which type(s) of avi files you have (avi is simply a wrapper; these files can be compressed in many different formats, DivX for example). ffmpegx almost certainly would convert these files.

If these are DivX files and you install the DivX codec (free from divx.com), iMovie would probably handle these conversions, as would QTPro.

Are you able to play them in QuickTime?
 
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djames42 said:
Handbrake may do this, but I'm not sure which type(s) of avi files you have (avi is simply a wrapper; these files can be compressed in many different formats, DivX for example). ffmpegx almost certainly would convert these files.

If these are DivX files and you install the DivX codec (free from divx.com), iMovie would probably handle these conversions, as would QTPro.

Are you able to play them in QuickTime?
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Handbrake won't work for this.
 
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Yeah, visual hub will work, or VLC Player, check out the tutorial for VLC in the link in my signature, and replace .bin with .avi

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I use Popcorn. :)
 
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another vote for visualhub. best 20 bucks i have ever spent.... so far
 
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Mattlike said:
I use Popcorn. :)
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True 'nuff... It has presets for the PSP as well as the iPod Video (and several other devices). It has the advantage of also performing selective transcoding of DVD9 to DVD5 video_ts folders too.
 

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