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Avi conversion help?

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What I want to do is convert an .avi file so that I can burn it to a DVD. I want to use iMovie and iDVD to make it looks nice, but iMovie won't accept it when I try to drag and drop it in. What program should I use to fix this problem?
 
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ffmpegX

You can use this program to convert the .avi to many different formats. iMovie supports standard and high definition video, as well as the most popular formats, including DV, HDV, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 and even AVCHD.
 
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Have you installed Perian? Once you have the codecs, you can just drag the avi file into iMovie.
 
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I don't think perian makes iMovie play any more nicely with AVI. I've tried, and I have had the lattest version of Perian for a while now. But maybe it's my settings.
 

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