How to convert WMV, MP4, FLV files to AVI video format on Mac OS X?

Sometimes we want play our WMV, MP4, FLV videos on other player, such as convert FLV to AVI on Mac to share with your friends who own PCs, here is the step-by-step tutorial to show you how to convert MP4 to AVI with Mac MP4 to AVI converter on Mac OS X.

Step 1: Download Mac MP4 to AVI Converter and add MP4 files to the program on your Mac computer, here I use Daniusoft Video Converter for Mac for trial.



Step 2: Drag your WMV, MP4 or FLV video files to the program. You can add multi audio/video files to it, this video converter support all popular audio/video format to load in.

Step 3: Set the output destination folder and select ".avi" as output formats.

You can also edit WMV, MP4, FLV files before converting to AVI format:

* Maybe you have several MP4 videos on your Mac and you want to combine them and export a continuous AVI video, just check "Merge into one file" at the bottom of the program.

* Or, you can use the "Trim" function if have a large MP4 video and you want to split them into several small size AVI files.

Step 4: Click the blue button at the right of the bottom to start converting WMV, MP4, FLV, etc files, and then you will find AVI files in your destination folder.

If you want to know how to play AVI files on Mac, those articles may help you to do the job:

Convert AVI to MOV on Mac, AVI to iTunes Mac, Convert AVI to MP4 on Mac, AVI to iMovie Mac, AVI to QuickTime Mac, ,
convert DVD to AVI Mac

How to Play AVI on Mac, Convert AVI on Mac OS X?

If you try to play an AVI file with QuickTime on Mac, you will be told that "the required compressor could not be found". The main reason is that AVI is a container format that contains several different video compressor including DivX, XviD 3ivx and Indeo.

In most cases, AVI movies use DivX, a compressor that offers high video quality and small file size. To play these AVI files with QuickTime, you need to download and install the free DivX codec.

Sometimes, the AVI file may not be a DivX files. In this situation, I would recommend you to try other media players like MPlayer OS X or VLC Media Player. Both of them are excellent and free multimedia players that can deal with many of the video formats unknown to QuickTime.



VLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (AVI, MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, MP3, OGG, etc) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols. It supports Mac, linux, Windows OS.

How to convert AVI on Mac to play AVI flawlessly?


If you are looking for a much easier way to play AVI with QuickTime on your Mac, you can simply convert AVI to QuickTime on Mac with a Mac AVI to QuickTime converter. My favorite is Video Converter for Mac. I have converted every type of AVI file to the format I need including QuickTime with great results. It also enables you to edit your AVI files like trim clips, crop frame size, add effects to it.


Free download Video Converter for Mac


Below is the step by step guide on how to convert AVI on Mac to play AVI with Quicktime


Step 1. Load AVI files


Click "Add Files" to load AVI files or directly drag them onto the interface.





Step 2. Select QuickTime as output format


You can select "MOV-QuickTime (*mov)" from the drop-down list of "Format" and choose a proper destination folder for saving output files.





Tips: You can also adjust resolution, frame rate, encoder, bit rate, sample rate, and channels to optimize the output file.


Step 3. Convert AVI to QuickTime on Mac OS X


After finishing all necessary settings, click "Convert" button to start converting your AVI files to QuickTime on Mac. You can also preview the converted video files and set the action after the conversion is completed.

Within several minutes, the AVI files are ready for your QuickTime. You can easily play AVI with QuickTime on your Mac.

The best ideas for homemade Valentines Gifts

When it comes to Valentine`s Day, the focus is often on roses, chocolate or jewelry. It is quite common to see that men are walking hurriedly down the streets clutching a hastily bought bouquet for their sweeties. Valentine`s Day is such a special day that only comes once a year, so why not get your sweetie some personalized gift created by yourself to give him/her a surprise?

There is no better way to convey your love than to give your hand-made gifts since they are always created with time, talent and more than anything else – love. And review your days while do the creation. How about creating a unique video to say "I LOVE YOU"?

It means a lot to receive a personalized video for a special gift on this Valentine`s Day. If you have no idea of how to do with it, here are some ideas for special Valentines gifts, check out the following three most creative videos and do the creation with your source of imagination.

What you need before made a homemade Valentines Day Gifts
1. Some beautiful pictures, photos or videos of your lover in
2. some Confession that's catchy and that uses colloquial English
3. Photo editor and Video tools, Such as Photoshop, Windows Movie and DVD Video Converter

Confession Video

Wanna confess your love to her on this Valentine`s Day? Create a confession video that she will never expect as Valentine`s gift to show your love to her/him on this special day. Thanks to the convenience of Internet, you can easily access to tons of music videos from free download sites. Just select one music video of her favorite from your DVD collection or merge several clips into one and add your picture watermark or text watermark like "I LOVE YOU" and whatever you want to say on the video to decorate your video. Just create it with your imagination.



After you finish the creation of the video, you can transfer the confession video to iPod with iTunes or other devices. You can also free download some iPod Valentine theme to enrich your iPod. And give her a surprise on this Valentine`s Day.

Proposal Video

If you love her, then do propose to her. Valentine`s Day is a perfect timing for you. But what should you do? There is nothing special if you ask her to marry you with a diamond ring and a bunch of flowers. How about a proposal video on YouTube? It would be so exciting to declare your love to the whole world on YouTube. Now, what you need to do is to create a proposal video. Trim the classic proposal clips from your DVD collection or from the movies you downloaded from Internet, record your own proposal video and merge them into one. And the last step is to upload your proposal video onto YouTube. And I am sure that you will get the positive answer of "Yes!"

Memorial Video

You are an old couple has gone through so many days that you even don`t say "I LOVE YOU" to her/him. But never forget to show your love to her/him on this Valentine`s Day. That couldn’t be better than to review your days that you have gone through with the memorial video. You can select the unforgettable moments from your videos on birthday party, family party or on vacation, merge them into one and burn it to DVD. It must be the most creative gift on this Valentine`s Day.

To create these videos, you might need a multifunctional video editor to help you get these done. It can not only work as a video converter that converts videos to YouTube video and iPod format, but also a DVD Ripper that rips DVD to various formats and a DVD Burner that burns various video to DVD. Can all these functions be incorporated in one program? Of course yes. Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate is just such a program that can satisfy all your needs. With Ultimate, you can get all solutions for your multimedia demands, from videos converting, video editing, DVD ripping to DVD burning.

How to copy DVD to Hard Drive?

How to copy DVD to hard drive so you can watch them without the disc? Is it possible to copy protected DVD to hard drive? Having the problem with your DVD collection that can only be playable on your DVD players?

As a big fan of Avril Lavigne, I have collected plenty of DVDs of her. But it is such a pity that I only can play them on my DVD players. I was totally at a loss when I want to copy my DVD to my hard drive and share them with my friends and family. My friends Angel helped me out. She said I may need a DVD Ripper.

If you too came across the same problem, I’d like to share my experience of copying DVD to hard drive here. It is also apply to copy DVD to computer hard drive. Copy DVD to Windows Movie Maker, you can learn it from here:
How to put DVD into Windows Movie Maker?

Personally I use the program named Aimersoft DVD Ripper. The following are the reasons why I choose this DVD Ripper.

1. Support all of the DVD to load, can copy protected DVD which is restricted by css, region code or other copy protection.
2. Copy DVD to SD (AVI, WMV, M4V, MP4, MOV, etc.) and HD formats like HD TS, HD AVI, HD WMV, etc.
3. Support various multimedia players such as iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.
4. Feature powerful editing functions
5. Support dual-core and multi-threading
6. 100% compatible with Windows 7

Helpful Tip: With DVD ripper, you can copy the VOB files from the DVD. But, since the VOB files are huge, I would recommend that you rip your DVD to another format like MP4 or AVI, the popular format, to save the space in your hard drive.

1. First, you should download DVD ripper, install and run it:
Free download DVD Ripper
2. Insert the DVD that you want to copy to your hard drive;
3. Upload your DVD files with “Add” or ”File” button, and DVD ripper automatically scans the DVD and displays all the files;

Helpful Tip: There are three options for you. You can add the DVD Folder, ISO File or IFO File.



4. Choose one or more files you want to copy to hard drive;

5. Select the output format by clicking “profile” drop-down list;



6. Select the output path to save your DVD to hard drive;
7. Click the button of “Start” and DVD ripper will do the ripping for you.
8. Within minutes, you can find your DVD on your hard drive and play it on your computer.

Helpful Tip: You also can click the button “Edit” to create your own DVD movies by cropping the frame size, trimming into several segments, merging several files into one, adding text or picture watermark, or adding special effects.

Enjoy the highest copy speed and the lossless quality while copying DVD to hard drive. Most important, it offers a Free Download. So why not give it a try? You will be surprised by this DVD Ripper.

How to copy DVD to hard drive so you can watch them without the disc? Is it possible to copy protected DVD to hard drive? Having the problem with your DVD collection that can only be playable on your DVD players?

As a big fan of Avril Lavigne, I have collected plenty of DVDs of her. But it is such a pity that I only can play them on my DVD players. I was totally at a loss when I want to copy my DVD to my hard drive and share them with my friends and family. My friends Angel helped me out. She said I may need a DVD Ripper.

If you too came across the same problem, I’d like to share my experience of copying DVD to hard drive here. It is also apply to copy DVD to computer hard drive. Copy DVD to Windows Movie Maker, you can learn it from here:
How to put DVD into Windows Movie Maker?

Personally I use the program named Aimersoft DVD Ripper. The following are the reasons why I choose this DVD Ripper.

1. Support all of the DVD to load, can copy protected DVD which is restricted by css, region code or other copy protection.
2. Copy DVD to SD (AVI, WMV, M4V, MP4, MOV, etc.) and HD formats like HD TS, HD AVI, HD WMV, etc.
3. Support various multimedia players such as iPod, iPhone, BlackBerry, etc.
4. Feature powerful editing functions
5. Support dual-core and multi-threading
6. 100% compatible with Windows 7

Helpful Tip: With DVD ripper, you can copy the VOB files from the DVD. But, since the VOB files are huge, I would recommend that you rip your DVD to another format like MP4 or AVI, the popular format, to save the space in your hard drive.

1. First, you should download DVD ripper, install and run it:
Free download DVD Ripper
2. Insert the DVD that you want to copy to your hard drive;
3. Upload your DVD files with “Add” or ”File” button, and DVD ripper automatically scans the DVD and displays all the files;

Helpful Tip: There are three options for you. You can add the DVD Folder, ISO File or IFO File.



4. Choose one or more files you want to copy to hard drive;

5. Select the output format by clicking “profile” drop-down list;



6. Select the output path to save your DVD to hard drive;
7. Click the button of “Start” and DVD ripper will do the ripping for you.
8. Within minutes, you can find your DVD on your hard drive and play it on your computer.

Helpful Tip: You also can click the button “Edit” to create your own DVD movies by cropping the frame size, trimming into several segments, merging several files into one, adding text or picture watermark, or adding special effects.

Enjoy the highest copy speed and the lossless quality while copying DVD to hard drive. Most important, it offers a Free Download. So why not give it a try? You will be surprised by this DVD Ripper.

How to convert DVD to AVI for BlackBerry, archos, iRiver and Windows Media Player etc.

While convert DVD to AVI, it always be encoded by DivX codecs. As the first technology to compress DVD into a seventh of its original size or even smaller while maintaining its high quality, the major merit of AVI format is that it supports multiple devices such as BlackBerry, Windows Media Player, archos, iRiver etc. Now the problem is how to convert DVD to AVI for these players.

The following instructions will show you how to convert DVD to AVI for your BlackBerry, archos, iRiver, Windows Media Player, etc.

Before Converting
What you need is a DVD Ripper and a computer with DVD disc. There is a lot of DVD Ripper on the market now, such as Aimersoft, Total, Magic, iMovie etc. Aimersoft DVD Ripper is one of the most frequently used DVD to AVI software.

Aimersoft DVD Ripper provides an in-program guide and FAQs to help you complete the important steps such as import the file, select the audio track and subtitle, set the output format, trim and crop movie, set the brightness, contrast and saturation for your players. Free download here: Download Aimersoft DVD Ripper

Convert DVD to AVI

Step 1: Import DVD movie

Run the DVD Ripper after insert your DVD disc into DVD-Rom. click "File" or "add" at the top left corner to load the DVD Rom/DVD Folder/ISO file/IFO file.


Step 2: Edit the DVD file

After the DVD movie is imported, you can edit it by clicking the “Edit” button. This DVD Ripper support video cropping, video trimming, video customizing (such as video brightness, contrast, saturation and t the volume), subtitle and audio track setting.


Tips:

1. You can set output settings like sample rate, channel, encoder and bit rate, etc. You can either input all values manually, or choose the default ones. It works just perfectly.

2. Remember to check the settings and the output route, making sure that the settings is suitable for your player and the output route is enough to store your converted movie.

Step 3: Choose the profile and output setting



If you convert DVD to AVI for BlackBerry, you can choose “Mobile Phone ---- BlackBerry AVI series (*.avi)” as the output format from the “profile” drop-down list. You can select the format corresponding to your player.

Step 4: Start to convert

Click the “Start” button to convert DVD to AVI for your BlackBerry or other players.

In addition to these basic functions, Aimersoft DVD Ripper also provide you convert DVD to iPod, iPhone, Zune and other popular video players. You can download and enjoy it to make your own special video files!

Related articles:

1. How to to edit, crop, copy backup and convert DVD to BlackBerry?
2. How to put DVD into Windows movie Maker?
3. Convert DVD to MKV HD video to keep the high quality?

5 video converter software review to help you select the best video converter

Everybody has its own opinion about how to select the best software video converter. Here, I give you top 5 best Video Converter software review. With this video converter software review, you can choose what you think the best Video Converter among them. I will take five main evaluate to look for to help you select the best video converter: “Input Files”, ‘Output Files”, “Features”, “Ease of Use” and “Help and Support” in this video converter software review.

Aimersoft video converter software review (35.95$)



Aimersoft Video Converter is a powerhouse video converter that simplifies the conversion process without compromising features or flexibility. Aimersoft Video Converter is one of the most versatile converters we reviewed accepting all common formats and many uncommon formats which is widely used to convert videos, DVD disc and burn DVDs. It also includes three versions (Standard, Pro and Ultimate) to adapt to the different requirements of users.

Aimersoft Video Converter provides email support, an in-program guide, FAQs. But there are no live chat and user forums.

Total video converter software review (39.96$)



Total Video Converter converted just about everything we threw at it with skill and ease. It converts almost any video file. You can rip DVDs and MiniDVDs directly from your drive, convert audio files, combine multiple videos into one large file and its compatible with and supplies output options for several popular portable media players. The only output Total Video Converter doesn’t support is RealMedia and VOB for DVDs.

However, there is very little documentation for Total Video Converter. It includes a sparse in-program guide, a small selection of FAQs and an email contact with a Yahoo address.

Xilisoft video converter software review (35.95$)


Xilisoft Video Converter can accept 45 files and convert them to more than two dozen output file types including iPod, PSP and Zune. It also includes an easy-to-use upload Wizard for novices. Xilisoft is a comprehensive video conversion tool that will satisfy the needs of most users. The interface is easy to use and your selection of input and output options is comprehensive.

Unfortunately, like its sister site, ImTOO MPEGE Encoder, the Xilisoft Video Converter is not without it’s faults. It does not include any editing tools and you cannot convert flash video.

Cucusoft video converter software review (45.95$)




Cucusoft’s Video Converter software is a basic conversion program that really doesn’t do much. You input common file types like WMV, AVI, MPEG and MP4; however, they can only be converted to MPEG, VOB or DAT. More specifically, DVD, SVCD or VCD, designed mostly for tangible media. Additionally, there is no support for portable devices like iPod or Zune.

The software includes an in-program guide and a selection of FAQs online.

iSkysoft video converter software review (35.95$)



iSkysoft Video Converter gives you, the user, ultimate control over your video files. You can adjust runtime, resolution, bitrate, merge multiple videos into one file, insert special effects and edit. iSkysoft Video Converter is one of the most versatile converters we reviewed accepting all common formats, and many uncommon formats.

The only thing iSkysoft Video Converter has not going for it is it`s inability to convert VOB or IFO usually associated with DVD and MiniDVD files.