How to Convert AVI to iPod on Mac?
How do I make AVI files iPod friendly? I have every episode of "The Office" yet, I can't put any of them onto my iPod. Does anyone know how to transfer the files to be able to be played on my iPod, either through manually changing them, or by downloading some sort of online program?
What is AVI?
AVI, which stands for Audio Video Interleave, is a Container format used by Microsoft's Video for Windows multimedia framework. Since it was developed for Windows 3.1 in 1992 it lacks some features found in newer containers like MPEG or MP4, but is still widely used by consumers and even supported by some standalone DVD players. Although still supported in Windows, and suitable for certain formats like DV, it's not a good general purpose container, and even Microsoft uses other containers for their own video formats.
The following tutorial will show you how to convert AVI to iPod on Mac OS X (including Tiger, Leopard and Snow Leopard) using AVI to iPod Converter for Mac.
Step 1. Download Mac AVI to iPod Converter and run it.
Step 2. Load the AVI files you want to convert
Drag and drop the AVI files to the program or you can click the "Add Files" button to browse your computer hard disc and add the AVI files you want to convert to the program.
Batch conversion is also supported by this Mac AVI Converter, so you can load several AVI files at one time.
Step 3. Output Settings
After the AVI files are imported, you can select an output format for each video file and specify a directory on your computer to save the output files.
If you don't know what formats your device supports, you can just select the format according to the device name. For exapmle, you can select "iPod Touch (*.MPEG-4)" when you want to convert AVI to MP4 for playback on your iPod Touch. The default setting works well. Of course, if you don't want to use the default video and audio encoding settings, just click the "Settings" button to customize these settings.
Step 4. Edit your Video Files
This Mac AVI to iPod Converter can help you set video brightness, contrast, saturation, crop video, trim video and even merge multiple files into one single file.
1. Capture a clip from your video file
Click "Trim" button to open the Trim window, and set the starting time and ending time by dragging the slider then you can convert a clip from the AVI file on Mac OS X.
2. Crop video footage
If you want to remove the black borders or just convert part of the video area from your video file, you can click the "Crop" button to crop the current video file by dragging the frame around the video.
3. Video effect
Click the "Effect" button and drag each effect adjustment slider to set the video brightness, contrast, saturation and audio volume. You can also choose to flip the video and apply a special video effect to your video file by selecting a special effect from: Gray, Emboss, Old Film and Negative.
Step 5. Start the video conversion
Click the "Convert" button to start converting AVI to iPod and then you can just go out for a walk or take a nap, and the conversion may have been finished when you come back.
