Maybe you have some torrent movies or TV shows in AVI or AVI some family footage of their digital video cameras, as Cannon camcorder or mobile phone stored in the Mac hard drive but you may soon realize that you are not able to play AVI on Mac, as the Mac’s native player – QuickTime cannot recognize AVI files at all! And you are unable to organize AVI on iTunes, sync to iOS devices for playback on the move, and edit AVI to iMovie, etc. All this happens because AVI format is not compatible with Mac OS and iOS. So if you want to use AVI you need to convert AVI to formats compatible with Mac OS X, MP4 or other for a change.
As the most used video format, MP4, which convert AVI, gives you access to your iPod, iPad or iPhone, etc., with any video file formats supported, including AVI. This article will show you how to convert AVI to MP4 for Mac OS X Mountain Lion step by step.
Easy solution: Convert AVI to MP4 for Mac
To convert AVI on Mac OS X quickly and smoothly, you can use this simple designed, but professional Video Converter for Mac. Follow 3 easy steps; you can convert your video files to MP4 on Mac.
1. Load AVI to MP4 AVI for Mac program
Launch the Video Converter for Mac, drag and drop AVI files to the program. Or you can go to “File” menu, select “Upload Media Files” to locate the AVI files you want to add.
2. Select “MP4” as output format
Now, go to the format list, select MP4 as output format.
If you want to import the output videos to Apple devices like iPad, iPod, iPhone and portable devices such as PSP, HTC, etc. for convenient playback, you can select presets it offers for the corresponding device as the output format. The application is already optimized the video settings, bit rate, frame rate, resolution and so on, for you. On the other hand, if you choose the preset for iOS devices, the output files can be automatically imported into iTunes.
3. Start converting AVI to MP4 Mac
Press “Convert” and let this smart Video Converter for Mac do the rest for you! This application is designed specifically for Mac users Works great on iMac, MacBook Pro, MacBook, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air with Mac OS X 10.5 and higher (Mac OS X Mountain Lion included).
What’s more, for your convenience, the application Mac offers some useful editing functions. You can crop video frame size, trim, apply interesting effects to videos.
How to Convert AVI to MP4 on Mac (Lion Mountain)