How to Convert AVI to MP4

"How do you fix an AVI file so I can upload and forward it, my file is too large?"

This guide includes two parts:
1. Why convert AVI to MP4?
2. An easy way to solve the large AVI file problem with convert AVI to MP4.

Why Convert AVI to MP4?

AVI's limitations:
AVI, short for Audio Video Interleave, is a multimedia container format introduced by Microsoft as part of its video for Windows technology. AVI files can contain both audio and video data in a file container that allows synchronous audio-with-video playback. But the biggest limitation of AVI is its poor compression, so the AVI files are usually much larger. Also while resizing the window of your media player (or on different TVs, especially high-definition ones), the aspect ratios are sometimes lost in translation.

MP4's popularity:
MP4 is also a multimedia container format standard specified as a part of MPEG-4. It is most commonly used to store digital video and digital audio streams, as well as other data such as subtitles and still images. As the movies and videos encoded in MP4 format looks great and with smaller size, now MP4 is commonly used in various multimedia devices like iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP and other MP4 players now.

So, converting AVI video to MP4 allows you to be ready to enjoy the videos and movies on your multimedia devices on the go anytime.

Now, what you need is an AVI to MP4 video converter to help you convert AVI video to MP4 format. Here I would like to take Aimersoft Video Converter as an example to explain how to get AVI video converted to MP4 format. For Mac users, just follow another guide to convert AVI videos to MP4 on Mac (Snow Leopard, Lion included).

How to convert AVI to MP4?

1Upload AVI files to your AVI to MP4 Video Converter

Click button to upload AVI files from your computer or camcorder(or other devices like USB, cell phone, etc). You can also directly drag the video files into the program directly.

2 Edit Video

Click or on the top of the main interface, you can then customize AVI videos.

Crop -You can crop the frame size and get what you want by setting the video zoom to full screen, 16:9, 3:4 or others.

Trim - you can easily trim your AVI video into multiple segments by moving the sliders or just typing the number in manually.

Add effect -Configure the brightness, contrast, saturation, and add special effects like Gray, Emboss, Negative, Old Film to personalize your AVI video.

Add watermark- If you want to add some image or text watermark to decorate your video, you can click "Watermark". It also allows you to configure the parameters such as transparency, vertical space, and horizontal space.

Tips: If you want to rotate your video to be normal, you only need to upgrade to Aimersoft Video Converter Professional, which adds the function of 90°/270°contraclockwise rotation of the video.

3 Set output options

Select the proper output destination folder and your desired output format. If you want to convert AVI files for portable device, but you don't know which formats your device supports, you can simply select any format in the category of your device.

4Start to convert AVI to MP4

After all necessary setting, the last thing is to press the button to start to convert AVI to MP4.

 

You can just sit back and have a cup of coffee. After several minutes, the converted MP4 files are ready for your iPad, iPod, iPhone, PSP or other MP4 players.

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