How to Convert AVI to iPad Format on Mac (Mountain Lion)

June 13, 2013 6:59 PM / Posted by Ivan Cook to Convert AVI
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Disappointed? No, never, man. As you know, there is always a way to fix the currently situation. Though Apple does not preset AVI as the video format supported by Apple iPad, it allows iPad to support other video format, like MP4. All you need to know is how to convert AVI to iPad compatible formats. This article is specially written down to tell you how to do that.

First of all, you need to choose a video converter to do the job. Make sure that the app should be compatible with your Mac OS X system (Mac OS X Mountain Lion included). What's more, it is better to have presets for iPad, so you do not have to worry about the video settings. Here the iPad Video Converter for Mac is strongly recommended. That's the app which helps me a lot in converting videos to iPad. Here are the steps to operate it.

Convert and import AVI videos to iPad in 3 simple steps

iPad video parameter

• MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 x 480 pixels, 30 fps, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in .mov, .mp4 and .m4v file formats;
• H.264 video: up to 720p, 30 fps, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .mp4, .mov and .m4v file formats;
• Motion JPEG (M-JPEG): up to 35 Mbps, 1280 x 720 pixels, 30 fps, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.