How to Convert 3GP to AVI on Mac OS X
Have lots of 3GP videos recorded by phone camera and want to upload them to the web that only accept AVI files? Or just want to insert them into Windows PowerPoint presentation or for easy-sharing with others? If you do, you might need to convert 3GP to AVI format.
To convert 3GP to AVI on Mac (Mac OS X Lion included), you need a professional app, like the 3GP to AVI Video Converter for Mac, to help you. This article is a step by step guide which gives you detailed information about how to operate the app to change the video format. Let's take a look at the steps.
First of all, you need to download and install the Video Converter for Mac. And then follow the steps below.
Add 3GP files to the app
Drag & drop 3GP files directly to the 3GP to AVI Converter Mac. Or you can go to the "File" menu, choose "Add Video Files" to locate the 3GP files you want to add.
Choose AVI as the output format
Now you should go to the format drop-down list, choose AVI as the output format. If you want to upload the output files into some device, like smartphone HTC, for playback, you can choose the corresponding device name as the output format.
Start 3GP to AVI conversion on Mac OS X
Hit the "Convert" button to start change 3GP to AVI on Mac. Just in a few minutes, the conversion could be done. Then you can enjoy the output files more cozily. You can freely enjoy your 3GP videos on Blackberry, Game Hardware, Sandisk Sansa, Archos and Creative Zen. If you are about to play 3GP on PSP, please go to 3GP to PSP Mac for more details.
Knowledge Sharing:
AVI (Audio-Video Interleave) is a container introduced by Microsoft. Motion JPEG is a type of AVI compression. While, generally speaking, AVI is ubiquitous for SD video content on the Internet, it using XviD/DivX codec (encoding/decoding) is uncompatible with Apple devices and software, so you need to convert AVI to iMovie, or Play AVI with QuickTime on Mac or convert AVI to a format which Apple supports.
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