How to Convert AVI to DV on Mac OS X
2012-03-23 00:49:30 /
Posted by Brian Fisher to Video Solution
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If you have several AVI files either shot by your camcorders or shared by friends, you might want to edit these wonderful AVI files in iMovie, Final Cut Pro or Final Cut Express, making them more meaningful and stylish. However, if you've tried to do that, you must have figured out that AVI is not fully compatible with these video editing softwares. That's why you need to change video format from AVI to DV, which is friendly with almost all video editing programs on Mac.
To convert AVI video to DV video on Mac, you need a professional tool. After you search the Internet for help, you might get to know that you need a video converter. However, not all video converter could meet your requirment to convert AVI files to DV files on Mac (Mac OS X Lion included) with fast converting speed and good video quality. But, you can try Video Converter for Mac. It never ever lets you down. With it, you are able to convert AVI to any video formats easily and quickly in a few clicks. Here are the steps to run the app.
Add AVI files to the software
Drag & drop AVI files to the program. Or go to the "File" menu, choose "Add Video Files" to locate the AVI files you want to add. If you want to do batch conversionn, you can add more than one file. See the main interface below, if you want to merge several video clips into one large file, just check "Merge into one File".
Set DV as the output format
Now you need to go to the format drop-down list, choose DV as the output format. If you are not satisfied with the current video settings, you can adjust them by clicking the "Options" button.
If you want to import the output video files to an editing program, you can choose the app directly as the output video format. The AVI to DV Converter has presets some editing tools as the output formats. Just choose the one you need.
Before the video conversion, you can:
Delete the unwanted part by trimming the video files.
Get rid of the black borders by cropping.
Customize the video by changing video effect.
Start the AVI to DV Mac conversion on Mac OS X
Click the "Convert" button to let the Converter for Mac do the rest for you. Just in a second the conversion is done. Then you can launch iMovie or Final Cut Pro to edit the output files freely or play them in QuickTime or iDVD.
What's more:
iSkysoft Video Converter for Mac is an innovative video converter for Mac OS X users. It supports standard video formats like MP4, M4V, WMV, MPG, MPEG, MOV, TS, FLV, 3GP etc. and HD video like AVCHD(MTS/M2TS), AVCHD Lite, MOD/TOD, HD WMV, HD TS, etc. It can also extract audios from videos and convert them into MP3, AAC, AC3 formats.
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