QuickTime can play various media files including audios, videos and images. It also supports various formats though MOV is the standard file used for QuickTime videos. AVI is also supported by the player but still some AVI files can’t be played directly using the basic free QuickTime player. As you know, you might not be able to open an MKV file on QuickTime (or other formats like FLV/AVI). Therefore, you can consider changing the default player for the file instead of QuickTime to another player like VLC. For this, just select the video file, right-click, and go to the 'Get Info' option.
- The video in AVI file can be compressed by many kinds of codec, such as MJPEG (Motion JPEG), MPEG-1, MPEG-2, DivX, XviD and others. So far, QuickTime only plays MOV files with MJPEG video whether you are a Mac user or not and AVI videos with MJPEG are not common enough.
- QuickTime doesn’t support to play AVI files. If you want to play your video using QuickTime, there are two solutions: 1. Convert AVI to other formats that compatible with QuickTime player, like MOV, MP4, M4V.
A notice to all of our users and supporters
We began the Perian project over 6 years ago. We wanted to simplify viewing your content. Our team has attained that goal and with that in mind, Perian will be retired soon. Our stewardship has been a blast but it's time for all of us to move on.
From the beginning we kept Perian simple. Our preferences were minimal, updating was easy, and we gradually grew the product to add in extras like subtitles and different formats. We've contributed a lot. Today, Perian stands as complete as it ever will be under our stewardship.
There are some projects that we never got to. As an example, we would have liked an official, flexible, and well-documented import API to speed up MKV. We hit a brick wall there. Still, we reached a great stopping point and Perian's installed userbase proves how valuable this tool became to so many people.
Starting 90 days after the final Perian release, we will no longer provide support. We'll wrap up our loose ends, pack up our bags, and move on to new and exciting projects.
Here's what our roadmap looks like:
- We will soon release the final version of Perian, including all the fixes we've worked on since the last release. It may -- or may not -- work on 10.8.
- We will post the source code to either Google Code or Github.
Here's what we're looking for from you, our users
- Download Niceplayer , it's pretty great -- and those folks are doing a fantastic job.
- Support each other on our Google Group list . We mean this. Just because we aren't helping anymore on a regular basis, that doesn't mean that you can't.
- Are you a developer? Pick up where we left off. Join us on #perian on irc.freenode.net. Yeah, we're all pretty busy -- so stick around after asking your question. You may have to wait a bit for an answer. Chalk it up to asynchronous tech support.
- Want to donate? We appreciate the thought. It's hard times these days and your money will make a bigger impact elsewhere. Consider Child's Play , Ronald McDonald House , or the EFF . We no longer accept donations.
A final word: If and when Perian stops working, try looking into VLC or MPlayer OS X. Sure, they're not Perian, but they offer great software still under development.
Thanks for all of your support over the years. It has meant a lot to all of us.
Chris Forsythe
Graham Booker
Alexander Strange
Augie Fackler
PS We would like to thank Erica Sadun for helping us write this letter, and for general guidance.
Why do you need to convert MOV to AVI? Well, as we know, MOV is an Apple QuickTime format and is widely used for saving video files with compression. Today, many digital cameras and camcorders capture videos in the MOV format. However, MOV is a Mac friendly video format and is not supported by Windows-based applications like Windows Movie Maker, Windows Media Player, Windows DVD Maker, etc. If you want to play or edit MOV in Windows without any troubles, you'd better convert MOV to AVI, a Windows preferred format.
To convert MOV files to AVI, a video converter is needed. Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate (or Video Converter Ultimate for Mac) is just the right choice for you. With it, you can easily convert QuickTime MOV video to AVI with fast conversion speed and excellent output video quality. No technical skills are required. Simply follow the intuitive interface and you can get all your work done in a few mouse clicks.
Download MOV to AVI Converter:
How to convert QuickTime MOV files to AVI format
Note that here the screenshots of Video Converter for Windows are used to show you the detailed steps to complete the whole conversion. If you're using a Mac, please refer to Convert MOV to AVI on Mac.
1Import MOV videos to the program
Run Video Converter Ultimate and click Add Files to add the QuickTime MOV files from your local drive, digital cameras, USB devices, etc. for conversion. Or first locate the MOV videos you want to convert and directly drag them to the software interface to load them. Batch conversion is supported so you can add multiple files. And if you want to convert all the added MOV videos to a single AVI file, simply tick 'Merge all videos into one file'.
2 Edit your videos
A built-in video editor is provided, allowing you to crop video frame sizes so as to remove the black bars, trim videos to get the part you need, adjust video effects for a better visual effect, rotate videos to get the right position, add text/image watermarks either for fun or copyright protection, insert plug-in subtitles for a better illustration, etc.
Quicktime Avi Files
3 Set the output format and directory
To change MOV to AVI format, simply click Output Format and choose AVI from Format > Video >AVI as the output video format. If you don't like the default setting, click Settings to adjust the video resolution, frame rate, audio channels, bit rates etc. Meanwhile, click Output Folder to choose a folder to save the converted AVI files.
4Convert MOV video to AVI
Quicktime Avi Files Won't Play
Now you've come to the last step: click the Convert button to start converting from MOV format to AVI. Wait for the conversion to be done and click Open Folder to get all the converted videos. Bingo, that's done. After that, you can view your videos anywhere you like.
Here is video tutorial on how to convert QuickTime MOV videos to AVI:
Related Glossary:
Quicktime Can't Open Avi Files
- MOV - is a video Container format for QuickTime. The multimedia container file can hold multiple tracks, audio, video, effects or text files. Each Track, regardless of type, has its own digitally-encoded media stream using a specific Codec.
- AVI - stands for Audio Video Interleave, is a Container format used by Microsoft's Video for Windows multimedia framework.