How to Convert MOV to AVI on Mac OS X Lion/Windows

I tried using Bink (RAD video tools) and it didn't work. Do you know how I can get a QuickTime movie to play in Windows media player and convert it so it will play on windows media player? -Ole

Fail to play QuickTime MOV files on some devices like PSP or apps supporting AVI instead of MOV? Yeah, MOV is a high compatible with Mac OS and the MOV file can be used on iOS devices like iPhone, iPad or be edited in iMovie or some tools else. But the format is developed by Apple which is not widely accepted by other hardware and software producers like Sony. And this then requires you to convert MOV to AVI first if you happen to in need of playing MOV on some AVI players.

The article shows you how to convert MOV file to AVI file on Mac OS and Windows OS step by step. To get a quick access, all you need is a professional MOV to AVI Converter (Video Converter for Windows and Video Converter for Mac). Here takes Windows conversion for example. If you are about to convert MOV videos to AVI vidoes ON Mac running Mac OS X Snow Leopard, Lion etc., you can go to User Guide of Video Converter for Mac for detailed info.

Step 1. Get the MOV to AVI converter

Free download converter, install and launch it on your PC. Click "Add videos" and import the videos you want to convert.

Step 2. Edit videos (Optional)

This QuickTime MOV to AVI converter provides us video cropping, clipping, merging, watermark adding and other functions. Click "Edit video" and these functions will be available for you.

Step 3. Set the output format

Click the "Advanced" button and select AVI as the output format. Click "Tools>Preferences" and set the output directory.

Step 4. Convert MOV to AVI

Click "Start", and then the QuickTime MOV file to AVI file conversion will be completed automatically for you.

After the conversion, you can find the converted videos by hitting the "Find Target" button. Or you can watch the video tutorial below. Click to play.

Tips:
If you want to play HD videos on Mac, QuickTime has the ability to play back MPEG-2 content via the QuickTime MPEG-2 Playback Component., which is available as an add-on to QuickTime 7 for $19.99 in the Apple Store online. MPEG-2 Playback File Types includes MPG, MPEG, VOB, VRO, M2V, M2A, and M2S.