How to Convert .MOV to .AVI Easy, fast, free

[Jayet101]

the download files have changed so the one you say to download isn't there anymore. What should I do?

[FrankieT4NG]

there is an easier method, (windows 7) go to your control panel > appearance and personalization > show hidden files and folders > un-check "hide extensions for known types" > OK

go to your video file now, it should have the following after the name (im using example)

"example.mov"

rename and change the last part to .avi and remove the .mov

windows asks you if you want to change format, say yes, and there you go!

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[TankeyTop]

@FrankieT4NG OMG you saved me from going through all the trouble of looking for mov to avi or avi to mov converter. Thank you sooooo muchhhhh. You're a life saver! XD

[2009MiSsB]

@FrankieT4NG i tryed this, it changed it but it wont let me play it in windows movie maker why is that?

[ISkittlesHD]

@FrankieT4NG i love you



[321quickscope]

@FrankieT4NG it almost worked for me but im on vista and it still wont import into movie maker

[spidap1g]

@FrankieT4NG thanks soooooooooooooooooo much <3

[LifezMysteries]

@FrankieT4NG you, sir, are a legend :D

[priyankamondal1]

@FrankieT4NG Thanks for the easy procedure. I tried it. But still Windows Movie Maker can not open it. Does it really convert to .avi?



[iborn4music]

@priyankamondal1 Thats because it doest convert anything, check out my reply to FrankieT4NG, it explains why.

[iborn4music]

@FrankieT4NG Sorry buddy, but changing the file extension doesnt actually convert the file, instead it makes the computer think it has an avi file when its actually a mov file. It still wont work in widnows movie maker and it wont work like an avi, it will only work like a mov because thats what it is. There's a reason people convert files from one thing into another instead of Just changing it to the extension they want Thumbs up so people arent trying something that doesnt work.

[duff5000]

@FrankieT4NG LOL someone remove this comment, Its giving everyone false hope

[slayer686]

hey, i tried this, and my video during the cmd.exe just says skipping frame throughout the whole process, help please?

[99PS3boy]

gay nooot joke

[DanSullivan129]

thank you so much you have saved my life

[onekosta]

I dont have any sound and I saw others are saying the same. Is there a solution for this? Also when I converted the file it rotate my image. Am I the first with this issue?

[kivanctube]

Thanks man, I was sick of getting spyware and viruses from so called free converters.

[plemyk]

12 people don't get binary!!!!!....you absolute legend.

[suzzer19]

Link not there anymore......

[g57ss]

the download is not there anymore

[fancywallpaper]

The shortcut isn't on my desktop. Which folder is it in?

[wecca1]

THANK YOU SO MUCH IT WORKS PERFECT! :D

[GoingCrazy091]

i am using windows 7

[maniakidd2009]

Love the simplicity of it all. Good explanation and good job in providing us the direct link to the download. The website you mentioned doesnt let us download like how you mentioned in the video anymore so your link helped. Thanks a lot

[dxmkrew]

Wow, impressive and quick tutorial. Most people talk your ear off and it takes 10 minutes to do.

[mastergamer3211]

how come the video doesn't have sound and wont be imported in windows movie maker it just gives me this error The required codec was not downloaded automatically because the Download codecs automatically check box is not selected in the Options dialog box.

[PIVOTLIKEAFREAK]

does quicktime to avi works too?

[hurumyboy]

dam...wads the codec?!

[hurumyboy]

DUDE I LOVE YOU!!!!

[mopset]

i got the audio, but no video...

[TheKardynalProject]

does this support over 500mb?

[weaselgopher]

Format Factory is a free simple solution to converting media. formatoz dot com

[donstacy123]

@weaselgopher thank you bro, much easier. Only thing I got out of this is a file that was labeled both .mov.avi and it still didnt work for movie maker. But formatoz kicks azz

[kittykat302green]

you are my favorite person ever!!!!!! Once i figured out which codec i was missing it worked wonderfully. Thank you sooooooo much!!!!!!!!! :D

[RubiksSR71]

no video it says i need a codec

[MorgannandMadison]

NO SOUND! HELP!?

[booboy0421]

great...thanks...it worked for me...

[osstube12]

Dude!!! It worked like a charm!!! thx!!!!

[harijoel]

didnt work for me :(

[hatumi2]

GUYS LOOK HERE IF THIS DIDN'T WORK!!!!

Anyways I made a tutorial/how to on this so chec it out--- its more up to date lmfao.

[Handsun55]

THANK YOU

[eddyizm]

what software do you use to do the video capture? 

[debjane36]

It worked! I love it when that happens. Thank you, thank you.

[Smuchh]

thank you!

[SarahMonster90]

I seriously love you. thank you. video favored.

[dontsleepwithmywife1]

i went on the site and couldnt find the program that you downloaded they probobly got rid of it what should i do

[texatexa]

I do a batch conversion with this BAT file:

for /f %%a IN ('dir /b "C:\Documents and Settings\jpb\My Documents\My Videos\USA 2010\ZI6\*.MOV" ') do call mov2avi.bat "C:\Documents and Settings\jpb\My Documents\My Videos\USA 2010\ZI6\%%a"

[brandonhughes7]

lucky for me u had a kodak camera to i have the kodak Zx1 HD Video Camera

[tptuble]

this was awsome dude ! easy and usefull !!! thank you

[secretlifegeek96]

Does it work with mac? Because I am using a mac, and I got up to the step where you drag the mov file over the mov2avi.bat file, and it won't let me merge the files.

[ivileturia]

THANK YOUU!

[RemerLive]

Thank you. You made this easy to understand and implement

[grank6]

i drag the file i want to convert onto the mov2avi a black box pops up for half a second then goes away and nothing

[kyky368]

DUDE I LOVE YOU BUT NO HOMO ;)

[oso81gs]

when i go to tha site i cant find the file 2 dl it

[reybigcena]

5* =)

[bananaKID630]

i just did it and im test ing out the qulaity no to make sure its the same...

[mixerenter]

my quality is bad

[JoseBerry]

WOW you are so cool! Thank you for this information, I already test it, and IT WORKS! So nice! thank you very much!

[MusicalMike1998]

mine dosent work it says on the command promt that the filename, directory name, or volume level syntax is incorrect. whats wrong?

[sk8er251cc]

I gave this a try but my video has no sound. Any suggestions?

[Wolf3nStein]

Best video for converting mov to avi I read all rubbish and try lots complicated solutions but none of them worked for me. This one is so easy, simple, fast and great tutorial to covert mov to avi. Many thanks from UK.

[ftwebster]

the mplayer is no longer on that site. is there a possible other one we can use?

[CrimsonGlory7]

I know my comment is probably outdated as the MPlayer version, but I wanted to say a huge thanks! For (at least!) a couple of years, I was always troubling myself with the .MOV files' convertion! By far the best solution!

Many, many thanks! :)

[Annereesejaira]

Man thanks ! it worj\ked perfectly *bowing* been looking for these alll night!! thanks It really saved me !

[keith6110]

Works great! Although the Video Quality isn't as good. Genius stuff going on here!

[Wouldsomeonemissme]

Great, thanks! (:

[dfrisch7]

I just did it but its all black and just audio. what the heck?

[YourBoiiAcee]

does it have to be mov or any file

[hydroagg]

thanks for the video post. My new Canon camera is creating .mov files and this is a good tool to convert to AVI (for use in Window Media Maker and later uploading to YouTube). Cheers.

[gamer4america]

I got the same effect just from using the .bat file on the video file. mplayer is not needed... -___-

[EliMaldo123]

So I followed all the steps and like some people mentioned, the MPlayer 1 Orc2 file isnt there anymore so I clicked on the link you put, downloaded it,made the notepad, draged it onto the mplayer folder and when I tried dragging the mov. video to convert it would not transfer onto the notepad link. :/ help?

[FYH95]

THNK.....!!!

[Kimftw]

This worked flawlessly and it was a breeze! THANKS FOR DOING ALL THE WORK FOR ME :)

[SkillitDragon]

I'm on windows 7, and everything goes smoothly until I try to drag the .mov files to convert them--then I get an error message in the command prompt that tells me that it isn't recognized an an internal or external command. Am I doing something wrong or has Microsoft foiled us again?

[Jerry4217elevatorman]

How old is this video??? I can't find that one!!!!

[drking9313]

does this still work... i cant seem to find the outdated downloads.

[adgower]

i was using vista ;) and sorry this video is kinda old so it may work and may not.

[majorivan]

do u know if that program works well with the plague of an operating system known as vista?

[adgower]

@majorivan i was using vista

[movienirvana]

@majorivan LOL plague!!!!!

[GRKingz]

i can watch the mov's now but i dont know were it downloads to. i put it on the mplayer

[Gadget12Three]

THANKS BRO! This helped sooo much because I have the same camera and was running into the same problem. Can not thank you enough!!

[unityskatecrew]

when i did it the command prompt said the file is not recodnizable/supported ?? help

[mattimattiusa]

@unityskatecrew Click on the link fool :)

[Kinio92]

Thanks you are help me :)

[MrSamods]

thanks bro helped a lot. 5*

[mattimattiusa]

The Mplayer site does not show the file you advise to download at 0:48, so I can't proceed with anything. :(

[unityskatecrew]

click on the link fool

[ASPunisher12]

This is a cheap way to convert. Converted a 1080p file to crap. Went from 8mb to 4mb. Cuts quality in half.

[skateforlife9497]

is there any onther ones that do it and keep the same quality?????

[Mr100Style]

thanks its a real timesaver

[thebeatlefreak9]

does this work on vista?

[321open]

there is no longer any Mplayer 1.Orc2

[MrTripleCC]

@321open

check the older files

[KarlBonner1982]

Target server not located, try again in a few seconds....upon second try it just sits there in a coma with the rotating dots icon on the screen.

[andy3dz]

Ty very much, what a time saver : )

[amberrocksface]

ugh it stil doesnt work for me. when i get the the converting part it says its not recognized as an internal or operable program.

i dont know what to do

[leslierock38]

kodak zi6 sucks. i have it too. i'd rather get the flip camcorder.

[YourFace180]

the new Zi8 is great, i just got it 4 Christmas! :)

[VolDorei]

it works but i lost sound the sound :(

[peejayek]

didnt work for me

[LaczupakabraPL]

Great but the link to mplayer dosent work mate! I have Zi6 too and I have the same problem with this shit.

[GREX1991]

i did everything but only sound no video in the AVI format. i need help

[snowskatewake]

same here!

[goodwill295]

Great tutorial, it worked perfectly!

[adgower]

Thanks bro!

[Animehound1]

the windows outdated link isnt on the page anymore, or am i missing it?

[adgower]

what do you mean?

[Animehound1]

never mind i found it.

[StopMotionMaster98]

dude r u scaming us cause it says its not a free software thats y its not working

[adgower]

what are you talking about it is all free.

[ThexEmptyxHearted]

when i drag the .mov file to mov2avi.bat file, it keeps saying that it isn't a recognizable internal or external command. ???

[ThexEmptyxHearted]

i found the solution for that. i downloaded the wrong one. now i got the right one, and it converted the files, but when i try to open the converted videos to windows movie maker, it says that the files are corrupted. the videos are also saved as ".MOV.avi" i tried renaming them to just .avi, but it still says they are corrupted. what could this mean?

[Aneurysm317]

all i get is sound an no vid. what do i do

[billmaster17]

do you have to save it as Mov whatever on the notepad

[0oCURVEo0]

THANK YOU!!

[finuttzu]

THANK YOUUUU !!!!!! 5 stars

[kingiummina]

Man you are simply the best.

[adgower]

thanks!

[silvershield121]

hey man, its cool and all, and it almost worked, but all i get is audio, and i cant figure out why plz comment back soon

[wingxxzero]

umm all i get is sound. no video?

[lumminative]

hey man when they get converted ...all i get is the audio...no video?

[lumminative]

Nevermind...i Got It Thanks Alot Man?!...it works great!!

[psychovirus01]

PROBLEM ::: i upload a video file and it is in the form of avi... the problem was it can't catch the video only the sound... our teacher said it will be alright event if its only sound which is appearing... so i tryd ur steps it worked in converting but still wmm doesnt approve it./...huhuhu

[psychovirus01]

it said the code wasnt right...T_T help me A.S.A.P

[youngheart17]

One more thing: Does this program good to convert WMV to AVI files?

[youngheart17]

That was very helpful! Thank you so much!

Do you have a program that can reduce large AVI files? I have some 2:17 minutes AVI files that weigh 495MB.

Thanks again!