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AVI to MOV/Quicktime without recompression
Hi everyone how do I transform -in Mac OSX- an uncompressed AVI file to a Quicktime MOV file without losing quality/recompressing?
Thanks,
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9 Replies
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To change the wrapper format (like AVI to MOV) while keeping the original codec intact is normally very complicated and usually can’t be done on a Mac. But since you’re working with uncompressed video it doesn’t matter if it gets encoded again. There won’t be any generational loss.
Do not buy Flip4Mac as it will not help you at all. That is for WMV, not AVI. Quicktime already supports AVI so long as it is a generic codec – uncompressed AVI will probably work. If it does then just export to QT movie. If it doesn’t, Google “Perian” which is an QT plugin that allows additional AVI codecs to work on a Mac. Last resort, use a Mac app called VLC Player instead of Quicktime. It plays everything.
Sean
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I know vlc, I know flip, I know I know I know.
What I’m looking for is a professional conversion. Simply putting the avi on a FCPro timeline generates a heavy loss of quality. My question is simple. How do I use the uncompressed avi and transform it in a uncompressed mov? Or anything that wouldn’t waste my footage?
Is quicktime pro able to do this?
Should I rent/buy/ask-a-friend a PC and do it from native windows environment?Is there anyone facing the same problem?
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[Alessandro Merletti de Palo] “Is quicktime pro able to do this?”
Here’s your answer:
https://forums.creativecow.net/readpost/8/1019348Are you always this pleasant?
Sean
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Sean, thank you.
Are you always this personal?
Okay, going to the personal level, I’m sorry about my answer “tone”, and, yes, when I want to get to the point I must say I’m unpleasant. This year I’m trying to switch from the unpleasant to a more comic tone, but for an unpleasant person is really difficult ;D !!So again I’m sorry and.. there I go with another exercise,
“maybe I should have written:”Dave and Sean, unfortunately the two [opposite ;)] directions you gave me have already been tested without any real improvement. I spent one day and a half to find an alternative but I’m still here and my chair is starting to assume my back-face aspect. I’m sorry to insist, but maybe you know another solution..
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[Alessandro Merletti de Palo] “unfortunately the two [opposite ;)] directions you gave me have already been tested without any real improvement”
Improvement of what? What are you talking about? Convert it in Quicktime Player. What’s the problem?
Sean
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Sean, thank you again. This time you’ve been unpleasant too, but very effective.
With pleasure,
all the best,
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Hrmpf. Not effective at all. The file is now a quicktime one, with a .mov extension, but in Final Cut Pro it needs to be rendered, and when it IS rendered, it IS terribly blurry. It’s a nightmare.. would I ever have what I’m looking for? Or at least an answer?
A.
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Hi all,
I am facing a similar problem. I captured all my footage on a PC (Premiere) in AVI files. I did that because when i was shooting I only had access to a PC and I wanted to back-up my footage in case I lost any of my mini-dv tapes (I was doing some traveling with all my equipment).
Now I am editing on Final Cut Pro and the AVI footage looks pretty grainy. Does that just happen when you open it in Final Cut Pro? Should I re-capture or will the footage look fine once I export it?
Thank you in advance,
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Hi
Sorry to disagree with you, but this is actually very simple! Just open the AVI (ensuring you have something like Perian to ensure Quicktime understands the codec) and then select “Save AS…” from the file menu. Make sure the “Save as Self Contained…” is selected and save. This will save the avi with a quicktime wrapper around it, so you can import it into itunes etc. It will only take a few minutes, as its not a re-encode, just a wrapper!
The only down side is that because its a wrapper, it won’t export to an ipod and play.
Cheers!
Tim
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