Converting .avi to .m4v

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Converting .avi to .m4v

Guys,

I recently purchased the Apple TV. I love it, but its frustrating me what putting my movies onto it. The majority of my movies are in .avi format.

To make things a little easier I went Pro with Quicktime so I would convert files in to Apple TV ready. The problem I faced was I had bought Pro but it doesn't seem to want to co-operate. It wasn't playing .avi and was lucky a friend gave me a free version of DivX. Still! No sound?

I still cant make the .M4V files as they don't have any sound. Any suggestions?

Posted on Apr 22, 2010 4:37 PM

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Answer 1

Apr 22, 2010 4:43 PM in response to j.vdh

Welcome to the  Discussion Forums.

AVI is a container format in which audio and/or video files reside, the process by which you convert these files will depend on the type of compression used in the files themselves rather than the container type.

Use QT to determine the compression used for your audio and your video files. See This

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Apr 22, 2010 5:14 PM in response to Winston Churchill

Thanks,

It comes up with:
"Generic MPEG-4, 624 x 256, Unknown
MPEG Layer 3, Stereo, 48.000 kHz"

Where should I go form here?

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Answer 3

Apr 22, 2010 5:40 PM in response to j.vdh

I don't really see anything that should cause a problem for QT. It is however a little unusual to see an MP3 (MPEG 1) audio file sat with a MPEG 4 video file. The AVI standard is somewhat dated and lacks a number of features of more modern technology, for example it has problems with variable bit rate audio such as MP3 at low sample rates. Even M$ who created it abandoned it well over 10 years ago.

My suspicion is your problem might lie with the file rather than the conversion file.

You might however give mpegstreamclip a try, it's a free application from the internet

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Answer 4

Apr 23, 2010 12:16 PM in response to j.vdh

My camera takes avi clips. I use Handbrake to convert, has an Apple TV setting. Once I drop it on iTunes, it ends up in my Movies folder.
J

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