I have a bunch of old AVI movies and want to convert them to a modern file format on my Mac and want to keep file size reasonable at the same time.
what method do you recommend converting with and which file format to use?
Mp4 will be fine. I make all my movies from Mp4 clips. They edit fine.
I would just use Handbrake's default settings, H.264, except that I would choose a constant frame rate rather than peak frame rate.
Try it with one clip and see how you like it. The converted clip will end up in your Movies folder unless you designate otherwise.
-- Rich
Mp4 will be fine. I make all my movies from Mp4 clips. They edit fine.
I would just use Handbrake's default settings, H.264, except that I would choose a constant frame rate rather than peak frame rate.
Try it with one clip and see how you like it. The converted clip will end up in your Movies folder unless you designate otherwise.
-- Rich
I would convert to Mp4/AAC. That format is almost globally compatible with other devices. It is a delivery format good for viewing. Because it is compressed, thus saving space, it is not as good for editing as some other less compressed formats that consume more space, like .dv, Pro Res 22, AIC, that are better for editing. However, for anything other than perhaps professional purposes I have found that Mp4 edits just fine. The AAC part is Advanced Audio Coding that also is more compressed than, say, .aiff. But for my consumer movie purposes the sound is just fine.
You can use the free download Handbrake to make the conversion to Mp4/AAC that it will do by default. You can get Handbrake here:
--- Rich
Someday if I edit/make an iMovie out of some of them will MP4 will be ok?
Do you have any suggested settings for Handbrake?
Thank you!
What video format to convert AVI to? Want to reduce space and stay modern
