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Convert a M4V video into AVI (for free)

Hi. I'd like to convert a M4V video into AVI (for free). Do you have any suggestions ? Thanks

Posted on Apr 23, 2013 2:45 PM

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May 5, 2017 8:06 AM in response to oceane

These days even Windows accepts m4v or mp4 files however consider using AviDemux. This can re-encode video and/or audio files to different codecs, but can also convert audio/video tracks to different 'wrappers' without needing to re-encode.


If you can avoid re-encoding the audio and/or video then you can do the simpler quicker file wrapper conversion quicker and avoid the slight downgrade of audio/video quality that occurs when re-encoding.


It depends on the individual situation whether it is necessary i.e. better to re-encode as well.


AviDemux being Java will work on Mac as well as Windows.


Note: In theory VLC can do the same thing - that is either change the wrapper or re-encode but my experience is that VLC is extremely poor i.e. unreliable at doing this.

Convert a M4V video into AVI (for free)

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