Comments on: How can I convert an AVI file so I can watch it on my iPhone?

By: Owen

Owen — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:29:51 +0000

@Jason: Maybe the file’s too big?

By: Jason Niles

Jason Niles — Wed, 07 May 2008 19:58:25 +0000

tried that process but the file did not finish… tried it 4 times. I have a partial movie file now in avi still. what gives?

Intersting concept… tried another link in the previous comment on it.

By: Owen

Owen — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:07:00 +0000

@Kat: Thanks for your comment and for recommending the site. Don’t thnk I’d have managed to find it on my own 3

By: Kat

Kat — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:38:03 +0000

Ever since I found Zamzar, I’ve been hooked on it.
One of the most impressive to me things that it can do is to take the url to a music video on youtube, and convert it to mp3 format.
I needed to find an mp3 of a song from an old tv show, and no matter where I searched, Amazon’s digital downloads, iTunes, just googling it, I came up empty every single time.
I found the video for it on youtibe and said what the hell, why not try?
I gave Zamzar the url, selected to change it to mp3 format, and within 5 minutes (even though they say it can take as long as 24-48 hours) I had the download link from them in my email.
I downloaded the file and was impressed.
The conversion was perfect, the song was flawless.
I’m sure that’s a big no-no legal wise, but the RIAA can’t ge blood from a turnip. LOL

By: Owen

Owen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 15:38:31 +0000

@Stef: Thanks for that, I’ll look into MedaCoder. Was pretty impressed with ZamZar though .. pretty comprehensive set of conversions

By: Stef

Stef — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 16:17:06 +0000

On a Mac, the quickest and easiest way I’ve found is to use Quicktime itself. You’ll need to buy the Pro version and install the Perian codec pack, but then it’s simply a case of opening the movie in Quicktime Player and choosing File, Export, then choosing the target (iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, etc.).

On Windows, MediaCoder is well worth a look:
http://mediacoder.sourceforge.net/

(Though last time I tried it I think they’d started embedding ads into it, so it may not be so great these days.)