Convert QuickTime to AVI in 2 Easy Methods (Online and Free)

QuickTime always refers to a media player developed by Apple, while it also can be an advanced technology or video file format. MOV is a kind of video format introduced by Apple. MOV file can contain one or more tracks, including audio, video, pictures, and text. With advanced QuickTime technology, MOV file extension is often used for saving movies and videos.

However, there are only a few media players that can play QuickTime movies. The majority of poplar media players or portable players cannot stream QuickTime file. So, many users try to google some methods to convert QuickTime to a popular video format, like AVI, to make their QuickTime video more playable.

1. Convert QuickTime to AVI with free online video converter

Once you search on Google, you will find lots of options to convert MOV to AVI. You can convert a QuickTime Movie to AVI for free with some online video converter, like ONLINE-CONVERTER and Zamzar. Let's take Zamzar as an example.

• 1. Select video files from local files or enter a video URL copied from video sites.
• 2. Choose AVI format as the output format.
• 3. Enter your Email address to receive the converted AVI video.
• 4. Click the "Convert" button to start QuickTime AVI conversion.

Look, it is easy and free. However, it is not totally free to use. It lets users convert MOV files with a limited size. Once beyond the size of 50MB, users need to pay for their conversion. And it is a little risk to let the sites browse your local files and the contents in your entered their Email address will also encounter a risk. So, we recommend that you'd better use a independent MOV to AVI converter program to convert the video.

2. Convert QuickTime to AVI with professional MOV to AVI Converter

Aiseesoft MOV to AVI Converter is the best QuickTime AVI converter to enable users to convert QuickTime to AVI with high quality. It also allows users to edit their QuickTime movies before converting. Besides, it is able to convert MOV many more popular formats, such as MP4, WMV, even MP3.

4 Easy Steps to convert QuickTime to AVI

Step 1 Download and install Aiseesoft MOV to AVI Converter to your computer.

Step 2 Add your QuickTime videos to the program.

After installing the software to your computer, launch it and click the "Add File" button to import the MOV files you want to convert.

Step 3 Set the output format.

Click the drop-down list next to the "Profile" button to select the AVI as the output format. You can click the "Settings" button to have a video or audio setting for your converted video.

Step 4 Convert QuickTime MOV to AVI.

If necessary, you can edit MOV files before converting them. When all things are done, you can click the "Convert" in the lower bottom corner of the interface to convert them.

The powerful MOV to AVI converter not only assures you good converted videos, but also allow you to experience a fast and high-quality conversion.

Apart from converting QuickTime to AVI, you could also convert Quicktime to MP4 for playing on more devices like Windows Media Player, PS3/4, etc.

Extended Reading

AVI file format

Audio Video Interleave, also known as AVI, is a multimedia container format developed by Microsoft. An AVI file can contain both audio and video data in a container. Like MP4, It is a popular video format that can support multiple streaming audio and video and is compatible with almost all common media players, like Windows Media Player, VLC player, Real Player, KMPlayer, Div Player. In addition, AVI files support a wide variety of video codecs, including DivX codec, DV codec, MJPEG codec, Xvid codec, and MP3 codec. Therefore, AVI format is always used as the terminal format of other video formats' conversion for its high compatibility. And many users will look for methods to convert their videos in other formats to AVI video, like M4V to AVI, QuickTime MOV to AVI, and VOB to AVI.

What is QuickTime

QuickTime is a powerful multimedia technology to deliver HD video using less bandwidth and storage and stream videos from your digital camera or mobile phone. Armed with the advanced video technology, QuickTime player allows users to watch online video, HD movie trailers, and home-made videos, audios, and pictures in a wide range of formats. QuickTime player works for Windows 10/8/7/Vista and Mac OX X Leopard and newer.

QuickTime file format – MOV, is a part of QuickTime technology introduced by Apple. MOV is a common multimedia format that contains audio data, video data, or text in a container. It is popular among Mac users and can be played on QuickTime Player, CyberLink PowerDirctor and Roxio Easy Media Creator.

In this article, we generally introducing 2 ways to help you convert your QuickTime MOV to AVI. You can choose the online way or you can pick the professional way to get more function besides converting. Both of them are useful and easy for operation.