AVI to Windows Phone 8 - Convert AVI files for WP8

Summaruy: The easy workaround to get Windows Phone 8 recognizing AVI (XviD or DivX) files is to convert AVI to MP4 which ensures the smooth playback with WP 8.



Anyone know of an app that can play AVI/DIVX files on my Windows Phone 8? Something like VLC on the iPhone?

AVI means Audio Video Interleave or Interleaved. It is a video container format that contains audio and video data for synchronous playback purposes. In many cases, AVI uses codecs like XviD and DivX in order to compress and create files. Other than the Windows Media Player, this format can also be processed by third-party media players like the VLC Player, MPlayer, and the KMPlayer.

However, it appears that the AVI files will not play on your Windows Phone 8 like Nokia Lumia 920 anyway. Although you can sync AVi files onto your Windows Phone using Windows Media Player, but only some files get converted in the process and ends up playable on the handset; others (that, again, play fine in WMP) won't play. Or you can also drag and drop AVI files onto Windows Phone 8 directly in Windows Explorer on my Windows 7 computer, and the files will appear in the Music+Video app, but they won't play (even though of course they play fine in Windows Media Player on the computer) anyway. In conclusion, I think expecting to be able to sync and play AVI video on Windows Phone 8 gadgets without using third-party apps is misguided.

Fortunately, there is an easy way to fix the issue. The easy workaround to get AVI files work with Windows Phone 8 is to convert AVI tinto another type as doing so would fit your purpose. Along with a professional AVI converter, you can achieve your goal smoothly.

Among various video converting tools, Brorsoft Video converter is rating in the first place. It is easy to use and helps you fast convert a pile of AVIs to a Windows Phone 8 playable format MP4 with perfect audio and video sync keeping HD quality. Besides, this converter can convert AVI to a wide range of formats, like WMV, MOV, MP4, 3GP, FLV and the list goes on. Apart from that, it also provides a large variety of output formats that compatible with Window Phone 8, iPad, iPhone, iPod, PSP, Xbox, Samsung Galaxy, LG, Blackberry, Sony, Nokia and more. HD and 3D output are also supported. Now download a free trial here and follow the step-by-step guide to get all AVI files and your Windows Phone 8 to play nicely.

How to Convert XviD/DivX AVI files for Windows Phone 8



Step 1: After the installation of the professional Windows Phone 8 AVI Converter, run the program to load your Divx/XviD AVI files to it for converting. Merge different AVI files together by ticking the “Merge into one” box.

Step 2: Click the Format bar and follow Nokia > Nokia Lumia 900 MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4), which is also the optimal format for Lumia 920 and other Windows Phone 8 gadget.

Step 3: If you like, you can click "Settings" to change the video encoder, resolution, frame rate, etc. as you wish. Keep in mind that bitrate higher results in big file size, and lower visible quality loss, and vice versa.



Step 4: Hit the convert button; start to convert AVI to MP4 for Windows Phone 8.

When the conversion ends, you will be able to get the result video via tapping the Open button in the main interface. Afterwards, you can sync and just put AVIs onto Windows 8 phone for smooth playback at ease without any incompatible problem.

Additional Tips

1. When your portable media device refuses to play a video, it could be due to one or more of the following reasons:
- Unsupported video format (e.g. *.mkv format)
- Unsupported codec (e.g. AC3)
- Huge file size (e.g. H.264 MP4 video of 10GB+)
- High resolution (e.g. 1080p video and above)
- Protections (e.g. Digital Copy movies)

2. If you are considering to get a powerful all-in-one tool to convert videos, Blu-ray movies and DVDs to your Nokia Lumia 800, 720, 920, or other devices like iPad, Google Nexus 10/7, Samsung Galaxy S4/Galaxy S3, Kindle Fire HD, Samsung Galaxy Note 2, Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 at the same saving time and effort, the all-in-one Blu-ray Video Converter Ultimate program will a nice choice for you. If you are running a Mac OS X computer, iMedia Converter Mac is the alternative.


When the conversion ends, you will be able to get the result video via tapping the Open button in the main interface. Afterwards, you can sync and just put AVIs onto Windows 8 phone for smooth playback at ease without any incompatible problem.

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Tips & Tricks for editing AVCHD .MTS files in Sony Vegas Pro

Summary: This guide aims to tech you how to get Sony Vegas Pro working perfectly with AVCHD .mts files, a best way is to convert MTS to MPEG-2, something ensuring best results when using .MTS files in Vegas Pro.



As one AVCHD full HD camcorder user, you may meet some incompatibility issues of AVCHD .mts files when working with them in Sony Vegas Pro, a popular video editing program on Windows. In usual, the MTS footage from Sony, Panasonic, Canon AVCHD camcorders is encoded with H.264/AVC codec. The advanced compression method of H.264 results in much less storage and the same picture quality comparing with MPEG-4. However, the highly-compressed content is not so friendly for editing software. Then, how to get Sony Vegas Pro working perfectly with AVCHD MTS footage? A best way is to convert MTS files to MPEG-2, something ensuring maximum editing quality and efficiency when working with Vegas Pro.

If you have problems when using MTS files in Sony Vegas Pro and want to make smooth editing, read on the article, here I will outline how to transcode AVCHD MTS to MPEG-2 for smooth importing and editing in Vegas Pro.

Guide: Converting MTS files to MPEG-2 for editing in Sony Vegas Pro

The quick workaround is to use the yet professional app Brorosft MTS/M2TS Converter, which can be used as a top MTS to Sony Vegas Pro Converter under Windows XP/2003/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8. It is free, clean and safe to install and use. With it, you can effortlessly transcode all MTS/M2TS files(from Sony, Canon, Panasonic) to MPEG-2 for Vegas/Premiere Pro; WMV for Windows Movie Maker; DNxHD for Avid MC; AVI for Pinnacle, etc. It works well and converts flawlessly.

Step 1. Add MTS footage to the MTS converter

Once run the MTS Converter, click Add button to load your source MTS files. This converter supports batch conversion.



Tip: If you would like to join MTS files together, just select these files and check the “Merge into one” box.

Step 2. Choose MPEG-2 as output format for Vegas

Click format bar to choose format for output; you can choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas -> MPEG-2 (*.mpg).



Tips:

If the default settings do not fit your needs, you can click “Settings” button to adjust audio and video parameters as you like. For editing MPEG-2 in Adobe Premiere, the best Frame Rate is 30fps, so we recommend you set 1920*1080 as video size and 30fps or 29.97fps as Frame Rate on the Profile Settings.



Step 3. Convert MTS to MPG for importing to Sony Vegas Pro

Click “Convert” button and the selected MTS files will be converted to MPEG-2. You may check the converting progress and set auto shutdown in the conversion window. After conversion, click “Open” folder to find converted footage for importing to Sony Vegas Pro 9/10/11/12.

Additional Tips:

If you want to use AVCHD MTS files in Premiere Pro, you just need to choose Adobe Premiere/Sony Vegas> MPEG-2(*.mpg) as output format; to import MTS to Avid Media Composer, Avid Media Composer >Avid DNxHD (*.mov) is the choice. If you’re using a Mac, please get Brorsoft MTS/M2TS Converter for Mac. To edit MTS files in Final Cut Pro, please choose the “Final Cut Pro > Apple ProRes 422 (*.mov)” as output; for iMovie and FCE, select “iMovie and Final Cut Express -> Apple InterMediate Codec (AIC) (*.mov)”.

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A simple way to solve Canon C500 and Avid Media Composer 6/7 incompatible issues

Summary: Along with Brorsoft’s MXF Converter for Mac, you can easily convert and import Canon C500 MXF footage into Avid Media Composer 6.0/7.0 for further editing on Mac (OS X 10.9 Mavericks included).



I’ve been researching possible workflows for Canon C500 and Avid Media Composer, as I will work with the Canon C500 footage. As you know, Canon C500 is an awesome camcorder. With it you can shot videos with Canon's XF Codec -a file-based MPEG-2 compression with an MXF File Wrapper. However, I found many users complained the problems when trying to edit Canon C500 footage in Avid MC.

In fact, MXF is not a good editing format for NLE system including Avid Media Composer, iMovie, Final Cut Express, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere Pro, etc. Although, there are AMA plug-ins launched like Canon XF plug-in to solve the importing problems, when you transferring MXF files from C500 to Avid MC, there are still some incompatible problems come up. Well, if you make the recordings editable before taking to the Avid Media Composer program, the incompatible error won’t happen any more. Here you can download and apply Brorsoft MXF Converter for Mac to achieve the goal in a fast way.

This MXF file converter for Mac is the solid tool to help users make the Canon C500, C300, Canon XF100, XF305 and even Panasonic P2 MXF files transcoded, edited on Mac OS X. It offers the optimal preset profiles for, Avid Media Composer, Adobe Premiere Pro, iMovie, FCE, Final Cut Pro 6/7 and FCP X and more. And there is no need to worry about the quality loss. For Windows user, MXF Converter is the choice.

Converting Canon C500 MXF to DNxHD for Avid media Composer

Step 1: Install and launch the Canon MXF to Avid converter Mac. Click Add button to load individual videos for converting.



Step 2: Click Format preset and choose Avid Media Composer -> Avid DNxHD (*.mov)” as the best video format for editing Canon MXF files in Avid as well as good video quality.



Tip: You can also click Settings to fix the frame rate, bitrate, audio and video quality to your needs.

Step 3: Hit “Convert” button to start Canon C500 MXF to DNxHD .mov conversion. You can follow the conversion process from the pop-up windows.

After the conversion, you can import the converted C500 files to Avid Media Composer (6.0/.6.5/7.0) for smooth playback and editing. No more worries about the Canon C500 incompatibility with Avid Media Composer.

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