"I viewed them on QT, and rotated the video before saving but no matter what converter I try, the video is always back to wrong position, not rotated correctly. How can I get it so that the video is turned upright in AVI? I have to convert it because the program I use doesn't accept MOV format. Any help is much appreciated."
Actually, all what you need is just a MOV to AVI Converter. Here we'll show you the step by step tutorial on how to convert MOV to MKV with only three steps. Before that, let's learn more about MOV and AVI.
What is MOV?
MOV is a file extension used by the QuickTime-wrapped files. Quicktime is a multimedia development, storage, and playback technology from Apple. As a multimedia standard, QuickTime is not purely linear. It could contain interactivity and causes problems when converting to other video formats.
What is AVI?
AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. AVI is the most common format for audio/video data on the PC. AVI is a very flexible and powerful architecture. Some newer codecs enable AVI files to have similar or even better quality than DVD.
To convert MOV to AVI, The tool we need:
A MOV to AVI Converter - Aimersoft Video Converter
Aimersoft Video Converter is a perfect MOV to AVI converter that can convert MOV files to AVI. With an easy-to-use interface, it makes MOV to AVI conversion routine so simple as 1-2-3. Moreover, it can not only convert MOV to AVI, but also convert MOV to other popular video formats like MPEG, 3GP, VOB, etc. On the other hand, It also can convert to AVI video from most popular video formats, such as FLV, MPEG, VOB, MPG, etc.
OK! Now free download the program and install it, then follow the guide to convert MOV files to AVI.
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