Comments on: How to convert avi to mp4 for iPhone with VLC http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/ Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity Tue, 06 Jan 2009 08:31:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mike Davidson http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-668 Mike Davidson Mon, 29 Dec 2008 12:01:46 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-668 Pieter thanks a million for this, I am fed up with installing buggy 3rd party products on my PC and didn't realise I could transcode through VLC until I found your article 0 thanks again !!! Pieter thanks a million for this, I am fed up with installing buggy 3rd party products on my PC and didn’t realise I could transcode through VLC until I found your article 0 thanks again !!!

]]> By: Tate-Tot http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-667 Tate-Tot Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:59:42 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-667 I meant to say the Pieter recipe. LOL. Sorry for the run on comments, I understand that this post is from a while ago, but I would love if anyone ever checks this to help me out. Thank you again. I meant to say the Pieter recipe. LOL.

Sorry for the run on comments, I understand that this post is from a while ago, but I would love if anyone ever checks this to help me out.

Thank you again.

]]> By: Tate-Tot http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-666 Tate-Tot Sun, 28 Dec 2008 06:56:23 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-666 Hi. I got as far as converting it to mp4 using the Pieter as well as using H.264 as my video amount. I drug my file into iTunes and it all was going pretty well, but the sound is really messed up. The Sound was originally bad because it was a file I got from the internet, but when playing in VLC it was perfect. Anyways, when I played the new file in iTunes , the sound was VERY choppy, and did not play as it did in VLC. What is the reason for this? I also tried the "Convert file to fit iPhone and iPod" choice in itunes, and an error box appeared each time. I do not know what to do! I want this movie on my iPod/ iPhone so badly! LOL. Oh I am using a mac by the way and VLC version 0.9.8. I thank you all so much for writing on this forum. You have all been tremendous help and I believe you can help me to get though this. Thanks Again! Hi.
I got as far as converting it to mp4 using the Pieter as well as using H.264 as my video amount. I drug my file into iTunes and it all was going pretty well, but the sound is really messed up. The Sound was originally bad because it was a file I got from the internet, but when playing in VLC it was perfect.

Anyways, when I played the new file in iTunes , the sound was VERY choppy, and did not play as it did in VLC. What is the reason for this?

I also tried the “Convert file to fit iPhone and iPod” choice in itunes, and an error box appeared each time.

I do not know what to do! I want this movie on my iPod/ iPhone so badly! LOL.

Oh I am using a mac by the way and VLC version 0.9.8.

I thank you all so much for writing on this forum. You have all been tremendous help and I believe you can help me to get though this.

Thanks Again!

]]> By: Jason http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-665 Jason Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:54:44 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-665 Awesome work! Worked 1st go perfectly. Thanks Awesome work! Worked 1st go perfectly. Thanks

]]> By: hey http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-664 hey Wed, 17 Dec 2008 16:39:39 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-664 does this work for ipod? does this work for ipod?

]]> By: Pieter van Gils http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-662 Pieter van Gils Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:37:51 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-662 @ Jenn Try to drag and drop it, that should work. @ Jenn
Try to drag and drop it, that should work.

]]> By: Jenn http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-661 Jenn Sun, 07 Dec 2008 20:10:46 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-661 Thanks! This step-by-step directions worked like a charm for me once I tried the H.264 option. Now if I could just get the file from itunes to my iphone.....right-clicking doesn't give me a convert option. Thanks! This step-by-step directions worked like a charm for me once I tried the H.264 option. Now if I could just get the file from itunes to my iphone…..right-clicking doesn’t give me a convert option.

]]> By: ryan http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-651 ryan Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:14:41 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-651 I have converted .avi to .mp4 using h.264 and brought it into itunes. The problem is there audio play for about 5 sec then turns off. Anyone help? I have converted .avi to .mp4 using h.264 and brought it into itunes. The problem is there audio play for about 5 sec then turns off. Anyone help?

]]> By: Deadwood http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-650 Deadwood Sun, 19 Oct 2008 02:28:43 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-650 Here's maybe some help if only parts of movies can be seen... When I converted my first avi file I could easily convert the file. Itunes recognised it and everything looked good. Until I noticed it was only 9 min. of a 60 min. serie. It puzzeled me... I noticed that although you cannot see it, VLC is processing the file in the background. If you drag the file too early to Itunes it's not ready yet and you will only transfer the beginning of a film. At least, that's what happened to me. The one hour avi file (346 MB) took about 13 minutes to convert (to 280 MB) on my Mac Book Pro. Dragging it to Itunes and transfer it to the phone was a piece of cake. The movie played flawless after that on my Iphone... Oh, don't forget to put .mp4 behind the name of the file. ;-) Great manual Pieter thanks! Have anyone tried to insert subs yet? I think I saw an option for that... Here’s maybe some help if only parts of movies can be seen…

When I converted my first avi file I could easily convert the file. Itunes recognised it and everything looked good. Until I noticed it was only 9 min. of a 60 min. serie. It puzzeled me…

I noticed that although you cannot see it, VLC is processing the file in the background. If you drag the file too early to Itunes it’s not ready yet and you will only transfer the beginning of a film. At least, that’s what happened to me. The one hour avi file (346 MB) took about 13 minutes to convert (to 280 MB) on my Mac Book Pro. Dragging it to Itunes and transfer it to the phone was a piece of cake. The movie played flawless after that on my Iphone…

Oh, don’t forget to put .mp4 behind the name of the file. ;-)

Great manual Pieter thanks!

Have anyone tried to insert subs yet? I think I saw an option for that…

]]> By: B. Cyrus Davarmanesh http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-647 B. Cyrus Davarmanesh Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:53:02 +0000 http://pietervangils.com/iphone/how-to-convert-avi-to-mp4-for-iphone-with-vlc/#comment-647 Hello, Let me first thank you so very much for you innovation, money well spent, in this day and age it's a magic.. I have a problem that I was not able to solve with Mac Support. I have home made movies (Kind : AVI Movie) that I would like to watch on my 3G. I have VLC, Quick Time Player on my MacBook to open... However, I am unable to open the movies. When I do download the move in to a designated folder with in the 3G, it appears as two of the same but with different magnitudes. The mac Support representative asked me to drag the movie on to the desktop, open iTunes, connect 3G, Itunes File > drop dawn menu > Add to Library > find the movie > double click, and it should appear in Movie segment of iTunes. That did not work aether. So Please help. Sorry I am not doing a good job explaining. Once again many thanks for your wonderful product. GOD bless. Respectfully, Cyrus. You say you are seeing "two of the same but with different magnitudes." I believe that you are seeing the movie file and the resource file. If the movie file is named something like "movie.avi", the resource file will be named "._movie.avi". The resource file is much smaller. Does this sound right so far? This is all expected. You would see the same results if you copied your movie file to an iDisk. If I understand, though, you are trying to play AVI movies on the iPhone. This is not supported by the iPhone or by Air Sharing. The iPhone supports a limited set of movie types. In the app description on the App Store, we state that Air Sharing supports "Movie (standard iPhone formats: H.264, MPEG-4, 3GPP, etc.)." The key to all of these is that they are encoded either in MPEG-4 or in H.264. Sincerely, Dave I forgot to tell you this part: If you want to be able to play your AVI files on the iPhone, you will need to convert them to MPEG-4 or H.264. There are numerous tools that can do this conversion, including Apple's own QuickTime Player Pro. If you google "convert iphone avi" you will find a number of converters. Cheers! Dave Can you please help I am having a heel of a time with this. Many thanks, Cyrus. Hello,
Let me first thank you so very much for you innovation, money well spent, in this day and age it’s a magic..
I have a problem that I was not able to solve with Mac Support.
I have home made movies (Kind : AVI Movie) that I would like to watch on my 3G.
I have VLC, Quick Time Player on my MacBook to open…
However, I am unable to open the movies.
When I do download the move in to a designated folder with in the 3G, it appears as two of the same but with different magnitudes.
The mac Support representative asked me to drag the movie on to the desktop, open iTunes, connect 3G, Itunes File > drop dawn menu > Add to Library > find the movie > double click, and it should appear in Movie segment of iTunes.
That did not work aether.
So Please help.
Sorry I am not doing a good job explaining.
Once again many thanks for your wonderful product.
GOD bless.
Respectfully,
Cyrus.
You say you are seeing “two of the same but with different magnitudes.” I believe that you are seeing the movie file and the resource file. If the movie file is named something like “movie.avi”, the resource file will be named “._movie.avi”. The resource file is much smaller. Does this sound right so far? This is all expected. You would see the same results if you copied your movie file to an iDisk.

If I understand, though, you are trying to play AVI movies on the iPhone. This is not supported by the iPhone or by Air Sharing. The iPhone supports a limited set of movie types. In the app description on the App Store, we state that Air Sharing supports “Movie (standard iPhone formats: H.264, MPEG-4, 3GPP, etc.).” The key to all of these is that they are encoded either in MPEG-4 or in H.264.

Sincerely,
Dave

I forgot to tell you this part:

If you want to be able to play your AVI files on the iPhone, you will need to convert them to MPEG-4 or H.264. There are numerous tools that can do this conversion, including Apple’s own QuickTime Player Pro. If you google “convert iphone avi” you will find a number of converters.

Cheers!
Dave

Can you please help I am having a heel of a time with this.
Many thanks,
Cyrus.

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