How to Change AVI to MOV on PC or Mac

Using a Windows PC

1. 
   Go to https://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-windows.html in a web browser. You can use any web browser on your PC.
2. 
   Click Download VLC. It's the large orange button on the right side of the VLC download page. This downloads the VLC install file to your computer.
3. 
   Double-click the VLC install file and follow the on-screen instructions. The VLC download file is vlc-x.x.x-win32.exe. "x.x.x" represents the latest version number. By default, your downloaded files can be found in your Downloads folder. You can also open downloaded files from within your web browser. Double-click the file and follow the on-screen instructions to install VLC.
4. 
   Open VLC. It's the app that has an icon of an orange traffic cone. If you see the VLC app on your desktop, double-click it to open it. If you do not see VLC on your desktop, click the Windows Start button in the lower-left corner in the task bar. It's the button with the Windows logo. Type "VLC" to locate the VLC app in the Start Menu. This displays the VLC app in the Start menu. Double-click VLC to open it.
5. 
   Click Media. It's the first option in the Menu bar at the top of the VLC app. This displays a drop-down menu below the "Media" tab.
6. 
   Click Convert/Save. It's towards the bottom of the "Media" drop-down menu. This opens a window called "Open Media" which you can use to select files to convert.
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   Click + Add…. It's to the right of the box in the center of the window. This opens a file browser window you can use to browse for and select files.
8. 
   Select an AVI file and click Open. Use the file browser to navigate to an AVI file. You can use the sidebar on the left to click different folders on your computer. When you find the AVI file you want to convert, click it to highlight it. AVI files have a file extension that says ".avi". Click Open at the bottom of the file browser. This loads the AVI file into the VLC app.
9. 
   Click Convert/Save. It's at the bottom of the "Open Media" window. This opens the VLC File Converter.
10. 
    Select "Video - H.264 + MP3 (MP4)". Use the drop-down menu next to "Profile" to select an MP4 format for the video.
11. 
    Click the wrench icon. It's next to the drop-down menu next to "Profile". This allows you to edit the Profile.
12. 
    Select "MP4/MOV". Under the "Encapsulation" tab, there are a variety of video formats. Click the radial button next to "MP4/MOV".
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    Click the Video Codec tab. It's the second tab at the top of the "Profile edition" window.
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    Select "MPEG-4" and click Save. Use the drop-down menu next to "Codec" to select "MPEG-4". Then click Save at the bottom of the window to save the video profile.
15. 
    Click Browse. It's next to the bar that says "Destination File". This allows you to select a location to save the converted file to, as well as edit the file name and extension.
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    Select "All (*.*)" next to "Save as type". Use the drop-down menu next to "Save as type" to select the file type. Select "All (*.*)". It's the second of two options.
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    Add .mov after the file name. In the box labeled "File Name", add the file extension ".mov" to the end of the file name. If there is a different file extension (such as ".mp4"), delete the file extension and replace it with ".mov".
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    Click Save. It's at the bottom of the file browser. This tells the file converter what to save the file as.
19. 
    Click Start. It's at the bottom of the file converter window. This starts the conversion process. It may take a while for the file to finish converting. Especially if it's a larger file.