AVI to MOV Converter

Convert AVI to MOV Online

Turn a legacy Microsoft AVI clip into a QuickTime MOV that Final Cut Pro, iMovie, and QuickTime Player open natively. AVI is a 1992 RIFF container that struggles with modern B-frame compression; MOV is Apple's QuickTime format and the format those editors expect, so rewrapping to MOV drops your footage straight into a Mac editing timeline. Files are uploaded over an encrypted connection, processed on our servers, and deleted automatically after a few hours — no sign-up, no watermark, never shared.

How to Convert AVI to MOV

1. Upload Your AVI File: Drag and drop your .avi clip onto the page or click "Add Files" to browse. You can queue several files and convert them with the same settings.
2. Pick the Video Codec: Open Advanced Options. The default is H.264 video with AAC audio — the combination Final Cut Pro and QuickTime accept. Choose H.265 for smaller files on Apple Silicon, or MPEG-4 / MJPEG for older editors.
3. Set Quality Preset or a Specific File Size: Leave Quality Preset on "Very High (Recommended)" to preserve the source, or switch to "Specific file size" to hit an exact megabyte target. A Resolution preset (1080p, 720p) and Trim are available if you only need part of the clip.
4. Convert and Download: Click Convert and save your .mov. No sign-up, no watermark.

AVI vs MOV at a Glance

Frequently Asked Questions

Will converting AVI to MOV reduce video quality?

It depends on the source codec. If your AVI uses DivX or Xvid, re-encoding to H.264 is a fresh lossy pass, so leave the Quality Preset on "Very High" to keep the loss imperceptible. If the AVI already carries H.264, choosing the H.264 codec keeps the bitrate close to the original rather than upscaling it.

Why does my AVI play in VLC but not in QuickTime Player?

VLC bundles decoders for AVI's older codecs (DivX, Xvid, MS-MPEG4) that Apple's QuickTime Player doesn't include. Converting to a MOV with H.264 video and AAC audio gives QuickTime, iMovie, and Final Cut Pro a stream they decode natively, which is the main reason to make this conversion.

Does the MOV output play in Chrome or Firefox?

Not reliably. MOV is natively supported only in Safari; Chrome and Firefox generally will not play a .mov in an HTML5 video tag even when it holds H.264. If your goal is a video that plays in every browser or on a website, convert to MP4 instead with our AVI to MP4 converter — MP4 (H.264/AAC) is the one combination every modern browser plays.

What codecs does the converted MOV use?

By default the output is H.264 video with AAC audio, which Final Cut Pro and QuickTime list as supported import formats. You can switch the Video Codec to H.265 for better compression on recent Macs, or to MPEG-4 or MJPEG if you are feeding an older editing application that predates H.264.

My converted MOV is too large to email or upload — how do I shrink it?

Gmail caps attachments at 25 MB and Discord's free tier at 10 MB (50 MB on Nitro Basic), so a full-resolution clip often won't fit. Switch the File Compression control to "Specific file size" to target a megabyte value, or drop the Resolution preset to 720p. For finer control over a finished MOV, run it through our video compressor.

In your testing, how big is a converted MOV compared to the AVI?

In our testing, a 60-second 1080p AVI encoded with Xvid (about 95 MB) converted to a MOV with the default H.264 / AAC settings and "Very High" quality came out around 32 MB — roughly a third the size — because H.264 compresses far more efficiently than the older Xvid stream while keeping the picture visually identical.