How to convert AVI to iPad video files on Mac?

According to Apple's iPad tech specs, the iPad does indeed support a type of AVI video:

* H.264 video: up to 720p, 30 frames per second, Main Profile level 3.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
* MPEG-4 video: up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats;
* Motion JPEG (M-JPEG): up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in .avi file format.

In other words, iPad supports some types of video cameras watch their AVI footage via the camera card reader accessory, it won't let you watch downloaded AVI movies on the iPad.

AVI, the audio-video interleave is a container introduced by Microsoft. Motion JPEG is a type of AVI compression. While AVI in general is ubiquitous for standard definition video content on the Internet, there's no indication Apple is supporting the specific XviD/DivX codec (encoding/decoding) used by those AVI. If you want to play AVI video on iPad we recommend you use Joboshare iPad Video Converter for Mac, which is specially designed for iPad users, converts AVI to iPad on Mac. Follow this tutorial and learn how to play AVI video on iPad and how to convert AVI to iPad video on Mac by using AVI to iPad Converter.

1. Add AVI file
Free download the latest version Joboshare iPad Video Converter for Mac and run it. Click "Add" button in the toolbar or choose "Add files" option in the top "File" menu to load AVi files into the software. Even you can drag the AVI files into the interface directly for importing AVI files.

2. Specify output format
After you checked AVI files in the list, click "Profile" drop-down list in the "General" panel, you can see there are a big volume offering of output format for iPad, please choose "iPad MPEG-4 video (*.mp4)" option for output iPad video files.

3. Convert AVI to iPad
Click "Browse..." button to set a target destination in the pop-up dialog window box that can save iPad video files in a certain place. And then press "Convert" button to start to convert AVI to iPad video files. When the conversion is done you can play AVI files on your iPad player and enjoy it any time you like!

Note: Transfer the converted iPad MP4 video to iPad player. Follow the steps as below:
1)Open iTunes, click "File" option on menu, and add your converted files to iTunes library.
2)Then, connect your iPad to Mac computer via USB cable, iTunes will detect your iPad library folder automatically.
3)After that, click iPad icon and choose "Movies" option in the right panel and check the movies you want to sync to iPad. Press "Sync" button and the files will be transferred to your iPhone from iTunes library. When updating is complete, you will find the AVI files on you iPad.
Now you can watch your favorite movie/videos on your iPad and enjoy the fresh brilliance and high definition on its higher quality screen. That's it, with 3 steps you can convert AVI videos to iPad. Enjoy watching AVI videos with your iPad anytime and anywhere.

Tip: Trim Video
Sometimes, we only need the some special parts of whole video files for viewing on iPad. In this case, you can use the "Trim" function to get the exact the clip from video movie. During the previewing, you can set the "Set start" and "Set end" points to get the movie/video segement you want. There is scissors icon appears in the front of checked files in list.

General and Advance setting
You can edit the info of output files to meet your need, even specify parameters setting for unique output. This software provides you with "General" and "Advance" panel that covers info edition and parameter settings, such as Output Filename, Video Quality, Audio Quality, Video Size, Track, Subtile, Frame Rate, Channel, Angle, Zoom, Split and Aspect.

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