XviD is actually the name of a popular new Open-source video compression codec based on MPEG-4 ISO format. However, XviD, as a file type, is an AVI file with video encoded with XviD codec. XviD files are characteristic of smaller file sizes yet high visual quality. In addition, they take less time to encode than MPEG-2 due to the incredible compression technology.
Simplest Way to Convert MOV to XviD on Mac
Maybe you have many MOV files on your hard drive, including QuickTime movies, and need to convert MOV to XviD Mac (mmacOS 10.15 Catalina and earlier) in order to get smaller ones with still high visual quality for uploading to internet or for other purposes. If so, you can get what you need here. This article concerns on the MOV to XviD Mac conversion with the help of a professional yet easy to use UniConverter. And this Mac app offers superb fast conversion speed and preserves the video quality which would make the Mac MOV video to XviD videotask enjoyable.
Imports several different video formats – whether you have recorded video on your iPhone, camera or downloaded from the internet, this tool works with all of them.
Presets for several devices – you can send your edited video to any device by selecting the presets. This is a handy feature when deciding where to send your project; you can even burn to DVD.
This is a very fast tool – the speeds of conversion are at 90X; one of the fastest conversion speeds ever.
Works with many video formats; over 150+ – You can convert standard video formats such as MP4, MPG, DV, AVI, WMV, MOV, FLV, RMVB, M4V (DRM supported), VOB, 3GP, F4V. You can also covert HD video formats such as HD WMV, HD MKV, MTS, TS, M2TS, TP, TRP, TOD.
It can work as a video downloader. It downloads videos from more than 1,000 popular sites, including YouTube, Vimeo, Hulu, Dailymotion, Facebook, VEVO, etc.
Compatible with macOS 10.15 Catalina, 10.14 Mojave, 10.13 High Sierra, 10.12 Sierra, 10.11 El Capitan, 10.10 Yosemite, 10.9 Mavericks, 10.8 Mountain Lion and 10.7 Lion.
Step 1. Load MOV files to the MOV to XviD Mac Converter
Drag & drop MOV files to the Mac program. Or go to the main menu, choose "Add Files" to locate the MOV files you want to add.
Step 2. Select "AVI" from the format tray
XviD is a codec for media files, so here you need to choose a format first and then set the codec with XviD. AVI is a standard of multimedia package formats, and also is the most used format encoding with XviD. So you can select "AVI" as your output format from the format list. If that, this Converter would set XviD codec by default. To change the encoder, click the "Encode Settings" button and select an encoder from the Encorder dropdown list.
By the way, the professional Mac app additionally provides you some helpful edit functions for editing the files, such as crop, split, add cool video effects and so on. Detailed info in the Guide of UniConverter for Mac.
Note: If you have several MOV clips on your Mac and you want to combine them and export a continuous XviD video, just check "Merge into one file" at the bottom of the program.
Step 3. Start the MOV to XviD Mac conversion
Hit "Convert" and let this smart Video Converter for Mac do the rest for you! When the Mac conversion is done, you can enjoy the output XviD files with Windows Media Player as long as you've installed the XviD codec on your system, as well as any other XviD-enabled player.
Video Tutorial on How to Convert MOV Videos to XviD on Mac
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Brian Fisher
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