How to Convert AVI to Apple TV on Mac

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How to Convert AVI to Apple TV on Mac

Why should you convert AVI to Apple TV?

AVI, short for Audio Video Interleave, is a video format that widely used online. Always, you can get a lot of video in AVI format by downloading on Internet or sharing with your friends. But sometimes it’s really a problem for Apple users for it’s not supported by Apple TV. Are they any ways to enjoy AVI videos on Apple TV? The answer is absolutely YES, you just need to convert it to the Apple TV compatible format like M4V.

Thanks for the AVI to Apple TV Converter for Mac, so you can easy finish the conversion. And the converted output files are in high quality. Edit original files also allowed by this powerful tool.

Metadata

As a derivative of the Resource Interchange File Format (RIFF), AVI files are commonly tagged with metadata in the INFO chunk. In addition, AVI files can embed Extensible Metadata Platform (XMP). By design, any RIFF file can legally include additional chunks of data, each identified by a four-character code; software which does not understand that particular code should skip the chunk. As such, it is theoretically possible to expand any RIFF file format, including AVI, to support almost any conceivable metadata. Some of the limitations of AVI in modern use relate to a lack of standardization in this metadata (see Limitations below).

How to convert AVI to Apple TV on Mac?

This is a guide for Mac users. If you are a Windows user, you can go to the Video rip guide and follow the steps of converting on Windows.

Step1 Free download the rip

Download the program and run it directly. It’s really an easy –to-use and user-friendly rip.

AVI to Apple TV converter for Mac main interface

Step2 Import the AVI files to prepare the AVI to Apple TV conversion.

To add the files to the program, you can find the files in your library and drag them to the rip directly. Or you can find the File option on the Menu and choose the Add Video Files under the list of Import. import AVI files

Step3 Select Apple TV as the output format

To make the conversion convenient, this rip also you set the output format by you devices and the rip will show you the most compatible format with your devices. Click the “output setting” icon and then you can find the Apple TV under the name of Apple Devices. Or you can set the format as M4V under the list of Common Video.

output format of Apple TV

Step4 Trim the part you want from the AVI video

Usually, you just need a part of the original video, and then you can drag the scrollbar to the Start Time and End Time of the part. Or you can input the correct time. Be sure the scissor icon is on!

trim video from the orignial file