Convert avi to mov

[Living Jane]

I recently shot a video of a band and another friend also shot with his camera. He gave me a dvd of his footage, and it's avi files.
How can I convert the avi to mov files so I can use his footage also in imovie09? (Is FREE an option?)

I downloaded a few things and tried to do this myself...but me stupid girl...don't have "geek" wings yet

Thanks!

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[r.j.s]

MPEG Streamclip is free, and will convert it to a number of different formats.

 

[Zerozal]

If you have Toast, that should work. If you don't have Toast, you can try Handbrake, which is free, although I'm not sure it can output to .mov.

 

[r.j.s]

although I'm not sure it can output to .mov.

You are correct. Handbrake will output to mp4 or m4v. But you can still import those into iMovie.

 

[Living Jane]

Okay I now have streamclip...

Thanks...r.j.s...
How do I convert? I moved an avi file into the window and it brought up all these options? Yikes?

 

[r.j.s]

File > Export to Quicktime

 

[Living Jane]

Got it thanks!

I really appreciate your help.
Warmest regards,
LJ