Mass Convert to MP4

AlNipper49

AlNipper49

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I have lots of extra iPhones and iPads.  I want to move on to the car to replaced oft-scratched DVDs for the kids.  I also have probably hundreds of thousands of AVI files which I would like to convert to MP4 format so that I can chuck them onto the iDevices with abandon.  I've been looking for a program where I could just drag and drop them into a program, come back later and bammo!  Unfortunately most of the stuff that I'm finding is one-offs and the for sale stuff is from non-trusted companies that I'd rather not shell out for if I don't have to.  I've been down the "let me buy this $40 piece of software six times until I find something that i like" road too many times.
 
Also I've tried handbrake and I could just be using it wrong... but it seems to be a pain
 
Couperin47

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AlNipper49 said:
I have lots of extra iPhones and iPads.  I want to move on to the car to replaced oft-scratched DVDs for the kids.  I also have probably hundreds of thousands of AVI files which I would like to convert to MP4 format so that I can chuck them onto the iDevices with abandon.  I've been looking for a program where I could just drag and drop them into a program, come back later and bammo!  Unfortunately most of the stuff that I'm finding is one-offs and the for sale stuff is from non-trusted companies that I'd rather not shell out for if I don't have to.  I've been down the "let me buy this $40 piece of software six times until I find something that i like" road too many times.
 
Also I've tried handbrake and I could just be using it wrong... but it seems to be a pain
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The price is right, it says it does mass converts... http://www.avimp4.com/
 
if that doesn't float your boat, this blog offers the other major options...I can't imagine the online suggestions make any sense considering the bandwidth they would require.... http://howtoconvertavitomp4.blogspot.com/
 
SumnerH

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Do you know what codecs the avi files are?  If they're mostly h.264 (common) then you can remux the video into mp4 files without re-encoding.  This is both a) lossless and b) much faster than reencoding.
 
mp4box is one good tool for this, with the YAMB gui.  
 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mkvavi2mp4/ is another such tool.
 
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