AVI to Zune: Convert AVI(Audio Video Interleaved) video to Zune with River Past Crazi Video

What is AVI?

Defined by Microsoft, AVI stands for Audio Video Interleave. It is a special case of the RIFF (Resource Interchange File Format). AVI is the most common format for audio/video data on the PC.

AVI is Microsoft's response to Apple's QuickTime technology. Early AVI files were limited on choice of video and audio codecs, quality, and resolution. However, with the introduction of DirectShow, AVI became a very flexible and powerful architecture. Some newer codecs including DivX and XviD enable AVI files to have similar or even better quality than DVD.

Launch Crazi Video

Install Crazi Video, launch Crazi Video.

Add File

Click on the "Add File" button on the tool bar. The standard file open dialog appears. Select "AVI - Audio Video Interleave" in its "Files of type" combo box.

Select the file you want to convert and click "Open". The file will be added to the conversion file list.

AVI is a file container format. It may use standard Windows codecs, or any of the third party codecs. If it uses a third party audio codec, you need to have the codec installed on your system for River Past Audio Converter to decode the file.

If you get an error when adding an AVI file, please open it in Windows Media Player and see if you can play it with audio. If not, you must find out what audio compression is used in the file and download the codec.

If you cannot add the AVI file, it may contain video and audio which use codecs not installed on your system. You can verify that by playing the AVI in Windows Media Player.

If WMP cannot play the file, the codecs absent. You will need to find out which codecs are used to encode the AVI and install them.

Usually, you can install ffdShow, which is compatible with many video compression, including DivX and Xvid. For audio, you may need to install AC-3 Decoder Filter or CoreAAC.

River Past Crazi Video

Select Zune Output

Click on the toggle in front of "Output Format" to expand the panel.

Select "Zune" as the device type.

Change individual file settings

Select the file in the conversion list. An additional panel "Convert File" appears.

Click on the toggle to expand the panel.

If you want to extract the audio from the video, select "Audio" as the "Media Type".

The aspect ratio is retrieve from the original video file. In some cases, this value may be incorrect. To change it, you can either select from the list, or type in a value.

Select output directory

Expand the "Output Directory" panel. Use the "Browse" button to select an output directory.

Select "Add to Windows Media Player for Syncing" under Sync Options. Check "Add to Play list" and enter a play list name. The converted files will be automatically added to WMP under the specified play list, ready to be synced to your Zune player or other Windows Media compatible players.

You can also set the Sync Option to "Do not Sync", and manage the files yourself.