Making videos viewable on TABLETs - AVI or MP4?

[tetrahall]

Hello,
I have some MPEG-2 video clips that have been edited using Pinnacle Studio 9, and I need to convert them to a format suitable for tablets. I have been advised to go for AVI.

The point is that when I try "Make Movie" in Studio 9, and select AVI:
the options given are limited, and the quality of the converted videos is much lower than the original (a huge reduction in quality).

Could someone kindly advise me on this: is AVI better than MP4 for tablets?

And, if AVI is the right choice, what would be the best settings.

The MPEG-2 Files (converted from DVD's VOB files using ffmpeg) have the following values:

Video:
size 720 x 576 (3/4)
frame rate: 25
bit rate: 4000 kbps (variable)

Audio:
MPEG Layer II
Channel: Stereo
Bit Rate: 192 kbps
Sample Rate: 48 KHz


In Studio 9, when selecting AVI, the values given are:-

VIDEO
Compression: PICVideo MJPEG Compressor
Width: 720
Height: 576
Frames/Second 25

AUDIO
Type:PCM
Channels: 16-bit stereo
Sample Rate: 48kHz

Thank you in advance,
David

[Atticus Draco]

'
i use FREESTUDIO's 'Free MP4 Video Converter'

i use it to convert edited .ts files (using Avidemux)
and it does well for my apple devices

.ts = transport stream (recorded TV shows, edited to remove commercials)

been doing it that way for years now

[tetrahall]

Thank you for your reply. I am downloading "Free Studio" and will give it a try.

But is AVI the right format for tablets (using Windows)?

I would appreciate some guidance here. Thanks!

[Baldrick]

Or just get VLC media player for your android or ios tablets. It can play most formats directly.

But if you want to shrink then convert to MP4/M4V (with h264 video and aac audio) using for example handbrake, vidcoder, xmedia recode. No annoying adware like the freestudio installation...

Don't use any avi format.

[tetrahall]

Many thanks for the information.

I will try these now.