dv-avi to quicktime

[devdev]

i have some avis on and ntfs formatted portable drive hard drive

id like to convert them to quicktime and ideally have them on a mac formatted hard drive

its for someone who has a mac (i dont) and intends to edit them as well as play them on his mac

any suggestions as to how i'd approach this on my pc (windows 10) ?

any software ?

cheers

[smrpix]

ffmpeg -i movie.avi -c:v copy -c:a copy movie.mov

However, macs can read NTFS drives, and almost all mac editing software understands dv avis. So there's really nothing you have to do but lend your friend the drive.

[DB83]

Agree with leaving the files as dv-avi since I do not believe that quicktime is an 'easy' format to edit.

If you need to put the files on another drive then format that as exfat which can be both read & write for Windows and Mac.

Fat32 is another possibility but not for dv since you are restricted to 4 gb files.

[devdev]

appreciated

[pandy]

ffmpeg -i movie.avi -c:v copy -c:a copy movie.mov

However, macs can read NTFS drives, and almost all mac editing software understands dv avis. So there's really nothing you have to do but lend your friend the drive.

High chance that this will not work as mp4 container (i.e. standardised quicktime) is pretty limited on supported codecs.
Also it can be simpler: ffmpeg -i movie.avi -c copy movie.mov

[smrpix]

ffmpeg -i movie.avi -c:v copy -c:a copy movie.mov

However, macs can read NTFS drives, and almost all mac editing software understands dv avis. So there's really nothing you have to do but lend your friend the drive.

High chance that this will not work as mp4 container (i.e. standardised quicktime) is pretty limited on supported codecs.
Also it can be simpler: ffmpeg -i movie.avi -c copy movie.mov

Quicktime uses a .mov container. If by standardised quicktime you mean quicktime X, yes that is very limited. Quciktime 7 may be needed to play older file types. AFAIK FCPX, Premiere and possibly iMovie still handle DV ok natively. Don't know what editing software OP's friend is planning to use.

[jagabo]

I thought most Mac editors supported raw DV streams.

ffmpeg -i dv.avi -c copy raw.dv