Convert AVI to M4R

Converting one file format to another may be necessary for various reasons. So, for example, you may want to convert AVI to M4R if your computer, phone or other device does not support AVI format. Also, conversion is often required to reduce the file size, since the original format takes up too much space in the device's memory. Perhaps you just need to extract the audio track from the video file, in which case converting the video to audio format is a good option. In any case, with the help of our converter, you can easily complete the required task. Below you can find out some details about the original and new file formats.

AVI is a popular audio and video file format that was developed by Microsoft in 1992. It was the very first format for working with video-audio in the old version of Windows 3.1. Now the developers are updating it, they have improved the quality of compression and viewing of media files in this format. AVI is an abbreviation. Audio Video Interleave is fully written. Files with this extension can be played by various video players due to their simple architecture. AVI remains the most popular video format for viewing on a computer. It features high definition and retains the best quality when transcoding video files. In most cases, you do not need to install additional codecs to view clips in this format, since they are built into each player by default. This media container can contain multithreaded video and audio tracks and allow their synchronous playback. Videos with sound in this format are played by the standard built-in media player in all operating systems of the Windows family. Due to the sufficient popularity of the format, it can be opened not only in the Windows operating system, but also in Linux and Mac OS. In addition, files of this format can be opened in smartphones with Android OS and iPhones.

Ringtones for Apple devices have a special format - m4r. In order to get a ringtone in this format, we need the original file (in MP3 or other audio format) and iTunes. That is, all the ringtones that you download to the iPhone will look something like this - RingtonName.m4r. The M4R format is also used in ringtones for iPads and iPod touch players. If one day you want to make yourself a ringtone using the iTunes program, then you will be faced with the fact that you will need to change the file extension from .m4a to .m4r. For those who have been using a computer for several days, this will not be difficult. Music in M4A can be directly set as iPhone ringtone by changing the file extension from M4A to M4R in iTunes. This codec was created to provide lossless decoding and save space on memory. The M4R format, like M4A, is for downloading audio to Apple devices via iTunes. The main difference between M4R and M4A is that once downloaded to your phone, M4A files are displayed in the Music section, while M4R audio files can be used as ringtones. Therefore, it is better to save your favorite audiobook in M4A format, and a funny ringtone in M4R. The M4R format, which is an MP4 container that packs an AAC audio stream, is used as ringtones in Apple iPhone. Therefore, a rather demanded direction of converting is the conversion of the popular music format MP3 to M4R.