3 Useful Tools for Converting DV to AVI

Nowadays, digital camcorders or recorders have become more and more popular. People would use them to record videos of a party during holidays, celebrate occasions, create family-themed films, and much more. However, the recorded videos are always in the form of a digital video (DV file format) that cannot be directly played on portable devices or for online sharing purposes. In order to get the most out of your DV files, converting DV to AVI file format would be a good choice. As you know, AVI is widely supported on a vast range of operating systems and devices.

Note: Some digital video recorders also record in the DV-AVI format. It's like standard AVIs, typically taking up more of your hard drive's space as they use minimal compression. In order to playback these files on portable devices or other programs, you can still resort to converting them to any format that you want, quickly and easily. The tutorial below has been prepared to guide you on converting DV to AVI on a Windows operating system. However, it'll be very similar even if you're a proud owner of Mac.

• Part 1. Recommended DV to AVI Video Converter
• Part 2. Free DV to AVI Converter
• Part 4. Extended Knowlege for DV and AVI

Part 1. Recommended DV to AVI Video Converter

You can absolutely rely on a trustworthy and intuitive video converter like Wondershare UniConverter for your video conversion needs. It features high quality, unparalleled speed as well as broad compatible outputs. With it, you can start to convert the DV files to AVI without any training required. It's genuinely very user-friendly, even for beginners.

Wondershare UniConverter - Best DV to AVI Converter for Windows/Mac

• Convert DV to AVI, MP4, MOV, MKV, and other 1000+ formats.
• Detect files automatically from the plug-in camcorder.
• Convert DV files to be compatible for playback on most devices.
• Support 90X faster conversion speed than any conventional converters.
• Edit DV video files by trimming, cutting, merging, adding subtitles, applying effects, etc.
• Download/record videos from YouTube and other 10,000 video sharing sites.
• Compress DV video size without losing any quality.
• Support an all-in-one toolbox: including video downloader, screen recorder, metadata editor, and more others.
• Supported OS: Windows 10/8/7/XP/Vista, macOS 11 Big Sur, 10.15 (Catalina), 10.14, 10.13, 10.12, 10.11, 10.10, 10.9, 10.8, 10.7, 10.6.

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Steps on How to Convert DV to AVI on Windows 10:

Step 1 Upload DV files to Wondershare DV converter.

Click the Add Files to add your DV files from the desktop or other containing folders. Otherwise. Simply drag-and-drop the DV files directly onto the program. If you like to combine them to make a video playlist, please turn the console Merge All Files on at the main interface's bottom.

Step 2 Edit DV files with the built-in editor (optional).

Before converting DV to AVI format, you can touch up your videos with the embedded editing feature. All you need is to click the editing icons under the video thumbnail.

The editing functions available are listed below:

• Trim: Delete the unwanted scenes by trimming the video files.
• Crop: Get rid of the black borders by cropping.
• Effect: Customize the video by applying the effects.
• Watermark & Subtitle: Insert watermark and subtitles to the video.

Step 3 Select AVI as the output format for DV files.

Click the down-arrow button from the Output Format drop-down icon and select the Video tab, choose AVI in the left sidebar, and select the video resolution in the right to confirm the output format for your DV files.

Tips: If you intend to playback the converted files on a PSP, Xbox, Blackberry, Zune or etc., you can choose the optimized presets from the Device category directly. It's more convenient than having to research what's the best settings for certain portable devices.

Step 4 Batch convert DV to AVI.

When you're happy with it, just hit the Start All to kick off the conversion. This DV to AVI converter will also show you the remaining time in a progress bar, and you can find the converted files under the Finished tab.

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Part 2. Free DV to AVI Converter

Wondershare Free Video Converter is the best free DV to AVI converter for Windows and Mac. As the free version of Wondershare UniConverter, it has similar functions and interfaces with UniConverter, and it also supports the most common video formats for input and output. Other than DV file format, you can also convert other file types to AVI or simply choose from the presets available. The only shortcoming is the watermark added to the video, which is doing like all freeware.

Part 4. Extended Knowledge for DV and AVI Format