You might get some video files contained in M2V format, and are looking for ways to play those video files. If you don’t install a proper video player on your computer, you would fail to open an M2V file. To solve this issue, you can convert M2V to other popular video formats such as AVI. To convert M2V to AVI, it requires a professional M2V to AVI converter, be it a converter program or an online video converter. Here I would like to share with you 4 professional methods to convert M2V video to AVI video with M2V to AVI converter. It’s up to you to choose the best one based on your own situation. Check them out below.

Part 1: What is M2V?

M2V file is an MPEG-2 video stream file, storing only video content and ruling out audio content and subtitle, etc. To put it differently, files in the .M2V format are video only multimedia files in the MPEG-2 digital video codec. Since there is no way for audio to be stored with the video, M2V files are hardly seen alone. Instead, they're commonly seen when using a DVD authoring tool, combined with audio files like WAVs or AIFs, menus, chapter points, etc. in order to build a DVD video. Some programs used for authoring DVDs may use an M2A file along with the M2V file, which is an MPEG-1 Layer 2 Audio file. M2V files can be opened for free with popular media player applications like Windows Media Player, VLC, Winamp, and RealPlayer. 

Part 2: Convert M2V to AVI with Leawo Video Converter

To make use of M2V video file to the fullest, we can convert M2V to AVI. Here I am to show Leawo Video Converter, a professional and all-round video and audio converter, to you. First of all, as the program interface is user-friendly, Leawo Video Converter is easy to use for it does not require any software expertise to operate. Secondly, the conversion speed is very fast. To be more specific, Leawo Video Converter is able to convert video and audio file 6 times faster than other video converters while the original quality will be retained. In other words, you can achieve quality lossless conversion with the help of Leawo Video Converter while converting a video file from one format to another. Thirdly, this professional video converter supports a variety of input and output such as Common Video (MP4, H.265 MP4, MKV, H.265 MKV, MOV, etc.), Common Audio (AAC, AC3, WAV, MP3, WMA, FLAC, etc.), HD Video (HD MP4, HD AVI, HD TS, HD VOB, etc.), and 4K Video (4K MP4 and 4K MKV).

Unlike many video converters on the market, Leawo Video Converter is equipped with an internal video editor and video player for users to edit video and play video. There are many ways allowable for you to edit loaded video files: video trimming, cropping, watermarking, adjusting video effect and removing noise. Not limited to Windows version, Leawo software team also rolls out the Mac counterpart of Leawo Video Converter for converting video and audio files on Mac system.

Download and install the right version of Leawo Video Converter on your computer, and then follow the guide below to convert M2V to AVI with Leawo Video Converter. Here we take Windows version of the converter as an example.

Step 1: Import Source M2V Video Files
Launch Leawo Video Converter, go to the “Convert” tab, and click “Add Video” button on the sub-menu to load your source M2V video files. Alternatively, you can directly drag and drop M2V video files into the program interface. After M2V video files are imported, you could play back M2V video files, select subtitles and audio tracks from source M2V video files, add external subtitles to loaded M2V video files, edit loaded M2V video files, etc.

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Step 2: Set AVI as Output Format
Click the drop-down box named “MP4 Video” by default next to the “Add Photo” button. On the drop-down list, select “Change” option. Then on the popup Profile window, select “AVI” from “Format” column as output format. Please note that once you change the output format, the name of the drop-down box will change as well.

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Note: If you need, you could click the “Edit” button on the drop-down profile setting box to adjust video and audio parameters like video codec, aspect ratio, frame rate, resolution, audio codec, bit rate, channel, sample rate, etc.

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Step 3: Convert M2V to AVI
Click the big green “Convert” button on the sub-menu bar next to the format setting drop-down box. Then, on the popup sidebar, set output directory. After setting output directory, click the “Convert” button right below. Leawo Video Converter would start to convert M2V to AVI immediately.

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Note: As is mentioned before, the internal video editor allows you to edit video after video file is imported. After source video file is imported, click the “Edit” icon at the right of video title on the processing panel, and you will be guided into a real-time video previewing window where you can edit and customize video for output. You can trim video length, add video watermark, crop video size, adjust video effect, and remove background noise.

Part 3: Convert M2V to AVI with Oxelon Media Converter

The second M2V to AVI converter is Oxelon Media Converter which is a free video converter that we can use to convert M2V to AVI. Same as Leawo Video Converter, Oxelon Media Converter allows you to convert not only video files but also audio files. However, Oxelon Media Converter is available for only Windows users. If you are using Mac system, you need to ask other video converter for help to convert M2V to AVI. Download and install Oxelon Media Converter on your windows computer, and then we can start to convert M2V to AVI.

Step 1. Add Source M2V File
Click “Add Files” button at the bottom to choose and add source M2V file.

Step 2. Set AVI as Output
Click “Media Format” drop-down list, choose AVI(.avi) as the output video format. After that you can set Video Codec, Audio Codec, and together with other video and audio parameters.

Step 3. Start to Convert M2V to AVI
Click “Browse…” to select the path for saving the converted video file in AVI format, and then click “Conversion” button at the bottom down to start to convert M2V to AVI. After a while, you can find AVI file in the output folder you just set.

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Part 4: Convert M2V to AVI with Format Factory

The third way we are going to talk about is to use Format Factory to convert M2V to AVI. Format Factory is a free and multifunctional media file conversion tool. It is able to convert video, audio, and picture files.

Step 1. Download and Install Format Factory
Type Format Factory in Google search engine, go to the official website of Format Factory, and download and install Format Factory on your computer.

Step 2. Choose Video on the Interface of Format Factory
Launch Format Factory to enter the program interface where you can see a list of options. Choose “Video” and you can see a list of output video format.

Step 3. Choose “-> AVI”
To convert M2V to AVI, choose “->AVI” to pop up a small window, where you need to click “Add File” to import your M2V files.

Step 4. Adjust Output Setting
After the files are imported, you can adjust output setting by clicking “Output Setting” button at the top to pop up a small panel where you can set detailed video and audio parameters.

Step 5. Start Conversion Process
Before you start converting, you can choose the output folder at the bottom; and then you can click OK button at the top right to start conversion process.

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Part 5: Convert M2V to AVI with Zamzar

In this part, I will share an online video converter Zamzar to do the trick with you. Zamzar could offer a free online file conversion service that could help you convert M2V to AVI online and free.

Step 1. Import M2V Files into Zamzar
Visit the official website of Zamzar, and then we need to import M2V file by clicking “Add Files”.

Step 2. Choose Output Video Format
After importing an M2V video file, we can choose a variety of video formats as output. To convert M2V to AVI, you need to choose “AVI” as output video format.

Step 3. Download File after Conversion Is Complete
Click “Convert Now” after output video format is set. After a few seconds of transmission, the conversion is complete. At this time, a new interface will pop up asking you to download or select another operation. Click “Download” to get converted result in AVI container format.

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