“Hello, I was trying to get some of my MP4 videos converted to AVI and I started looking on the Internet for a free video converter, and then I found Avidemux. It’s free and, according to certain reviews, powerful. But the interface looks a bit complicated to me and some terms on it are just too professional for a beginner like me. So, I was wondering if anyone could please teach me how to use it to convert my MP4 videos to AVI with it. Are other powerful video converters that is effective and efficient? If yes, would you please give some recommendations. Thanks.”

If you are in need of a free and high-quality video converter, Avidemux is absolutely worth a try. But as is mentioned above, it is, in fact, a little bit complicated for a beginner. Despite its old-fashioned interface, it’s actually pretty powerful for video conversion. Not only can it convert videos and audio files between different formats, it can also edit videos with the built-in video editing features that Avidemux called Filters. In order to help beginners to learn how to use Avidemux to convert MP4 to AVI, the detailed instructions will be offered in this post. As a matter of fact, except for Avidemux, there are lots of powerful and easy-to-use video converters that would be helpful for you to convert MP4 to AVI simply and quickly. For converting MP4 to AVI more efficiently and quickly, many other useful video converters are recommended as well.

Part 1: How to Convert MP4 to AVI with Avidemux

Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. Besides, this program can also be fairly easy to use as a video converter. It supports a variety of file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using various codecs. Working for Linux, BSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows under the GNU GPL license, you can feel free to use this program on your computer. Follow the steps below in converting MP4 to AVI.

Step 1. Add MP4 video to Avidemux
After installing and launching Avidemux, directly drag and drop an MP4 file to the program for importing. Or you can click “File” > “Open” to select and import the source MP4 video to the program. Note that you can only import and convert one video at a time.  
Step 2. Choose output video and audio codec
Find the “Video Output” option, you can click on the option box to open the drop-down menu and select the ideal video codec you need. Besides, the audio codec can also be changed under the “Audio Output” section below.  

Step 3. Set AVI as output format
Under “Output Format” section, click on the box to open the drop-down menu and select AVI as the default output format.
Step 4. Start converting MP4 to AVI
Click on “Save Video” button or click on “File” > “Save to” from the top menu bar to select a folder to save the video in and then click on Save icon to finish the setup and start converting MP4 to AVI.

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Obviously, MP4 to AVI conversion can be easily done with the help of Avidemux. However, Avidemux can just convert one video at a time. If you have several MP4 files that you want to convert to AVI or combine several MP4 files into one AVI file, there are better video converters you can take advantage of.  

Part 2: Alternative to Avidemux to Convert MP4 to AVI—Leawo Video Converter

To convert MP4 to AVI more efficiently, you can use the powerful and professional Leawo Video Converter rather than Avidemux. As the best video & audio converter software, Leawo Video Converter converts video and audio files contained in more than 180 formats from one to another, such as MP4 to AVI, MKV to MOV, ASF to MPEG, 3GP to WMV, FLV to MP3, etc. Not only is the program powerful enough to support more video formats than Avidemux, it also does something that Avidemux can’t. For instance, it supports batch conversion and empowers you to combine multiple video files into a single one. Besides, it has an internal video editor that can customize your video and audio files as you like. With intuitive and lucid interface, it is quite easy to use even for a beginner. There are no extra complicated settings needed while you convert MP4 to AVI. So, if you want the video converter to convert multiple videos at the same time, don’t hesitate to choose Leawo Video Converter.

After downloading and installing Leawo Video Converter on your computer, run the program and then follow the guide below to convert MP4 to AVI easily and quickly. Note that there is Leawo Video Converter for Mac you can use for MacOS.

Step 1. Import MP4 videos to the program
Directly drag and drop the target MP4 files to the middle of the program interface for importing. Or you can also click on “Add Video” button to browse and select source MP4 video files or file folder for importing.

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Step 2. Set AVI as output format
Click on the format button on the sub-menu bar to open a drop-down box where you could choose “Change” option to enter the Profile page. All the supported output video formats will be listed under Format group. Select “AVI Video” as the default output format.

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Step 3. Start MP4 to AVI conversion
Click on the green “Convert” button to enter the sidebar where you could set the output path for saving the output AVI video files. And then click on the “Convert” button to get the MP4 to AVI conversion started. After a while, the conversion process will 100% complete and you will get the converted AVI video files.

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Part 3: Alternative to Avidemux to Convert MP4 to AVI—EncodeHD

EncodeHD is an easy-to-use application to re-encode all types of video files for use on your home media player or on-the-go device. With a simple interface with no fuss, it is even a beginner can make use of it to convert video files easily and quickly. EncodeHD allows you to set portable devices as output profile such as Apple TV, BlackBerry, iPhone, iPod, PSP, WD TV, X-Box 360 and others. Besides, there is no need to install it. After downloading the package file, you can simply unzip the file on your hard drive and then you can run it to convert video files to the format you want in simple steps.

Step 1. Click on “+” button import the source MP4 video files to the program.
Step 2. Open the drop-down list of the output profile and choose an output format.
Step 3. Check “Specify Output Folder” to pop a new window for selecting the output path.
Step 4. Click on “Start” button to starting converting MP4 video files. And the conversion process will complete in a while.

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Part 4: Alternative to Avidemux to Convert MP4 to AVI—iWisoft Free Video Converter

iWisoft Free Video Converter is a totally free and powerful multi-functions video converter that converts between any video files, including such as AVI, WMV, FLV, MP4, MPEG and so on as well as and audio files like MP3, WMA, WAV, OGG, M4A, etc. Besides, it can also convert video to picture files in GIF, BMP, PNG, JPG, Animated GIF formats and to popular  digital multimedia devices such as iPod, iPhone, Apple TV, PSP, etc. It can also work as a professional video editor that can trim, crop, merge videos, add text and picture watermark, etc.. With clean and intuitive interface, you can easily convert MP4 to AVI even if you have no experience.

Step 1. Click on “Add” button to import source MP4 video files to the program.
Step 2. If you want to customize the imported video, you can choose the video and click Edit button and use its editing features for customization.
Step 3. In the Profile box, select AVI as the output format. And you can also click on Settings button to set the video and audio parameters.
Step 4. In the Output box, specify the output path for saving the converted video files.
Step 5. Click on “Start” button to start converting MP4 to AVI immediately. And you will get the converted AVI files in minutes.

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Part 5: Alternative to Avidemux to Convert MP4 to AVI—FFCoder

FFCoder is a simple free video and audio application that is designed for transcode audio and video files to a wide variety of media formats. It has lots of features like batch processing, advanced configuration options for all codecs and more other features. Besides, more than 600 presets for encoding videos for mobile devices are available. The program supports multiple file formats like 3GP, AVI, MP3, OGG, RM, and more. You can make use of this program to convert MP4 to AVI easily and quickly.

Step 1. Click on “File” button in the top left menu to open a drop-down menu, and then choose “Add Files” option to browse and choose source MP4 video file for importing.
Step 2. After MP4 files is imported, click on “Output” button at the bottom of the interface to set “AVI” as output video format.
Step 3. Click on “Start” button to convert MP4 to AVI. You will get converted AVI video files in a while.

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Anyway, all the video converter programs recommended in this post can work for MP4 to AVI conversion. The freeware Avidemux is quite popular while complicated, other free video converters mentioned here are easy to use while the output quality cannot be 100% preserved. Leawo Video Converter would be the best one since it has simple interface and preserves the quality completely while converting MP4 to AVI. You can choose any one of them when you want to convert MP4 to AVI depending on your needs.