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This is unbelievable. I had a movie clip in .mov (Apple’s Quicktime format) and I needed to convert it into .avi so that I could insert it into a Windows Powerpoint. Apparently if I had a Macintosh, the Macintosh version of Powerpoint could play .mov natively. But oh well, shrugs.

So I looked online for solutions, because I really didn’t want to spend any money to buy a conversion software. Guess what? I found my answer – free online conversion tools!

These websites are absolutely fantastic! They’re fast, easy to use, and convert A LOT of formats. I found two – and I used the first one, which was Zamzar. Check them out:

http://www.zamzar.com
http://media-convert.com/

Zamzar was absolutely idiot-proof. I simply chose the file that I wanted to convert on my computer, and then it uploaded the file. It was only 2mb, so I didn’t have to wait very long. After which, I received an email telling me that my file was converted. There was a link in that email which brought me to the download page where I could download my movie in .avi format – amazing!

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