Play and Transfer AVI Files to Google Nexus 7 Tablet

Posted by ersxaer on August 13th, 2012

Google Nexus 7 is finally on the marketing and wins lots of fans, this new pretty Android tablet, with lots of powerful features and low price, is beyond our expection. With the latest Jelly Bean OS and high-definition screen, it's an amazing device to play games and watch movies when travelling or being at home. However, it is not easy to play AVI movies on Nexus 7 directly because of the video compatibility issue. This article is about the supported media formats of Nexus 7 tablet and how to play and convert AVI to Google Nexus 7.

Google Nexus 7 supports these media format/codec:
Audio Formats: AAC, FLAC, MP3, MIDI, PCM/WAVE, Vorbis, AMR-WB and AMR-NB.
Video Formats: H.263, H.264 AVC, MPEG-4 and VP8.
Image Formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and WEBP.

Yes, Nexus 7 cannot directly play AVI files. To watch or play AVI movies on Nexus 7, you need to first convert them to Google Nexus 7 supported video format like H.264 MP4. Doremisoft Google Nexus 7 AVI Video Converter will be your best choice here. It will enable you to batch convert rich video files like AVI, MOV, MKV, FLV, MTS and more formats for your portable Nexus 7. Just follow these 3 steps to convert AVI to Nexus 7 friendly format for playback:

Step 1. Load AVI Files to Nexus 7 Video Converter Mac
Download and install this best Mac Video Converter for Nexus 7, and then launch it to import your .avi movies by clicking "Add File". Besides AVI, it also supports converting other formats like MKV, MOV, MTS, etc.

Step 2. Select H.264 AVC (*.mp4) as Output Video Format
Choose Common Video > MP4 Video (AVC) from the profile popup menu. This output format is best supported by Google Nexus 7. If you want to customize the video parameters, just click the "Settings" button. And here we recommend you the best video and audio settings for Nexus 7:
Video Setting - Codec: h.264, Size: 1280*800, Bitrate: 3000, Frame Rate: 24;
Audio Setting - Codec: AAC, Sample Rate: 44100, Bitrate: 128000, Channels: Stereo.

Step 3. Start Converting AVI to Nexus 7
Click "START" button to begin the AVI to Nexus 7 video conversion. Then you can easily transfer AVI to Nexus 7 for smooth playback.