Convert AVI to MP4 — nothing leaves your computer
Drop your clips in below. They convert inside your own browser and come straight back as MP4, ready for your phone. No account, no upload, no queue.
Click, or drag and drop your clips here
Choose filesEverything happens inside your own browser. Nothing is uploaded, nothing is stored, and nothing is sent to us. Closing the tab clears it all.
The first conversion downloads the converter itself, which takes a moment. After that it is instant. A laptop or desktop handles this far better than a phone.
What this page does
The camera in the Retro Camera Smartwatch records in AVI. A computer opens it happily; most phones refuse. This turns it into MP4 — the format your camera roll, your messages and every social app expect.
It works on AVI files from any camera, not only ours.
Get the clips off the watch
Plug the watch into a computer with the charging cable. It shows up as a drive. The videos sit in the DCIM folder — copy them somewhere you can find them again.
Drop them into the converter
Drag them onto the box above, or click it and pick them. Ten at a time. The first one takes a little longer while the converter itself loads; after that it is quick.
Save them wherever you want them
Download them one at a time or take the lot. From there they behave like any other video — AirDrop them, message them, or drop them straight into your camera roll.
Questions
Why won't my phone play the original files?
AVI is a container Microsoft introduced in 1992. Apple never supported it and Android support is patchy. Cameras this small tend to reuse decades-old firmware, which is why they still write to it. Nothing is wrong with your files — the phone just won't open that wrapper.
Do my videos get uploaded anywhere?
No. The conversion runs inside your own browser, on your own machine. Nothing is sent to us, nothing is stored, and nothing survives closing the tab. Once the page has loaded you can turn your wifi off and it still works.
Will I lose quality?
Almost none that you would notice, and the files come out far smaller — a ten megabyte clip typically returns at around four hundred kilobytes with the picture intact.
How many can I do at once?
Ten. They convert one after another rather than all together, so a full batch takes a few minutes. Leave the tab open and come back to it.
Can I do this on my phone?
Usually, but slowly, and a long clip can run a phone out of memory. Since getting the files off the watch needs a cable and a computer anyway, do it there.
The watch that shoots them
The Retro Camera Smartwatch shoots at 384 × 480 — roughly what a digital camera managed before they got good, which is the entire reason it exists. Have a look.