"When I got the windows 8 phone Nokia Lumia 920 , the first thing I did was to take photos since the camera on Lumia 920 is one of the most attractive features. Consuming content of any kind on that device is very comfortable, whether reading a book, browsing desktop version websites or watching movies. While problems just occurred while trying to watch avi movies on lumia 920, this new windows 8 phone can not recognize it, so how to resolve this ? "
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Before get the solid answer to the problem, first you should get know what kinds of video and music files can Nokia Lumia 920 support. The music app on your phone supports a number of popular audio and video file formats, such as MP3, MPEG-4, Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Windows Media Video (WMV).
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So, it appears that AVI files will not play on Nokia Lumia 920 anyway. Although you can sync AVIs onto Nokia Lumia 920 using Windows Media Player, but only some files get converted in the process and ends up playable on the handset; others (that, again, play fine in WMP) won't play. Or you can also drag and drop AVI files onto Nokia Lumia 920 directly in Windows Explorer on my Windows 7 computer, and the files will appear in the Music+Video app, but they won't play (even though of course they play fine in Windows Media Player on the computer) anyway. In conclusion, I think expecting to be able to sync and play AVI video on Nokia Lumia 920 without using third-party apps is misguided.
Here we recommend you to convert AVI to MP4 for Nokia Lumia 920, which is the phone’s favorable format. You can get this AVI to Nokia Lumia 920 Converter to help you fast convert a pile of AVIs to a Lumia 920 playable format MP4 with perfect audio and video sync keeping HD quality. By the way, the video converter supported input also includes MKV, FLV, MTS, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, MOV, TiVo and more.
Guide: Fast sync and convert AVI movies to Nokia Lumia 920 w8p mp4 video.
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Step 1: After the installation of the professional Lumia 920 AVI Converter, run the program to load your Divx/XviD AVI files to it for converting. Merge different AVI files together by ticking the “Merge into one” box.
Step 2: Click the Format bar and follow Nokia > Nokia Lumia 900 MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4), which is also the optimal format for Lumia 920.
Step 3: Click on “Settings” to do the video and audio video settings for Lumia 920 Windows 8 phone. 1280*768 video size and 1000~1500kps video bitrate is recommend.
Step 4: Hit the convert button; start to convert AVI to MP4 for Nokia Lumia 920 at fast speed with CUDA/AMD acceleration technology support.
When the conversion ends, you will be able to get the result video via tapping the Open button in the main interface. Afterwards, you can sync and just put AVIs onto Lumia 920 Windows 8 phone for smooth playback at ease without any incompatible problem.
Tip:
If you haven’t made up your mind to get which smartphone yet, here you can compare some hot smarthphones like Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Sony Xperia series phones, iPhone 5, etc.
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Before get the solid answer to the problem, first you should get know what kinds of video and music files can Nokia Lumia 920 support. The music app on your phone supports a number of popular audio and video file formats, such as MP3, MPEG-4, Windows Media Audio (WMA), and Windows Media Video (WMV).
So, it appears that AVI files will not play on Nokia Lumia 920 anyway. Although you can sync AVIs onto Nokia Lumia 920 using Windows Media Player, but only some files get converted in the process and ends up playable on the handset; others (that, again, play fine in WMP) won't play. Or you can also drag and drop AVI files onto Nokia Lumia 920 directly in Windows Explorer on my Windows 7 computer, and the files will appear in the Music+Video app, but they won't play (even though of course they play fine in Windows Media Player on the computer) anyway. In conclusion, I think expecting to be able to sync and play AVI video on Nokia Lumia 920 without using third-party apps is misguided.
Here we recommend you to convert AVI to MP4 for Nokia Lumia 920, which is the phone’s favorable format. You can get this AVI to Nokia Lumia 920 Converter to help you fast convert a pile of AVIs to a Lumia 920 playable format MP4 with perfect audio and video sync keeping HD quality. By the way, the video converter supported input also includes MKV, FLV, MTS, MPEG, VOB, 3GP, MOV, TiVo and more.
Guide: Fast sync and convert AVI movies to Nokia Lumia 920 w8p mp4 video.
Step 1: After the installation of the professional Lumia 920 AVI Converter, run the program to load your Divx/XviD AVI files to it for converting. Merge different AVI files together by ticking the “Merge into one” box.
Step 2: Click the Format bar and follow Nokia > Nokia Lumia 900 MPEG-4 Video (*.mp4), which is also the optimal format for Lumia 920.
Step 3: Click on “Settings” to do the video and audio video settings for Lumia 920 Windows 8 phone. 1280*768 video size and 1000~1500kps video bitrate is recommend.
Step 4: Hit the convert button; start to convert AVI to MP4 for Nokia Lumia 920 at fast speed with CUDA/AMD acceleration technology support.
When the conversion ends, you will be able to get the result video via tapping the Open button in the main interface. Afterwards, you can sync and just put AVIs onto Lumia 920 Windows 8 phone for smooth playback at ease without any incompatible problem.
Tip:
If you haven’t made up your mind to get which smartphone yet, here you can compare some hot smarthphones like Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, Sony Xperia series phones, iPhone 5, etc.
Related guides:
Fix Sony Xperia USB connection problems
Play AVI/WMV/FLV/MKV/MOV on Sony Xperia S with HD quality
Transfer MKV/AVI/MOV/FLV to MP4 for Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S
Add HD videos (WMV/AVI/MKV/FLV/MPG) on Sony Xperia ion
Transfer DVD collections to Sony Xperia ion
How to play 1080p movies on Sony Xperia ion
Fast convert .mkv files to Nokia Lumia 920 MP4 format