Hi, I am unable to get the new windows phone app to recognize *.avi files on my computer and therefore unable to sync them with Nokia Lumia 920. I used to have the Nokia Lumia 800 and I was able to sync the same files with the Lumia 800 using the Zune software (hence there is nothing wrong with the files itself). The files are also recognized (& played) by Zune and Windows Media Player but just not by Windows phone app. I am on a Windows 7 64-bit system. Has anyone faced similar issues? Any ideas?

Nokia Lumia 920 is one of the Windows 8 phone on the market now. Once you get the Lumia 920, what do you most want to do with it? Perhaps most of us would like to take photos since the camera on Lumia 920 is one of the most attractive features. And what else can you do? Perhaps you may wanna sync some movie files to Nokia Lumia 920 for playback on the go. While, problems just occurred like the above Lumia 920 user complained it hard to sync AVI files to Nokia Lumia 920 Window 8 phone. How to resolve it?

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).

Nokia Lumia 920 video/audio format
Codec	Contianer	Note
AAC	M4A	Only unprotected files are supported
H.264	MP4, M4V
MP3	MP3
MPEG-4 Part 2	MP4, M4V
WMA	WMA	All variations except for WMA Lossless are supported.
WMV (VC-1)	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 convert AVI movies to Nokia Lumia 920 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.

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