Convert Flash Video .flv Files to .mpg or .avi and Other Media Formats
With some tricks, it’s now possible to download the videos that hosted and shared on online video sites such as YouTube and Google Video, instead of just watching the video embedded on the websites.
Some video files that are downloaded from these online video hosting sites may be in the format of Flash Video (.flv). For whatever reasons, such as prefer to view and store the videos in mpeg format, or want to play the offline video clips in portable player such as PSP and iPod, or simply don’t like to view it with FLV Player, then there is a need to convert the .flv video format to another format such as .avi, .mov, .wmv and .mpg. There are several tools and conversion utilities that can be used to do the media format conversion.
Riva FLV Encoder
Able to decode Flash Video into AVI, MPEG, Quicktime and WMV. The utility is capable to do the encoding into Flash Video too, and comes with a FLV Player. The conversion may have issue of audio codec cannot be transcoded. For solution and conversion tutorial, visit VideoHelp.
A total solution to video conversion which supports reading, playing lots of video and audio formats and converting them to popular video formats. Supported source/input file formats include:
Video Formats:
- Rmvb(.rm,.rmvb)
- MPEG4(.mp4)
- 3gp(.3gp, 3g2)
- Game Psp(.psp)
- MPEG1(.mpg, mpeg)
- MPEG2 PS (.mpg, mpeg, vob)
- MPEG2 TS (DVB Transport Stream)
- Ms ASF(.asf, .wmv)
- Ms AVI(.avi)
- Macromedia Flash video FLV (.flv)
- Real Video (rm)
- Apple Quicktime(.mov)
- FLIC format(.fli, .flc)
- Gif Animation(.gif)
- DV (.dv)
- Video Formats Dx9 Directshow can open
Audio Formats:
- CD audio(.cda)
- MPEG audio(.mp3, mp2)
- Ms WAV(.wav)
- Ms WMA(.wma)
- Real Audio (.ra)
- OGG(.ogg)
- Amr audio(.amr)
- AC3(.ac3)
- SUN AU format (.au)
- Macromedia Flash embedded audio(.swf)
- Audio Formats Dx9 Directshow can open
Game Video Formats:
- Technologies format, used in some games(.4xm)
- Playstation STR
- Id RoQ used in Quake III, Jedi Knight 2, other computer games
- format used in various Interplay computer games, Interplay MVE
- multimedia format used in Origin’s Wing Commander III computer game,WC3 Movie
- used in many Sega Saturn console games, Sega FILM/CPK
- Multimedia formats used in Westwood Studios games, Westwood Studios VQA/AUD
- Used in Quake II, Id Cinematic (.cin)
- used in Sierra CD-ROM games, Sierra VMD
- used in Sierra Online games, .sol files
- Electronic Arts Multimedia, Matroska
- used in various EA games; files have extensions like WVE and UV2
- Nullsoft Video (NSV) format
And Total Video Converter able to convert any of the file formats above to the following video media formats, including of mobile videos or audios (mp4, 3gp, xvid, divx mpeg4 avi, amr audio) which are used by cellphone, PDA, PSP, iPod:
Video Formats:
- MPEG4(.mp4)
- 3gp(.3gp, 3g2)
- Game Psp(.psp)
- MPEG1(.mpg, mpeg)
- NTSC, PAL DVD mpeg
- NTSC, PAL SVCD mpeg
- NTSC, PAL VCD mpeg
- Ms Mpeg4 AVI(.avi)
- Divx AVI(.avi)
- Xvid AVI(.avi)
- H264 AVI(.avi)
- Mjpeg AVI(.avi)
- HuffYUV AVI(.avi)
- Swf Video(.swf)
- Flv Video (.flv)
- Gif Animation(.gif)
- Mpeg4 Mov(.mov)
- Apple Quicktime(.mov)
- FLIC format(.fli, .flc)
- Gif Animation(.gif)
- DV (.dv)
Audio Formats:
- MPEG audio(.mp3, mp2)
- Ms WAV(.wav)
- Ms WMA(.wma)
- OGG(.ogg)
- Amr audio(.amr)
- AC3(.ac3)
- SUN AU format (.au)
- m4a(mp4 audio)
SUPER – Simplified Universal Player Encoder & Renderer
SUPER supports a wide variety of input/source file format to play or encode and decode without any additional third party software. It’s a GUI to ffmpeg, mencoder, mplayer, ffmpeg2theora & the theora/vorbis RealProducer plugIn. SUPER is a simple yet very efficient tool to convert (encode) or play any Multimedia file, and most video formats and also portable formats for PSP, iPod, PocketPC and NEC, Nokia, Siemens, SonyEricsson are supported.
A free online FLV converter that grab the video from Youtube from embedded web page and convert it on the fly and let you download the properly converted video.
A universal media and file format converter which also able to convert FLV flash video format to another video format.
VDownloader or Web Video Downloader
A free utility that download flash video from Youtube, Google Video, Grinvi and DailyMotion, and then automatically convert the flash video (FLV) to supported video format such as AVI, MPEG (MPG) and PSP video files. One stone kill 2 birds application if you plan to download your flash video from online video sharing and hosting sites.
An useful program to download, and convert videos from FLV or Google Video format to MPG, AVI, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, PSP, MOV, and the flash video FLV itself. It ables to convert standalone flash videos stored locally, or directly from web location too. The video can also be encoded to standard format for DVD, VCD, IPod and PSP.
Extensoft Free Video Converter
Free Video Converter allows the users to convert, split, merge and edit their movie files.
FLV to MOV Converter (or also called Cool FLV to MOV Converter) is a free and user friendly video file format converter which allows users to convert flv video format and other video formats to Quick Time format with mov extension.
MEncoder is an all-purpose encoder that is part of MPlayer, a movie player which runs on many systems. It plays most MPEG/VOB, AVI, Ogg/OGM, VIVO, ASF/WMA/WMV, QT/MOV/MP4, RealMedia, Matroska, NUT, NuppelVideo, FLI, YUV4MPEG, FILM, RoQ, PVA files, supported by many native, XAnim, and Win32 DLL codecs. MEncoder is command-line based with limited GUI. It supports wide range of file formats as MPlayer, and it also enable format conversion to be done in x86, Unix, Linux, Red Hat, Mac OS X and other non-x86 system.
Example of command line MEncode syntax:
mencoder input.flv -ofps 15 -vf scale=300:-2 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:acodec=mp3:abitrate=64 -o output.avi
Replace input.flv and output.avi to your desired file name.
iSquint is an iPod video conversion application for Mac OS X. It will convert most popular video formats, including .flv into .mp4 format.
PSP Video 9 is a free PSP video conversion and management application. It can convert regular PC video files (avi, mpeg, flv etc) into PSP video files that can plays in PSP portable player, as well as manage/copy these PSP video files between your PC and PSP.
Videora iPod Converter is a free video conversion application that converts your regular PC video files (avi, mpeg, flv etc) into the proper video format that can plays on your iPod.
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May 14th, 2008 20:24
try http://www.uconvertit.com , it converts many formats, and no need to install anything. and it’s free. if you wish, it can send files only with no conversion.
it downloads youtube videos, or converts them online. it also convert units
May 8th, 2008 17:32
Try E.M. Youtube video download tool.
Works great and easy to use.
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Convert FLV videos to any videos or audios (dv, mp4, psp, 3gp, mov, xvid, divx mpeg4 avi,h264 avi, gif, asf, wmv, wma, mp3, aac, amr…)which are used by cell-phone, PDA, PSP, iPod, iPhone, mp4…;
April 22nd, 2008 20:45
I nee a small anmated movie clip for use of flash intro. what is possible
February 1st, 2008 15:09
Convert flv to dvd, download youtube video and burn it to dvd use Total Video2Dvd Author,
http://www.effectmatrix.com/total_video_to_DVD_Author/index.htm
November 30th, 2007 17:01
I just wanted to convert .flv (downloaded from YouTube)to mpeg.
October 13th, 2007 21:12
Simple……..
Just use —>>> “ZillaTube”
With just this program, you can quickly download youtube videos, play them and even convert them to other good quality videos such as mpg, avi, mp4, and more.
You can get it at http://www.zillatube.com
September 24th, 2007 11:02
I downloaded the .flv files from a youtube
i use flv to video converter
It downloads YouTube and other videos in the internet to files such as .avi, .3gp, .mp4 and .mp3, As it contains a free youtube downloader
September 22nd, 2007 23:15
[...] from online video host into your local hard disk, or download using video bookmarklet, and then convert the flash video in .flv extension and format to other popular media format such as .avi and .mpg format. Now, with VDownload, or Web Video Downloader, you can download the [...]
September 22nd, 2007 12:51
[...] aTube Catcher, previously known as YouTube Catcher or You Tube Video Catcher, is a open source program utility that allows users to extract, download and save Flash based embedded video clips from various video sharing and hosting sites, including YouTube, XTube, Pornotube, Dailymotion, MySpace, Stage6, Google Video and Yahoo!, and then automatically convert and export to other file formats and encoding including MPG, AVI, MP4, 3GP, 3G2, WMV, PSP, MOV, and the flash video FLV itself, depending on your choice. (More FLV converters) [...]
September 6th, 2007 22:53
An ffmpeg flv tutorial for beginners
August 10th, 2007 21:05
Here is a new Youtube video converter. It lets you view all Youtubes videos and then download an convert your favourite to MPEG.
http://WWW.TUBEFISH.NET
July 18th, 2007 09:58
Moyea flv converter is great software
support convert flv to all popular formats
http://www.dvd-ipod.biz/flv_to_video_converter.html
June 29th, 2007 00:48
All2convert.com service
http://all2convert.com
offers conversion:
- SWF or FLV to AVI Video (mpeg
- FLV to AVI
- FLV to MOV
- FLV to WMV
- FLV to MP4
- FLV to 3GP
- FLV to DVD
and much more free video conversions!!!
Try it for free and enjoy.
June 7th, 2007 09:19
I have used jack mentioned, http://www.convertdirect.com it is a good free website tool to convert flv to other formats very well
June 1st, 2007 01:48
[...] YouTube videos look on your HD TV? I’ve already ripped a bunch of music videos off YouTube, converted them to MPEG-4 videos and saved them in iTunes. Honestly, the Flash encoded YouTube videos look like crap on a HD TV. [...]
May 30th, 2007 14:10
I used moyea flv to video converter, that have a tutorial step by step about convert flv to ipod, It’s so simple program that I haven’t any problem with converting my flv files.
http://www.flvsoft.com/flv_to_ipod/
May 2nd, 2007 17:33
[...] Convert Flash Video .flv Files to .mpg or .avi and Other Media Formats » My Digital Life mencoder input.flv -ofps 15 -vf scale=300:-2 -oac lavc -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=msmpeg4v2:acodec=mp3:abitrate=64 -o output.avi [...]
April 25th, 2007 23:00
SWF Toolbox
http://www.swf-kit.com/flashtoolbox.html
offers conversion:
- SWF or FLV to AVI Video (mpeg);
- FLV or SWF to GIF(jpeg/bmp);
- FLV or SWF to EXE;
- Projector EXE back into SWF;
- FLV to SWF
April 17th, 2007 09:20
Convert flv to other format video online: http://www.convertdirect.com
April 4th, 2007 15:38
I want it
March 27th, 2007 16:54
Yup, and moyea flv to video converter can also do this, details see at this FLV converter
March 19th, 2007 20:30
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February 11th, 2007 18:57
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February 9th, 2007 21:02
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January 28th, 2007 15:40
[...] clips from video sharing sites such as Youtube, Google Video, Metacafe, iFilm, DailyMotion and etc, convert the video to DreamScene supported format and set the video as wallpaper, albeit the video will be of low [...]