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Convert .FLV to .MPEG, .AVI, .WMV and other formats

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Video clips that you watch over the internet on many sites like Youtube and others are encoded and delivered in a compressed .FLV format, which might be unplayable directly on your computer or on your movie players.

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There are many tools available on the internet that let you convert .FLV files in .MPEG and other such video formats, but let me mention two most useful converters that will let you convert .FLV into other video formats:

Riva FLV Encoder

This is one of the best softwares that lets you convert .FLV files to .MPEG, .AVI, .WMV, and Quicktime formats. Select the file, and get it converted. It’s as easy as that. Here’s a feature list:

  • Riva FLV Encoder supports conversion of .FLV files into four formats: .MPEG, .AVI, Quicktime, .WMV
  • Image capture possible
  • Drag and drop interface that lets you drop files into the encoder and convert them easily
  • Cropping feature
  • Multi-language support – English, French, and German
  • Inbuilt FLV Player

Vixy – Online FLV Converter

If you have no worries about your bandwidth, this is the best option. Just type in the URL where the .FLV file is located, for example, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=abcd, select the format from the drop down list, and click Start. You’re done. Instantly download the converted file after a few moments.

Currently Vixy supports .AVI, .MOV (MPEG), 3GP (for mobile phones), .MP4 for your iPod, PSP etc. You can also get only the audio in MP3 format.

That’s it. Those were just the two most widely used tools that’ll help you convert .FLV compressed video files. There are many more, but these are the most widely used, if I’m right. Hope you’ll find them useful :)

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May 26th, 2007 at 7:14 am

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  • http://www.twobytes.blogspot.com titun

    Thanks for those links, I bookmarked the second one, will come in handy when I am away of my PC and want to convert some flv immediately.

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com Shankar Ganesh

    You’re welcome, Titun. Glad it proved useful to you :)

  • http://www.nirmaltv.com Nirmal

    This should be handy for ppl who download videos. BTW how is advertlets performing for you. Is it worth trying?

  • http://www.sizlopedia.com Dj Flush

    Nice list of tools Shankar :D

    Can prove to be useful

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com/ Shankar Ganesh

    Nirmal: Regarding Advertlets, it’s based on CPM, and it seems promising, though I’ve not earned anything great from it.

    The polls in the widget collect demographics from your site’s visitors, and ads are displayed based on the information collected. Now they’ve integrated the polls and ads together in the widget.

    Advertlets will also be supporting sponsored posts, reviews, etc. soon

    They pay not in dollars, but in RMs. You can get payments if you reach RM100.

    For more information, you can read this review: http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/advertlets-make-money-online-for-asians/

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  • http://www.whoismadhur.com Madhur Kapoor

    I prefer Riva FLV encoder

  • http://maximillianx.blogspot.com Rob Dunn

    I’ve used Super, and not only will it transcode FLV, but a myriad of other video formats: http://www.erightsoft.com/SUPER.html

    I can’t say enough good things about it! With that said, I will try out your links as well…

    Later!

    Rob

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com/ Shankar Ganesh

    @Rob Dunn,
    Thanks for the info on ‘Super’. Will try it out.

  • http://www.nirmaltv.com Nirmal

    As Rob Dunn said SUPER is a nice convertor. I have blogged about SUPER-”How to convert 3gp videos to other format”. SUPER can take care of lot of formats, its worth trying.

  • http://maximillianx.blogspot.com Rob Dunn

    This entry has inspired my review from yesterday about Super: http://maximillianx.blogspot.com/2007/05/convert-videos-for-ipodzune-video.html

    Give it a shot and let us know how it goes!

    Later Shankar (and everyone else)!

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  • http://ianlumb.wordpress.com Ian Lumb

    All I needed was to grab a video from YouTube for a presentation I’m making tomorrow.

    I wanted a local copy just in case …

    I messed around with various tools until I came across your recommendation of “Vixy – Online FLV Converter”.

    It was all I needed.

    Too bad I didn’t find it an hour ago ;-)

    Thank you Shankar!

  • http://www.shankarganesh.com/ Shankar Ganesh

    Great to know that it helped you, Ian.

  • sarul

    THANK SHANKAR

  • Mikki

    I use Flash To Video Encoder! That’s enough for me!

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  • http://www.convert-flv.com/ flv to avi converter

    i am looking for a flv to avi converter, thanx for the info, pretty helpful.