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How to convert a video clip in .flv format and vice versa

Published by franckccm, last update on Tuesday September 16, 2008 12:30:06 PM by franckccm

Introduction


Here's a tip for you to simply convert a video clip of (almost) any format to .flv format.

This trick will be useful for dealing with the video post or publish your video on the web.



How to convert to and from the .flv format


Under Windows


On Windows, the conversion is done easily with the free software "Free FLV Converter", which you see below a screenshot:



The conversion to the .flv format is easily from .avi, .divx, .mkv, .wmv, .mp4, .asf, .m1v, .mpg, .mpeg, .vob, etc... and .flv format.

Vice versa, you can convert a .flv video file format to other formats (depending on the video codecs present and installed on your computer).

Almost all options are modifiable, encoding quality, the size of the video (..., 320 x 240, 640 x 480) and even the H.264 format if you have...



The software "Free FLV Converter" is available on this link Koyotesoft.

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Under Linux


On Linux, the softwares FFmpeg and Mencoder can convert the .flv format to/from other formats.
They also carry out operations (resize, etc...).
These programs are in command line.

To install them on Debian and derivatives (Ubuntu, etc...): sudo aptitude install ffmpeg mencoder lame

Examples:
  • Convert FLV to AVI file: ffmpeg -i mavideo.flv mavideo.avi
  • Convert AVI to FLV file: ffmpeg -i mavideo.avi mavideo.flv
  • Convert WMV in MPEG-4 file (Xvid): mencoder mavideo.wmv -ovc xvid -oac mp3lame -o mavideo.avi


Many options are available in ffmpeg and mencoder to choose codecs (MPEG1/2, DivX, Xvid, MP3, AAC, QuickTime, H.264, Matroska...) and set these codecs (compression ratio, modes, etc...).

To know codecs supported by your version, type:
  • ffmpeg -formats
  • mencoder -ovc help


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Conclusion


It's easy to convert, good conversions...

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