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...