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How to convert video files to Flash video

Since the question arises quite often in the forums, I thought I post up a little note to summarise the best software for converting WMV, AVI, MOV or MPEG files into Flash video files (flv).

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For Windows: Riva VX Encoder (free)
For Mac OS X: VisualHub (free to try and 23.32 US$ for the full monty)
For Linux: ffmpeg (free)

All three use the excellent ffmpeg tool, which is available for all major operating systems. Sönke Rohde wrote a nice tutorial on how to use it to convert videos to flash video files. Although that particular tutorial is for Windows users, it is still relevant for Mac and Linux.

Mac users should look no further than VisualHub! It’s 23.32 US$ well spend for a tool which is not only easy but also very fast. I’m using it for everything these days. Export a master MOV from iMovie or FCP and then convert the hell out of it using VisualHub (ffmpeg) :-D

Bonus Tip: Now that you can convert to Flash Video (flv) you probably want to know how to get it on your website. I suggest the excellent FLV Embed plug-in for WordPress, which is a really simple integration of Jeroen Wijering’s FLV Player. You can see it on this website vlog.

Have fun.

Posted by: Axel on April 12, 2007 @ 12:11
Filed under: Tips
  • http://www.peabee.com/blog Patrick B.

    There is an excellent three-part tutorial called “Flash Video Bootcamp” at http://www.peabee.com/blog

    It covers both video conversion and editing.

  • http://www.peabee.com/blog Patrick B.

    There is an excellent three-part tutorial called “Flash Video Bootcamp” at http://www.peabee.com/blog

    It covers both video conversion and editing.