FLV to MP4 for Mac

This tutorial is telling you the way to convert videos downloaded from YouTube and Google Video, etc, and enjoy them on your mobile devices  on Apple Macintosh.

First of all, we must make it clear that the YouTube videos and Google videos are Flash Video file, is FLV file format.

What is FLV?

FLV, or Flash Live Video file, is a preferred file format that is designed for web playback, offering high rates of compression to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player.

FLV content cannot be played back directly. It must be embedded in (or linked from) an SWF file. You create (or download) a “container” SWF file from which to play the FLV file. The most common approach is to use an SWF file to function as a media player with screen and playback controls. Notable users of the FLV format include YouTube, Google Video, Reuters.com, Yahoo! Video and MySpace.

What is MP4?

A video compression standard planned for late 1998. MPEG-4 extends the earlier MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 algorithms with synthesis of speech and video, fractal compression, computer visualisation and artificial intelligence-based image processing techniques.

Launch FLV to Video Converter for Mac
In order to convert from FLV (Flash Video) to MP4 (MPEG-4) video with Mac FLV Video Converter, you must have FLV to MP4 Converter for Mac installed first.

Once Mac FLV to Video Converter is installed, launch the flv converter program.

Step 1, Add FLV

Click on the button on the tool bar to import your target FLV files into the program, to select FLV videos you want to convert to MP4

Step 2: Change the Output Settings

Select “MP4″ in the “Format”, and then you can change the video and audio settings with “Settings” tab. If it is not in need, just keep it by default.

Edit flv videos

Trim video files with FLV Converter for Mac

Clickbutton to open the trim dialog box, set the start time and end time by dragging the start time and End Time slider to convert a flv clip

You also can join multiple FLV files into one movie to watch

You can tick in the box to merge your several flv files into big one file

Step 3: Click the”Browse” button to select the destination folder you want your mp4 videos to be stored:

Start conversion

After all the settings, click “Convert” and “Start” to convert the FLV files on the file list to the output folder.

Transfer the Converted MP4 Movies to Your Portable devices and enjoy it any time you like!

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