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How to convert FLV on Mac OS X


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1. What's FLV

Flash Video (FLV) is a file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player (initially produced by Macromedia) versions 6–10. Until version 9 update 2 of the Flash Player, Flash Video referred to a proprietary file format, having the extension FLV. Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, Reuters.com, metacafe, and many other news providers.

2. How to convert FLV to MP4, MOV, MKV, WMV on Mac OS X

Found some funny videos from YouTube or Yahoo! video and want to share them with others? Or got some ideas to edit them and create your own movie? But Mac built-in players and editors could not recognize FLV video directly.

Wondershare YouTube Video Converter for Mac is a professional Mac FLV converter to convert FLV (.flv) video to MOV, MKV, WMV, M4V, MP4, AVI, MP3 on Mac, it also can download web videos on Mac.


Wondershare Mac FLV Converter allows you not only to convert FLV video from YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, Reuters.com, Metacafe and many other video-sharing websites but also can convert HD video, camcorder video and other video to flv video. The output videos can be put on iPod, iPhone, PSP, Apple TV and other portable players, they can also be imported popular video eiditors such as iMovie, iDVD, Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere after conversion.


Sometime we want to DIY FLV videos to make it unique, there is no doubt that iMovie is the best tool to edit video, then just import FLV video to iMovie on Mac OS.


3. How to convert DVD to FLV video on Mac OS X

To share some interesting clips of a DVD with friends is restricted, here we provide an easy way to convert DVD to FLV (DVD to .flv) on Mac, just use this DVD to FLV ripper for Mac to rip clips and segments from DVD to edit and merge into a .flv video.

This Mac DVD to FLV Converter could not only convert DVD to FLV but also rip DVD to the other audio and video formats on Mac, e.g. WMV (Windows Media Video), AVI (XviD), MPEG ( MPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG-4), MP4, 3GP, MOV, VOB, ASF, MKV, TS, MP3, M4A, WAV, AC3, MKA, etc.

4. How to free download online FLV video on Mac

Commonly, many users are bothered that finding an interesting online video but cannot save it on Mac. Actually, it is not hard to download FLV video from YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, metacafe, etc video-sharing sites. There are several FREE methods to do that.


Free YouTube Downloader for Mac  (Support YouTube site)

Video Downloader for Mac (Support YouTube, Yahoo!, Myspace, Metacafe, and other video-sharing sites)

 

5. How to play FLV on Mac

An FLV player is a type of media player that is used for playing flash video from PC as well as from Internet websites. Wondershare Free YouTube Downloader for Mac has a built-in FLV library and player which could collect and play all your FLV files on Mac.