How do you convert .flv files?

**Jack** · 02-22-2007, 09:29 PM

I’ve been trying to convert .flv files for a few hours now but I just keep going in circles. Does anyone know how to go about doing this?

Thank you...

**BLiZZaRD** · 02-22-2007, 09:37 PM

into what? Converting to cheese doesn't make a very good cheese... chocolate I hear is good though, but I haven't tried it.

heh. found this online model.

**Twey** · 02-22-2007, 10:07 PM

mplayer does it nicely too.

**djr33** · 02-22-2007, 10:23 PM

I have a suspicion that it's related to converting from embedded video in flash to video files. Just my guess.

**pcbrainbuster** · 02-22-2007, 10:33 PM

Say you wanted to convert it to .swf and foun d the software to do it then in that case just get some software to do it but say you can't find it...
What do you do...
You simply find any other software that can convert something like mpg to swf and also find a converter for somthing like .flv to .mpg-

You see what is going on??? .flv --> .mpg --> .swf

**Twey** · 02-22-2007, 10:40 PM

FLV is FLash Video, a format especially designed for embedding in Flash. One wouldn't convert it either to or from Flash, and one most certainly wouldn't use MPEG as an intermediate stage.

**pcbrainbuster** · 02-22-2007, 11:01 PM

Errr sorry i forgot to mension that was an example not a vaild example

Buut just how you could get to another format using more than one software .....lol

**Jack** · 02-22-2007, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by BLiZZaRD

into what? Converting to cheese doesn't make a very good cheese... chocolate I hear is good though, but I haven't tried it.

heh. found this online model.

I had tried that and got as far as formatting it into an .avi file but couldn't figure out how to format the .avi into a more user friendly format.

I could go that way but I would need to know how to format the .avi file into a more user friendly format. Got any idea on how one goes about doing that?

I'm telling yea, I tried everthing I can think of.