iMovie can do that easily enough. I sometimes use Handbrake. its about as 
accessible a video source converter as you are going to find.

-eric

On Aug 21, 2014, at 11:38 AM, Phil Halton wrote:

> I know practically nothing about video. All I want to do is to convert my 
> iMovie stuff.M4 V format, into an FLV format for upload to an online musical 
> instruction site. I don't really even know if it's necessary. I'm not all 
> that concerned about the video graininess etc., but I want the audio to stay 
> high quality. Again, all I want to do is convert from Apple formats to FLV 
> format.  
> 
> Sent from my IPhone
> 
> 
>> On Aug 21, 2014, at 11:58 AM, "'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries" 
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> FLV or Flash Video is a container which can hold any number of video 
>> formats. The older ones used the Sorenson or On2 codecs while the newer ones 
>> now support h.264 (MPEG4). So FLV in of itself may or may not have the old 
>> junky video formats. One quick way to tell is to just rename the .flv to 
>> .mp4 and try to open it with Quicktime Player. Most content sites have moved 
>> to MPEG as the other codecs are not generally supported on mobile devices. 
>> So if you have an FLV, there is a good chance its something pretty old and 
>> probably in one of the old codecs.
>> 
>> All that said, Handbrake should be able to convert old FLVs to MPEG so you 
>> can use them on modern platforms.
>> 
>> https://handbrake.fr
>> 
>> CB
>> 
>>> On 8/21/14, 10:04 AM, Phil Halton wrote:
>>> I understand that FLV is the preferred format for many online video sites 
>>> such as YouTube, and that most of these sites convert uploaded videos into 
>>> FLV format. I want to do the conversion myself and upload the FLV video to 
>>> avoid crappy conversion results. Is there a good app that will let me 
>>> convert iMovie videos .M4V format into FLV? Preferrably free of course.
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