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. >> >> -- >> ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
