Sorry, I had read it backwards. I wasn't aware that FLV was still
supported much out in the wild as most places have gone to MPEG, so I
thought you were trying to convert FLV to MPEG before uploading it. If
your source video is m4v format then most sites should be happy with it.
What site are you trying to upload to that doesn't take mpeg4?
CB
On 8/21/14, 2:38 PM, 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"
<macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> 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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