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How to convert FLV to MOV on Mac?
"I am a teacher and would like to show some YouTube videos in my Keynote presentations. However, our school blocks YouTube. I can get the YouTube video off the site, but it is in .flv format. How do I convert it to .mov to get it to play in keynote? Are there any free or easy solutions? Thank you!! "
Online Conversion
If you are looking for online conversion than Zamzar and Hey Watch are the best converters to convert videos online. They support downloading from YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, metacafe, Reuters.com, etc, and converting the FLV video to QuickTime MOV, AVI, WMV, MP4 and iPod video M4V. Both of them are very simple to use, just upload you file or specify a URL address there and they will convert it for you with in a minutes.
Desktop Conversion
And if you looking for Desktop conversion software than iFunia FLV Converter for Mac is the best one. This one is fully compatible with Snow Leopard. Head over here and download the free trial version. It can handle FLV to MOV conversion and can convert also FLV to nearly anything you would want on Mac. The program also supports batch conversion so you can add multiple FLV video in a queue and quickly grab a cup of coffee while the program converts them to the desired MOV format. Here are the easy steps.
Step 1. Run iFunia FLV Converter for Mac and add FLV video files
Now run iFunia FLV Converter on your Mac and click the big button "Add..." to add FLV video files, you may add as many FLV videos as you want for FLV to MOV batch conversion.
This is optional. But if you want to output 1 MOV file for easily sharing with your friends, simply click on the video titles you'd like to merge , then click 'Merge' button and uncheck the former separate files if you just need the single merged video file. Here 'click on the video titles' is not just check the options, you need to click them to make them highlight. You may see the image below to have an idea.
Step 2. Select QuickTime MOV video from the output format list.
Select MOV output format for each video file and specify a directory on your computer to save the output files. You can change the output settings as you need. Remember that the output file size mostly depends on the Bitrate you set. Larger Bitrate, larger file size. Actually video with bitrate as 1200 is acceptable for keeping its quality.
Step 3. Start converting FLV to MOV video
Now you may click the big button "Start" to begin converting FLV to MOV on Mac.The convert progress bar shows you how much of the encoding is completed. The encoding time will depend on several variables including: the duration of the video file, the speed of your computer, what other activity your computer is currently doing and the bitrate you set.
Do more with iFunia FLV Converter for Mac
- Convert FLV to MOV, FLV to AVI, FLV to MP4, FLV to WMV, FLV to MP3 and more.
- Edit videos, crop, trim video and add watermark and special effects.
- Merge multiple video clips into one video.
- Save time with batch and fast speed of video conversion.
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