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Convert FLV to iPhone on Mac

Learn how to convert FLV to iPhone MP4 video on Mac OS (Snow Leopard included)

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FLV is a very popular video format. It is used on famous video sharing and news networks like YouTube, Metacafe, Google Video and others. However, for Mac users, it's a little bit head-scratching for them to play FLV files , upload them to iTunes for iPhone, because its compatibility with Mac system is not very satisfying. This article is about how to convert FLV to iPhone MP4 for playback on iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.

Step 1 Download iPhone Video Converter for Mac (Snow Leopard)

. To convert FLV to iPhone video on Mac, you can use this powerful iPhone Video Converter for Mac. Intuitive interface, high conversion speed, and excellent output quality gives you a more pleasant conversion experience. Free download iPhone Video Converter for Mac (Intel only). To install it, simply mount the .dmg archive by double-clicking it, and copy the application to your applications folder (or wherever you want).

Step 2 Add FLV video files to Mac iPhone Video Converter

After you launch the Mac iPhone video converter, click the "Add Files." button to add FLV video files to the FLV to iPhone Mac converter. This iPhone video converter for Mac supports drag-drop and batch conversion, so you can import and convert several multimedia files at a time.

Step 3 Select output profile and change iPhone video and audio settings

After you add FLV to iPhone video converter, you can select your preferred iPhone preset. In the lower part of the window, select a iPhone MP4 output format from the dropdown menu and specify a directory on your computer to save the output files. These MP4 output video will also be supported by the latest iPhone 4S.

You can also change the Resolution, Encoder, Bit rate and Frame rate to get the best quality of FLV video on iPhone. The size of the iPhone file depends a lot on these settings.

Step 4 Start FLV to iPhone video Conversion

After all the settings, just click 'Start' to convert FLV to iPhone video on Mac OS. After a few minutes waiting, you can play the converted FLV files on your iPhone, iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S.

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About FLV

Flash Video (FLV) is the name of a file format used to deliver video over the Internet using Adobe Flash Player and has extension FLV. The most recent public release of Flash Player supports H.264 video and HE-AAC audio. Flash Video content may also be embedded within SWF files. Notable users of the Flash Video format include YouTube, Google Video, Yahoo! Video, Reuters.com and many other news providers.

Play FLV on Mac(Snow Leopard included)

In order to play FLV (Flash Video) files on your Mac, you need FLV players. Here are two recommendations (both of them are FREE):

VLC Media Player
The VLC Media Player for Mac is a free, cross-platform media player like Quicktime and Windows Media Player. It supports a large number of multimedia formats, without the need for additional codes. It can handle FLV, WMV and VOB files to name a few.
Perian
Perian is a free, open source QuickTime component that adds native support for many popular media formats including AVI, DIVX, FLV, MKV, GVI, VP6, VFW and many more.

Download flash videos from Youtube on Mac for free

You can download the flash video (.FLV files, the default video format that most video social sites are using) from Youtube host into your local hard disk. With a few clicks, it's very easy to download the videos hosted and shared on online video sites such as YouTube and Google Video. You can follow this guide on how to download YouTube video to your Mac for free(please switch to "How to use" tab).