Summary: This article tells you how to convert AVI to FLV on Windows&Mac so you can upload your AVI videos to YouTube or other websites for sharing.
If you upload AVI videos to some video sharing sites directly, you will be refused by most of sites. Acturally, most sites, like Youtube are willing to accept FLV formats in that the major web browsers widely support Adobe Flash Player. In addition, compared with AVI or other common video formats, FLV format is much smaller than AVI that will not take up so much space. So uploading AVI videos over the internet, you need to convert AVI to FLV format beforehand.
To perform the task quickly, a professional tool-Brorsoft Video Converter is highly recommended to you which is professional on transcoding AVI to FLV formats. Moreover, It is preset a built-in video editor, which you can cut off a part of the clip you don't want, crop the video screen to any area, and add various cool effect etc. The most important is that it enables you to split the AVI files into smaller parts so as to share on YouTube without limitation( Usually, YouTube won’t accept videos that are longer than 15 minutes). If you're using a Mac, simply turn to AVI to FLV Converter Mac. Now follow below guide to learn how to Transcode/Convert AVI to FLV.
How to Transcode/Convert AVI to FLV
Step 1: Add AVI clips
Install and launch this best Video Converter; click the Add button to import the AVI files to the converter.
Step 2: Select Video Format
Click Format bar to select an output format. "Flash Video"-"FLV-Flash Video Format(*.flv) is one of the suitable video format for you. There are many output videos for you to choose, just decide which one is your taste.
Step 3: Start AVI to FLV conversion
Click Convert button to start encoding AVI files to FLV.
Additional tips:
1. Click Edit button and you can trim, crop or adjust the video with the built-in video editor to get the very part and effect of the video you want.
2. For uploading long videos to Youtube, you'd better right click the long file to split into several clips after set the output format.
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