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flv to dvd conversion
kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Started conversation Nov 18, 2011
Is this straightforward? How do I do it? Any conversion SW recommendations? I'm on a macbookpro with snow leopard.
flv to dvd conversion
turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) Posted Nov 19, 2011
Hi kea
I have Perian ( http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/22923/perian ) installed in system preferences but this is only a QuickTime plugin. If you have QT Pro you can open the file and save it in another format. You need QT Pro to be able to save though.
There are some other options. CNet rate flv Crunch - http://download.cnet.com/Flv-Crunch/3000-2194_4-10909295.html . This is another option - http://www.macflvconverter.net/ .
Hope this helps.
t.
flv to dvd conversion
kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Nov 19, 2011
FLV Crunch looks like it might do it.
What's the file format I should be converting too?
http://flvcrunch.awardspace.us/
flv to dvd conversion
kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Nov 19, 2011
For burning to DVD and playing on a variety of machines.
flv to dvd conversion
turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) Posted Nov 19, 2011
I'm not sure how helpful this is - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_codec .
You could try H.264 or MPEG4 formats. I'm no expert so don't rely too heavily on what I say.
I have another piece of software called MPEG Streamclip which allows you to convert and save video in various formats. It can be found here - http://www.squared5.com/ .
t.
flv to dvd conversion
kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Nov 19, 2011
I used Crunch to convert to DV and ended up with a 11GB file 
It's been ages since I did any of this and I'd forgotten what a drama it is. I have a feeling that I can use some of the mac SW and then maybe I have to use MactheRipper to compress the file? Can't remember....
flv to dvd conversion
Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) Posted Nov 19, 2011
If you want to end up with an "ordinary" DVD you need to convert it directly to MPEG-2. Then you just need a DVD authoring package to drag it into. 
flv to dvd conversion
kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Nov 19, 2011
Dvd authoring package? Is there something on my mac that does that? Or Mactheripper? I've done this before, ages ago, and can't recall what I used.
flv to dvd conversion
hygienicdispenser Posted Nov 19, 2011
I think iDVD, which should be on your computer, does it, though I've never used it.
flv to dvd conversion
kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website Posted Nov 19, 2011
will check it out.
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- 1: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Nov 18, 2011)
- 2: turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) (Nov 19, 2011)
- 3: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Nov 19, 2011)
- 4: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Nov 19, 2011)
- 5: turvy (Fetch me my trousers Geoffrey...) (Nov 19, 2011)
- 6: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Nov 19, 2011)
- 7: Peet (the Pedantic Punctuation Policeman, Muse of Lateral Programming Ideas, Eggcups-Spurtle-and-Spoonswinner, BBC Cheese Namer & Zaphodista) (Nov 19, 2011)
- 8: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Nov 19, 2011)
- 9: hygienicdispenser (Nov 19, 2011)
- 10: kea ~ Far out in the uncharted backwaters of the unfashionable end of the western spiral arm of the Galaxy lies a small, unregarded but very well read blue and white website (Nov 19, 2011)
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