What is the best way to get my avi files into flv format?

Question

I need to embed videos on a client's website and they have given the following guidelines:

• must be viewable as flash (FLV format)
• if hosted by outside company (e.g. Youtube) the video can not link back to the outside company's website
• if hosted by outside company (e.g. Youtube) the video can not have any advertisements of the outside company

I guess what I'm looking for is an AVI-to-FLV converter?

Answer 1

Your client's requirements preclude using YouTube. You're probably better off hosting them on the client's site.

Flash will import your AVI movies and convert them to FLV. You can find the video import tool under File -> Import -> Import Video.

Answer 2

You can use Riva VX on windows or ffmpegX on Mac.

Answer 3

Super is free! Flash is lots of $$$.

Answer 4

The Mobile Media Converter from Miksoft is the best. it allows you to do batch conversion of files and also allows you to set the output quality. It is also FREE.

Answer 5

It is simple, and I use a imoviesoft total video converter pro, it can convert almost any video format with excellent conversion speed and quality, such as converting WAVI to FLV, WMV to MPEG, MKV to AVI, WMV to AVI, AVI to MPEG, etc.. Furthermore, it can easily convert video files to popular audio files like converting WMV to MP3, AVI to WMA, MKV to AAC, MP4 to MP3, etc. You can learn more details here: http://www.imoviesoft.com/products/total-video-converter.html

Answer 6

The "best" way? FFmpeg is the answer to that, its cross platform and you can easily script it.

ffmpeg -i input.avi -acodec libmp3lame -vcodec flv output.flv

If you want a tool to do it (requires a human), I suggest Miro http://www.mirovideoconverter.com/